I love this picture – I always have. These are sisters who pioneered a homestead in Nebraska. Maybe this reaches back to my own family’s homesteading roots, but I love this photo and this mud house they built for themselves. […]
Joy of Sewing
I remember in high school, and I was pretty much a royal smart ass most of the time, asking my professors just why in the world would I want to know what an x or y axis was or why […]
What I really mean here is at what point does your sewing reach a professional level. And although we sewists are most interested in answering that question, it does permeate through the art world. One dictum says that you must […]
In honor of #TBT, here’s a little story of how I went about discovering sewing, playing with techniques of sewing, learning techniques of sewing, finding my teacher of sewing and eventually getting totally, unmercifully and infinitely hooked on sewing. It […]
Over on What To Wear, they have a hilarious blog – it’s so funny that I can’t resist a comment on each point: 7 Signs You Need To Clean Out Your Closet: Number 1: You have more shoes than contacts […]
I ran across an interesting post about the comparison between home-sewn garments compared to commercially sewn garments and pre-industrial revolution garments. The upshot was that home-sewing is far more expensive. You know I agree with that blanket statement. It is […]
Sounds like a mystery novel about a new Latin sexy dance story!!! Whatever – it does roll off the tongue nicely. But this is a GREAT vid from the house of Dior show how to drape. I always think these […]
Yeah – well that’s really not meant to tangle up your tongue but it looks like it! Triskadekaphobia is the fear of he number 13 and specifically refers to the fear of Friday the 13th. It came from a number […]
Just like anything that’s new, it’s a difficult at first. The thing you have to remember is that the hardest time you will have with a new technique or method will be the first time. Don’t get discouraged. It’s normal […]
If you’re a comedian or actor that’s understandable. But for the rest of us, that may seem a bit out of the ordinary and really not applicable. Not so fast there. Time and knowledge are probably the most valuable assets […]
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