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Can We Talk About How Much I Saved?
My studio is yellow. When the sun shines brightly like it did on Saturday morning, the whole room turns into a happy bubble that's quite delightful to work in. On Sunday morning, when it was time for...
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The Flow of Ideas
The other night, I was feeling as dull as dishwater in the creativity department, as if I couldn't innovate my way out of a paper bag. I'd just finished the black t-shirt and it fit exactly the way I...
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Slow Stitching
After days of fog and greyness, it was an extra bonus yesterday to sew in the sunshine, several hours of it, timed for when I was in the studio although - to be honest - I was in the studio most of...
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The Least Liked Fabric & Buttons
Millicent - my dressform - is thinner than me, a fact that I choose to see as inspiration and motivation rather than as a source of frustration. We used to be the same size. We will be again. It was a...
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On Growth & Danger
Imitation is one of the dangers that occurs when you study with another artist. It's natural because there was something about that artist's style that attracted you in the first place. Most likely, it...
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50 Years 251 Days
In the creative cycles of birth and death and rebirth, there are times when we are empty of ideas, adrift in a sea of ambiguity and nothingness. These times can be labeled the neutral zone, the void, a...
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Black, Light, & Pins
My current knitting project uses black yarn, small needles, and little stitches. It was so difficult to follow that I could only knit in the daytime or sitting at the island in the kitchen so I bought...
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Sorting The Zero Waste Piles
There's a box on the floor of my studio to the right of my sewing machine where I throw all the scraps from my projects into until it gets so full that it needs sorting. I keep every big scrap and...
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A Blouse
According to my records, the last time I sewed a blouse was in July 2011. I don't remember sewing it or wearing it and it's no longer in my closet. Blouses are - obviously - not a staple in my wardrobe...
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Done... Sort Of...
The blouse is done... sort of. Even though I conserved thread as much as possible, there wasn't enough to safely venture forth on the button holes and the one store in town that carries that brand was...
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Incredibly Ugly
Over the weekend, I spent a considerable amount of time looking at images of fabric necklaces and was amazed at how incredibly ugly the majority of them were. Just on Etsy alone, a search for fabric...
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No Danger Of Over Fitting
Yesterday, I received an email from a friend that said... your purple blouse looks good... you like to 'over fit' which I know you know! You need to be able to move in it. Just wear it! I am incredibly...
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On The Couch
The plan for today was to post my observations from reading Over-Dressed and then sew like crazy and finish the blouse so I could post it tomorrow. There are two problems. The first is that I'm...
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A Busy Back
Some people are very particular about pattern matching. I'm not one of them. I do match occasionally but unless it's a stripe or a plaid, I prefer the pattern mixed up. What I'm very particular about...
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Halo On My Hips
Sewing with a cold is an interesting adventure although much better than lying around feeling miserable and sorry for yourself. It preferable - LOL - to do it standing up or sitting at the machine. I'm...
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Narrower How?
It would have been nice to see more women wearing blouses when I was out on the weekend however, other than waitresses who typically aren't given many fitting choices with their uniform, all of the...
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Echoes Of Alterations Past
In Sandra Betzina's book Fast Fit is a section called Sequence For Pattern Alterations. It's intriguing to me how vastly different the results can be depending on in which order and by which method an...
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THANK YOU Ruth ! ! ! ! !
Last night, I went through my closet and tried on some skirt and pants that I'd been avoiding because they were too tight and I'm happy to report that they fit again including a smaller pair of jeans....
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Over-Dressed: My Thoughts
With so many reviews already, it was impossible to start reading Over-Dressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion with a completely open mind since I already had an impression of what the author...
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Oh GOOD Grief ! ! !
The study I'm currently working through is Captivating by John and Stasi Eldredge. It's about the role that God intended women to have and the role that they actually have and how to bridge the gap....
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