"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in dumb things I have done, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing on Dec 20th, 2008
So…I started making this suit on May 30, 2006. That’s when I started cutting it out. I bought the fabric sometime in late ’05, I think. I finished it, down to the last button this afternoon. Is that ridiculous or what? There we are WAAAAY back then, after laying out and pinning down, the cutting […]
Posted in Cats, dumb things I have done, Fashion/Sewing stuff on Dec 14th, 2008
Guess who had a bath? My favorite little source of allergens got a good scrubdown today. Normally we try to bathe her once a month, but she hasn’t been bathed since before the wedding (something like 2.5 to 3 months) and she was dander-rific. She’s a component of the factors that sent me to the […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing on Dec 7th, 2008
Pretty much says it all. Right now I spend most of my time applying for jobs, willing the phone to ring, and sewing. With breaks here and there for dog-walking, when Ruby makes a point about it: Enough with the sewing, crazy lady…let’s go for a walk! What you see under Ruby’s chin is part […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Fashion/Sewing stuff on Nov 30th, 2008
I am a total thrift-shop junkie, as has been well documented here. A couple of years ago, I made a major haul at a local youth center’s rummage sale fundraiser. I need to go back and fix the pictures in that entry, but if you want to see my haul from that day, there’s a […]
Posted in 2008 Coast-to-Coast Adventure, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing on Sep 14th, 2008
Front! Back! Pockets! More pockets! More, more pockets! This is my second pair of pants for the cross-country trip. They’re a durable polyester blend, same as the other pair. They’re based on the same pattern, though I eliminated one set of pockets because the other pair fits a little bunchy with that much fabric across […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff on Sep 4th, 2008
I’ve been sewing the pants I will wear across America. Well, one pair of them. The other pair is in the works. It’s a polyester blend that should dry fast should I get wet or sweaty, and should be durable, which is good, because I’ll be wearin’ the hell out of these britches. They’re based […]
Posted in Cats, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Lists, Sewing, Travel on Mar 19th, 2008
1. I got the new camera I’d been saving up for. I’m now the owner of a Canon Powershot G9. I’ve gone out and done some test shots to get used to it, but since my computer is in the shop right now, I can’t post ’em yet. Joel’s computer doesn’t recognize my camera, and […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, Family, Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Photo entries on Oct 2nd, 2007
1. My sister is coming to visit me today (so I took the day off from work) and she’s going to try on the wedding dress I’ve been making for her. I’m excited to see her and to see how this dress looks on. She’s also bringing her young son Max, who is quite a […]
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Jan 15th, 2007
I am still sewing like a madwoman. Today’s count includes half of a suit jacket and most of a skirt (waistband and hem pending) The half finished jacket, with the skirt I started yesterday (no, I haven’t finished stitching down the appliques yet…I wanted to test out this jacket pattern, because it is an experiment). […]
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Jan 13th, 2007
More photos and detailed images can be found here. I totally lost interest in the other suit I was making, so it sits on my modern dummy, mocking me. The skirt is lined, but not hemmed. The jacket lining is halfway put together but not installed, nor are the buttonholes and buttons done. I’m sick […]