Close-up on Bellows Falls, Vt.

Pattern maker Hilary Smith, who divides her time between New York City and Bellows Falls, works in her studio in the Exner Block on Canal Street.
Pattern maker Hilary Smith, who divides her time between New York City and Bellows Falls, works in her studio in the Exner Block on Canal Street.
(Caleb Kenna for the Boston Globe)