We have a pod in our driveway nearly half full of boxes, on Friday afternoon we will have a moving van. In the meantime my life revolves around boxes. On Saturday morning about 8am I will say farewell to the “sewing room” that came with a house attached that I purchased 11 years ago….has it [...]
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Boxes, and Pods, and Moving Vans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged fabric storage, sewing room on August 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A Trip North
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Two weeks ago I was in Madison, Wisconsin for work. One evening we walked down to the student union along the lake and I snapped this photo with my iphone…not bad huh? The sunset was beautiful but we didn’t stay too long as the lake was rather stinky. And…we 50 somethings were a bit out [...]
A Pretty Good Shoe for Walking on One Leg
Posted in Uncategorized on November 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Earlier in the week I had some work done on my knee. I won’t go into the details but it was as we discovered during surgery long over due. The result of this is 6 weeks of walking on crutches, bearing no weight on the ‘repaired’ leg. This means I’m pretty much confined to the [...]
OK…I still don’t like piecing…but I do like quilting!
Posted in Sewing, Uncategorized, tagged Quilting on October 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have always had an aversion to the work that goes into piecing a quilt. It has always seemed like the same fiddly thing over and over. OK you quilters….don’t get offended….you probably hate setting in zippers.
But, I wanted to make something for fall for a friend. I have always enjoyed handwork [...]
Someone is Reading What I Write!
Posted in Awards, Ideas, Sewing, Sewing friends, Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I was utterly surprised to be nominated by Pam of the famous Off The Cuff Style blog for the Excellence in Blogging award. You know, you write this stuff and you wonder if any one is interested. It’s nice to see people are reading. Thanks Pam for the encouragement! Pam shares such incredible tips [...]
Pay It Forward – Part 2
Posted in Sewing friends, Uncategorized on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday after a challenging day at work and a long traffic filled ride home I was greeted by DH and presented with 2 packages. The first was something I was expecting. A box from a KnitPicks with needles that are cables and tips that are interchangeable and create different sizes of double pointed needles. Since [...]
Another Stitch or Two
Posted in Sewing, Sharing Skills, Uncategorized, tagged aprons, Paisley Pincushion, Sew Exciting Interfacing, Vogue Fabrics on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This weekend I was leading a class for our ASG chapter. We are trying to hold a few classes to mentor beginning sewists in our group and to invite others who would like to sew to join us. The pattern selected was the reversible apron pattern from the Paisley Pincushion. this is an excellent pattern [...]
Weekend Sewing
Posted in Sewing, Sharing Skills, Uncategorized, tagged Burda, Kwik Sew, sewing for men, twist top on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Saturday I created two golf shirts for DH. Both were plain white pique knit, exactly what he wanted. I used the KwikSew 2763. Having made it once before I knew it was a winner. I did use the stretch collars because I had them on hand and was short of fabric. This knit is [...]
Sewing Again!
Posted in Sewing, Uncategorized, tagged ottobre women, patterns from RTW, Sewing Coop on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have figured out how to sew “left footed” and am slowly enjoying my sewing life again. This weekend I started slow…I created a cute tank top out of the Ottobre Woman’s Issue from last spring and I took apart my favorite and raggedy old shorts and created a pattern. Both were successes!
The shorts first. [...]
Spring in Tennessee
Posted in Uncategorized on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s such a pretty spring this year and not all my adventures involve the sewing machine! I love my garden too. Unfortunately, with a cast on my leg I am not doing the usual digging and transplanting. No pruning even. But fortunately my garden style is a bit wild and victorian soI think we will [...]
