Category: Sewing
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Under the Big Top
Hello All! After one big night of rain (and part of the next day too) last weekend, the rains have moved away from the Valley, leaving some very happy plants in their wake. The Bermuda grass threw out new sprouts, the hibiscus plants returned from the dead with a respectable show of leaves, and the…
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Me Made
Big news–I made clothes! Oh yeah–I’m making something else too. Querido and I are very excited 🙂 Me Made May and pregnancy are oddly similar in their focus on bodies. As we make clothes we are deciding how we want our bodies to look and be perceived: natural, retro, krafty, polished. I love the idea…
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Me Made May – Slow Fashion Edition
Hello everyone! Spinning practice is continuing at a moderate pace while I dip into Me Made May. I actually learned to sew long before I knew how to knit: my mom taught my sisters and I how to hand sew and machine sew as children. We made a few jumpers (90’s!) and helped make our…
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The Neverending Quilt
As you well know, there have been some gaps in the blogging record. Some represent actual dry spells in my knitty activity, while others are times when I am consumed by another craft. Late in summer of 2014, I needed a gift for my groom, and in a moment overflowing with warm fuzzies, I decided…
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The Bucket List
Earlier this year, when I lacked the brain space to blog, I was able to keep up with my blog reading. This provided a certain vicarious pleasure, but I found my comments falling into a rut. “I’ve always wanted to make that!” “I bought the yarn for this project years ago!” I’ve always wanted to…
Anti-Quotidian 