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Distractable
I woke up with morning with holiday swapping on my mind. I started working on the CD portion of the exchange, but quickly burned-out on All Things Christmas and suddenly wanted nothing to do with the whole thing. [As an aside, maybe the kind of swap I need is an Easily Distracted Swap. The rules [...]
continue reading "Distractable"Summer shirt extravaganza
Earlier in the week I made that Simplicity 3835 I posted about in my Reasons to be Cheerful, and having 2/3 of a perfectly good vintage white sheet left, I got brave and tackled the pattern that has been languishing since I bought it a few months ago. Introducing my first attempt at Simplicity 4589. [...]
continue reading "Summer shirt extravaganza"The kitchen’s a mess again
You see, there was this strawberry… And I couldn’t very well just leave it sitting there, looking at me, could I? Not when there was pectin in the cupboard and, next to that, a box of shiny new mason jar lids. I just had to give in to fate, tie on my trusty apron, and [...]
continue reading "The kitchen’s a mess again"Speedy Crafting
Really, is there any other kind? Not for me. I squeeze my crafting time in wherever it will fit, usually in the hour before or after supper, or like tonight, while I was cooking. I don’t recommend that, actually. I ended up attaching a sleeve to my new shirt inside-out. Oops. Speaking of my new [...]
continue reading "Speedy Crafting"Fun with sheets
I’m so happy we did this sheet swap. Besides the obvious benefit of having a nice stack of vintage textiles that I didn’t have to scour the thrift shops to find, there’s the enjoyment of seeing what other people are doing with my sheet. First, there was me, and my Fast & Cheap Skirt Tutorial: [...]
continue reading "Fun with sheets"Swapland, NJ
The swap is coming together! I’m still waiting for about 15 packages, but I thought I should get started sorting, and assigning. Packages have all arrived here from those who have been visiting the Flickr group and telling me which sheets they like, so it seemed like those people would be the logical place to [...]
continue reading "Swapland, NJ"So what if they’re weeds?
Have I mentioned how much I like spring? I think I appreciate it more every year, as I grow to dislike winter at a similar rate. After a long cold spell, nothing invigorates me more than being able to throw open all of the windows and feel the lovely warm breeze on my skin. It’s [...]
continue reading "So what if they’re weeds?"Don’t hate me because I’m prolific
Remember those “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful” ads? I remembered the phrase, but couldn’t for the life of me remember the product. (It was Pantene. Gotta love google.) It amuses me that advertisements can be so effective at getting into your brain that you’ll remember their taglines twenty years after the fact, but at [...]
continue reading "Don’t hate me because I’m prolific"Try not to panic
There’s been a terrible development in my kitchen. The box of Dr. Pepper? It’s empty. I peered inside, felt around with my hand, picked it up and shook it. Confirmed. We are all out of Dr. Pepper. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! I’m going to try to soldier on, and finish this post without my fizzy brown companion, but [...]
continue reading "Try not to panic"I’ve been thinking…
Dangerous I know But really quickly, since I’m about to head off to spend the day with my mother and my nephews, I wanted to point you to an idea I had last night. Penny emailed me a picture of the skirt she made using the tutorial I wrote, and it occurred to me that [...]
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