119 Steps From Dress To Cardigan
There's a great lesson in it - it's all about the work. It's not about what people might say or about how dangerous it might get. But it's about staying focused on what you do, and doing what you...
View ArticleMarcy On Millcent
Life took one of those this is the way it's meant to be shifts this weekend. Not bad. Just different. My youngest son moved out and Howard and I are in a new phase, alone, together, for the first time...
View ArticleTuesdays At Ten
And now... sigh... Internet Explorer and Blogger are really not getting along and I couldn't get in to write today's postings but thankfully Google Chrome worked otherwise I'd be picking this out one...
View ArticleAt The Bottom Of The Stairs
Yesterday, while sewing in my studio, I listened to my carpenter working just a few feet away. He's told me before that he's in his element working on these kinds of jobs and you can certainly tell as...
View ArticlePay Me In Fabric
Although it was designed as a coat, depending on the weight of the fabric chosen, this pattern can be either a sweater, a coat, or a dress which leaves me wondering what to call it so I've settled on...
View ArticleStarting To Think In Paint
The Kaizen Way is a philosophy for change that circumvents the brain's built-in resistance to new behaviour by asking small questions, thinking small thoughts, taking small actions, and solving small...
View ArticleThe Hand Painted Twirl
When my husband traveled extensively for work and I was at home with three young children, I read books on single parenting because married or not, when there's only one parent present, you are single...
View ArticleElements Of The Opposite
Yesterday, my contractor was back to continue work on the downstairs and even though he's so happy while he works it's still noisy, dirty, dusty, invasive. I'd asked him not to come on the weekend...
View ArticleSimple Soothing Sewing
I had every intention of painting a book bag. I'd even started looking through my stash for an appropriate fabric only...... on Monday, at Chapters, this bag was significantly reduced from completely...
View ArticleThoughts On Space & Stash
I wonder...... do you suppose....... that at this time of year there are conversations going on between wood turners about having too many blocks or between chefs about having too many spices or...
View ArticleFree Fabric Shopping
Having both the availability to go to my daughter's house and the ability to paint it with some degree of skill struck me as things to be grateful for. It's really rather lovely to both be in charge of...
View ArticlePainting Myrna Green
A lot of painting progress was made yesterday however - unfortunately - I discovered some "opportunities" in the hallway that my carpenter created for me that needed fixing and filling as well as the...
View ArticleBliss With Sheets
Down the stairs and around the corner is where we took the wall out and put in a railing. LOVE it. It opens up the space significantly and it no longer feels like we're going down into the dungeon. I...
View ArticleA Little Bit Loud
One of my favourite things is to have an occasion to plan an outfit for like a birthday, party, or a trip which means I've been thinking about what to wear to Sew Expo later this month. I debated pants...
View ArticleAnd On Taking Action
My friend, Rosemarie, lives about a half hour out of town. I arrived at her home around ten yesterday morning and we visited until almost five that afternoon with neither of us realizing how much time...
View ArticleA Simple Pattern With Serious Flaws
It's a backward morning. I got up earlier than normal so I could get to Starbucks early to journal and then back home before the floor layers arrive. The bathroom renovation is ever so slowly coming to...
View ArticleA Car to Bar-ista Cape
Every project we sew is a problem solving project whether those problems are familiar and repetitive or new and unknown. We are putting together the puzzle that is our garment to the best of our...
View ArticleA Solid Studio Day & A Houndstooth Cape
Yesterday morning, I went to Fabricland to pick out buttons for the cape because - even though I already have a million of them - of course I didn't have any in stash that were just perfect. It was a...
View ArticleIt Might Not And So What
The cape is hung up in the closet ready to go. Thanks for all the wonderful compliments. I'll get a picture of me wearing it as soon as possible although that always seems to take far longer than I'd...
View ArticleThinking About Shoes
Friday went by in a mound of paper, scissors, and tape. I spent all day - literally - figuring out how to blend the three patterns before concluding that yes, it could be done but no, it was not the...
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