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I am an avid analog reader. When I make purses one of the main considerations is, “could it fit my book?”. Even though I loved the idea of an e-book, I swore that I [...]
I mentioned before that I have a new job. New job = new clothes. No, shh, don’t argue – that’s just the way it is. So the first installment in the professional wardrobe: The Blue Dress. As S would say, “hey lucille ball! whats shakin?”
Anyway, this was the huge original lump of a thrift store [...]
Did you know that the lead singer of Bloc Party has branched out into a solo album? Well learn it, ’cause it’s boss.
“Everything you wanted” by Kele
You may have already picked up on this, but I am obsessed with the Craftzine Blog. They had a feature yesterday about a crafty and green way to store your art supplies, which was originally posted on Recyclart. These will come in particularly handy when I start teaching at my new school in august (oh, [...]
Very rarely do I make something and think “wow, I am completely happy with that!”. There is always a wonky seem, or awkward pocket, or huge mistake that would just take entirely too long to remove. However, this may be the first piece of clothing that I am completely happy with. Free drinks for everyone!
And [...]
..I’m back!
My needed absence makes me wonder if all bloggers/crafters take a hiatus every so often. I think its difficult to constantly be on the spot to make and report on fabulous creations without sometimes taking a couple months to hide in bed and tend to all those personal things that build up. Like doing [...]
I just wanted to give some wardrobe refashion *snaps* to Sherrie from Domestic Days for this awesome shoe makeover! I love pleating, and this was totally brilliant (and cheap! made with ribbon and 10 dollar strappy shoes).
This just took my breath away.
Thanks to Moonstitches for her amazing pictures of the Tokyo Great Quilt Show 2009
I used to belong to the “oh man, quilting is LAME” school of thought, but since I’ve been blizzarded in the house, I’ve begun to realize how cool it is to be able to use up otherwise-trash scraps of fabric to create something new. Here has been some of my quilting inspirations.
Awesome Paintbox inspired Quilt [...]
Simplicity 2733!
Note: I hate patterns. I am much more of a “work it out” kind of sewer. This, of course, leads to a vicious cycle of making clothes: try, fail, try, fail, try, try harder, try extremely hard, throw it away. In an effort to knock this off and actually succeed in some of the [...]