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Psssst.... 18 May 2013 | 07:45 am
This post is about my non-sewing life. Tomorrow my choir and band are performing at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Since I recently realized that some Clevelanders might actually read my blog...
Sewing, It’s a Head Game. 13 Apr 2013 | 08:42 am
Sewing’s not just skill, it’s a head game and right now I’m on the losing end! It’s seems like it’s been at least a year since I’ve made a garment without some stupid mistake. This time it’s my lovely...
One, Two, Three, Four, FIVE? 9 Feb 2013 | 09:20 am
That's right in my never-ending quest for the perfect-every-time buttonhole I have now purchased FIVE vintage buttonholers. Rather than go through the very lengthy explanation I shall refer you to my ...
Sewing! 14 Jan 2013 | 07:56 am
Finally started sewing the one piece of fabric I wanted to tackle during my Christmas break. I managed to cut out the main pieces on the last day of break but you know, sewing is a lot like painting a...
No More Excuses 4 Jan 2013 | 07:53 am
Hmmm, just looked over my posts from 2012 and it was pretty sad in both quantity and quality. Hardly any of them were actually about sewing! Many were just excuses for why I didn't have anything to sh...
Happiness is a New Machine 15 Dec 2012 | 06:28 am
Santa came a little early to my house. Funny thing though he only brought one present...for me! TaDa! - Way to go Santa! A Craigslist find. I think it's about six years old which I don't mind at all ...
Must...Post...Something... 1 Dec 2012 | 08:56 am
...just to prove I haven't given up blogging! I keep trying to figure out how I found the time to do this when I first started blogging. Well, whatever time I used then, it's gone now! My job is overw...
Picture Tells It All 7 Aug 2012 | 11:54 am
Just in case you don't recognize it, this is my cutting table...in my sewing area...where I used to sew. Someday, when my boot is off (from June's broken foot)...and my attic walls and ceiling are clo...
A New Kind of SWAP 2 Jul 2012 | 11:44 am
Have I mentioned that I heart http://theviviennefiles.blogspot.com/ ? Well, I do. Recently she put together pieces for a vacation at the shore that expanded to become an entire casual summer wardrobe....
Sweet Pattern Memories 25 Jun 2012 | 12:06 pm
I grew up in a transitional time when, up until my junior high held a lunchtime walkout /protest, girls couldn’t wear pants to school. I was a painfully shy student, really, painfully shy. But, I was ...