All Words
My computer decided to pack it in last night just as I sat down to write this posting. The tower powered out and won't come back on so I can't access the photos I had ready which makes today's posting...
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I have overnight company staying until nine tonight and haven't had a chance to figure out an alternative picture formatting method so... I'll post asap. Hopefully Howard will fix my desktop tomorrow...
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The Collage Answered...
One of the coaches I approached answered with a very nicely worded email that basically said - paraphrased by me - I'm really busy. I don't think you have what it takes. I don't want to work with you....
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Practice & Progress
I am having SO MUCH FUN in my studio right now. I love this time of the year between the holidays and spring with so much opportunity for creativity. It's especially exciting to have The Outfit Project...
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The Story of Outfit One
Once a month, I meet with three other women to knit before they go to work and I head to the studio. I met them through one of the groups I attended and when that group ended, this was a fun option for...
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What To Do With The Orange Top And Other Options
Today is a knitting day. This morning, I took my broken serger and all of my very dull scissors to the shop to be repaired and sharpened which leaves me with virtually no way to sew. Which is fine. I...
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Swapping Partners
Most of you will be familiar with the concept of a SWAP or capsule wardrobe and the advantages they offer toward a co-ordinated and interchangeable wardrobe. I've started them with great enthusiasm...
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A Day Of Slow Sewing With Katherine
To me, winter is the perfect time to get a lot done in the studio so I don't mind the changing of the seasons except for that - seemingly - one weekend a winter when we get snow overload. Last year, on...
View ArticleAnd Then I Changed My Mind
ddLOL - too funny. It auto posted on the wrong day. I had it scheduled for two weeks from now so I'd have time to edit it. I do that instead of draft. Look for the real post on Friday.Sorry - Myrna
View ArticleToday Was FRIDAY!
By now I am sure you've all figured out that I have absolutely no idea which way is up. I really and truly thought tomorrow was Friday until about dinner time and then I realized it's not. Today was...
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The Sixth Outfit
Several times last week I couldn't seem to remember what day it really was. I hear that's what retirement is like although I don't really feel retired and it's more likely about being in the zone and...
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Take Me To Spain
It was wonderful to have my friend here for a visit and - after a week together - it's equally wonderful to be home alone again. Life has a different rhythm when you mostly live alone that I am...
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Orange Chairs & Purple Purses
We had a long - Family Day - and sunny weekend which was quite delightful after a very grey and somewhat depressing winter. It's my third winter here and while I did okay with the first two, this one...
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A Single Small Black Purse
There are three more weeks left before I leave on my trip and I'd like to spend the last one organizing travel details and packing which means I have just two weeks to finish the outfits. It's getting...
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The Perfect Sew
With over forty years of sewing experience, it is still rare for me to create a piece that is smooth sailing from start to finish and ends up exactly the way I'd envisioned. It happened this past...
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A Puzzle Kind Of Playing
At the start of this week, I imagined getting a lot done and that's not at all how it unfolded. I had three things to finish at the beginning and two left to finish at the end. One of them shifted from...
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My Mostly Ugly Bracelet
Two weeks today and I will at my friend Sheri's house in Eugene, Oregon, already working away in her studio. This reality was especially comforting yesterday as I stared out the window at yet still...
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A Mini Trunk Show
Yesterday morning, two friends came over on their way to work, sat on the couch, and participated in a mini trunk show of all the garments and accessories made for my trip. I wore one outfit and then...
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Lean In To The Experience
This week started out rather interesting with my youngest son having emergency surgery to remove his appendix. Since he lives out of town, I made a day trip to Kamloops to hug him and "count his...
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Copying RTW
Writing this, I'm sitting at a Starbucks in Eugene, Oregon where I'm visiting a friend for several days. This morning, while she had appointments, I went for a walk around her older, established...
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Class Begins
It's Monday night and I am in that exhausted-excited state that happens when class begins. Diane is - as always - incredibly inspiring and Christine, the guest instructor, equally so. Sunday night...
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The After Class Begins
The workshop ended yesterday and now the after class begins - that time between this workshop and the next when I put into play all the ideas that are dancing in my head. I find the easiest way to...
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Souveniers Of Potential
The drive back was lovely. I always enjoy that time to decompress, to think about where I'm going and what I want to do when I get back to the studio, and to transition back to my normal routine. There...
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An Announcement And An Invitation
Before leaving for the Design Outside the Lines retreat, I worked on what I called The Outfit Project. This project was one way for me to fully lean into the experience of the workshop, enjoying it on...
View ArticleNew Blog - Cloth & Creativity
Cloth & Creativityhttps://clothandcreativity.blogspot.comIt's taken me a lot longer to get this new blog together than I'd hoped and - in the end - I reverted back to what was familiar for the time...
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