That crash you hear is the sound of a broken resolution...
So there I was, dear readers, visiting my cousin for the weekend. He lives in the DC area - conveniently, about a 10 minute drive from G Street Fabrics. My last G Street trip was so successful, I...
View ArticleIn which a sewist (me) makes something out of nothing...
A rather long time ago, my friend Caroline gave me some fabric that was left over from a skirt she'd cut. There was hardly almost no yardage at all - just the bits and pieces that are left over when...
View ArticleFragile beauty in the time of chaos
I mentioned in my last post that the last few weeks have been rough. My house has been in utter chaos - chief cause being a bathroom remodel. And unfortunately, I'm one of those people that cannot...
View ArticleSkills and such...
So, I spent a bit of Sunday trying to teach a friend to sew. It was an interesting experience... I think I bit off a bit more than I can chew, to be honest. - I'd forgotten that though I've only been...
View ArticleThe birthday dress that never was...
You remember the Choose-Your-Own-Adventures books in the 80s? I'm going to tell this story in the form of a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure book. It'll be entertaining. Or cathartic.Once upon a time, Reethi...
View ArticleBWOF 02-2013-126 - A mini palette cleanser
The never-ending dress caused me to back up on many other sewing resolutions, and so last night, I took a bit of time to trace and cut out out the February t-shirt that everyone's been making with...
View ArticleThe Great British Sewing Bee provides the best inspiration!
Ok, first of all - how very awesome was the final of the Great British Sewing Bee? I laughed, I cried... it was so very inspirational! Massive congratulations to Ann - who is amazing! (I'm a lurker-ish...
View ArticleBaby quilt time!
I love making baby quilts as gifts - they are super-distinctive, but piece up and quilt up a lot easier than a larger size. I even got to baste this on my dining table, vs. on the floor, and my back...
View ArticleGiving in to temptation - McCalls 6112
I've been trying to stay away from the temptation of making easy, almost disposable pieces, but after the intensity of the quilt, I wanted a bit of a palate cleanser. So, I pulled out McCalls 6112 and...
View ArticleJune happenings
What a terrible blogger I've been! Summer blogging is always a bit sparse in my world - but this summer has been especially bad. Since I bought the house last year, there's always some house project to...
View ArticleGarden pictures...
Ok, I've gotten bitten by the gardening bug... I'm shamelessly showing off the garden so far. For context, the front garden (with all the flowers) was in place before I bought the house last year, but...
View ArticleMcCalls 6551 - easy summer dress
Finally, some garment sewing, right?When in New York, I did pretty well resisting fabric, but showed no such restraint around patterns. JoAnns was having one of it's 99c sales, and I think I bought...
View ArticleBounty from the garden - Saturday, July 27, 2013
Grape tomatoes, other yellow tomatoes, beets (and lots of beet greens), lettuce, potatoes and basil. It's a good life.
View ArticleBounty from the garden - Sunday, July 28, 2013
Swiss chard, mint, chives, basil and more cherry tomatoes.Yup, there's some shameless showing off here. In case you were wondering, I used the swiss chard in a curry, the chives and the mint in a salad...
View ArticleI make my bed for my cat
I'm a big reader of the Happiness Project. One of Gretchen's maxims is about making your bed, and I totally believe that. However, that's not exactly why I make my bed every morning. Rather...When my...
View ArticleBounty from the garden - July 29, 2013
Dill, garlic chives, some Greek oregano, one slightly unripe tomatillo (wanted to see if it was ready, the answer - no), and one mutant tomato that might be a heirloom variety.I'm in a pretty crabby...
View ArticleMcCalls 6566 - Purple t-shirt
Dear readers, there's some serious non-sewing going on here. I'm sitting in the middle of a massive pile of UFOs, and I'm slowly trying to dig myself out of it. It's slow going. Let's instead talk...
View ArticleDe-UFO-ing the UFOs - Dave and Erin's baby quilt
Dear readers, I'm buried in a pile of UFOs. I'm evidently in the middle of 4 makes, and I'll be perfectly honest, I don't function that way. While I'm often tempted to start many projects in a row, I...
View ArticleBounty from the garden - Aug 17 and Aug 22
Dear readers, I'm drowning in garden produce. This was Saturday's haul. There's tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, peppers and one mutant zucchini. And then, a mere 3 days later, there was this tomato...
View ArticleA quick top - McCall's M6751
Dear readers, this has been the summer of obligation sewing - not a good feeling. There have been three baby quilts, some hand-embroidery for a friend's wedding, assorted mending, and so on and so...
View ArticleAnother quick top - McCalls 6510
I'm nurturing along my sewing mo-jo like it's a skittish colt. I feed it gently, I make no sudden movements, I sew the easiest of easy makes.Including this one, which, in essence, is a glorified...
View ArticleThe quest for the perfect casual t-shirt: McCalls 6566 - version 2
As you may recall, I made my first version of McCalls 6566 at my cousin's. I cut out a medium, sewed it up, decided I looked like a complete and utter frump, did what I could to salvage it.Still, I...
View ArticleSimplicity 2246 - The Lisette Traveler Dress
I can't remember when I started this dress. I'm going to say - June. In any case, this dress was on my table when my ex-machine went away to be serviced, and came back in bits and pieces.Then, I bought...
View ArticleSimplicity 2192 - a second try
My first try at Simplicity 2192 turned out unwearable, not because of my sewing, but because of the fragile nature of the fabric. I did like the pattern though, and thought this worthy of another try....
View ArticleBirds of a Feather
This might be my oldest UFO.A very long time ago, I had a sheet. It was getting a little old and a little grimy, and I *should* have thrown it away. But of course, I didn't. I have a very hard time...
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