I’ve been thrifting. Did remarkably well, too. I usually don’t find much, but my luck has gotten better and better since a new thrift store opened up nearby. This weekend, I found twelve pillowcases, four sheets, and two duvet covers that needed, yes, needed to belong to my fabric stash. I’m going to have to […]
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Don’t forget to breathe
That’s what I’m doing, at the moment, while a pile of claythings is baking in the oven: breathing. And it’s a good thing, because I think it may have slipped my mind for the last six hours, amidst all of my frenzied activity. I have a little craft show to do tomorrow night, and it […]
Read More: Don’t forget to breatheWith all of this new jewelry, maybe I should dress up once in a while.
I miss the Hampton Inn. I miss the most comfortable mattress I’ve ever slept on, I miss the laptop power cord I accidentally left on the desk there, but most of all I miss the soap dish and lumbar pillow. I know that sounds weird, but they were my props for the photo shoot on […]
Read More: With all of this new jewelry, maybe I should dress up once in a while.They look like mini raging oceans
That’s what I think, anyway. Be back later or tomorrow. My computer time has been very limited this weekend. I’m off to play with more clay!
Read More: They look like mini raging oceansWherein Lisa rambles through a week’s worth of show-and-tells
It all started last week, when I destroyed my new bamboo shirts and was left with nothing new to wear, despite several hours of work and even more hours of daydreaming about how nice those new bamboo shirts would have been to wear all spring and summer. That left me feeling distinctly dissatisfied, naturally, and […]
Read More: Wherein Lisa rambles through a week’s worth of show-and-tells(Mis)adventures in tub-dying
I’ve had this post planned for oh, two or three weeks. I was going to show you this luscious bamboo fabric, the two fabulous shirts I sewed from it, and the magical transformation that came over them when I stirred them around in a few buckets of dye. There were a few glitches along the […]
Read More: (Mis)adventures in tub-dyingGiddy anticipation
I’m getting excited for a class I am going to take next weekend in Philadelphia. I just booked my room, so I can easily hang around for the guild meeting the following day, and I’ve been spending this morning drooling over reacquainting myself with some of Julie Picarello‘s work. Most of the images that illustrate […]
Read More: Giddy anticipationDoohickeys and knobs
Neil decided on a whim yesterday to clean out the boys’ bedroom closet. It was a decision that made me clench, mostly because I know most of the junk in that closet is mine. It’s been there since before the boys were even born. My stuff is safe & cozy in that closet, but most […]
Read More: Doohickeys and knobsSummer Blouse, take two (well, actually, three)
Remember my first try at the Weekend Sewing Summer Blouse? I like it ok, but it sort of reminds me of scrubs. Not sure why. Anyway, I futzed around with the pattern this weekend, adding an inch here and removing an inch there, sewing up a sleeveless version, and rejecting it because it fit awfully […]
Read More: Summer Blouse, take two (well, actually, three)More weekend sewing
I made the Weekend Sewing shirt today, using a thrifted sheet. And I am fairly sure I chose poorly, when it came to size. It came out entirely too wide, and the sleeves were too long. Strangely, though, I thought the shirt itself could have used another few inches of length. I was really not […]
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