"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in meh, NaBloPoMo 2011 on Dec 1st, 2011
Yep, I pretty much bombed NaNoBloppo. After the big fancy post about sewing woolen knits, I pretty much hit the Writers Block Wall. I had nothin’ I got nothin’. I’ll maybe have something in a few days, but at the moment… Yep. Not so much. I’m also not done with the sports bra. I didn’t […]
Posted in dumb things I have done, NaBloPoMo 2011, Oh, for fuck's sake, Sewing, Utter Silliness on Nov 26th, 2011
I guess this is what you’d call a wardrobe malfunction. I finished stitching down the facings on this bolero and went to go model it for Joel. This is what happened: Sadly, this is not the first time I’ve pulled a stunt like this. Unfortunately, it is the furthest I’ve gotten in the completion of […]
Posted in Costumes and disguises, NaBloPoMo 2011, Sewing on Nov 23rd, 2011
IMG_0315, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. Two vintage patterns and vintage plaid flannel should combine to create a really cute outerwear set. I’m not really a “cape girl,” but for a Tweed Ride, I’d make an exception. Especially if I made the cape with this 1967 Simplicity pattern and could eke a coordinating hat […]
Posted in meh, NaBloPoMo 2011 on Nov 22nd, 2011
Bored. I know I’m not going to hit every day of November due to Thanksgiving, and I am so not even a hair worried. Ain’t exactly feelin’ it tonight. So for your amusement, here’s a link to the Uncyclopedia entry in blogs. Just added a new category: “meh.” That is all.
Posted in Fashion/Sewing stuff, NaBloPoMo 2011 on Nov 21st, 2011
IMG_0312, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. Just trying out a tank-top pattern on a bit of scrap from a dress I cut out recently (but haven’t assembled yet). Yes, I know the zig-zags aren’t well centered and all that, but I am just finding out if this pattern even fits me and works all […]
Posted in NaBloPoMo 2011, Sewing on Nov 20th, 2011
I have no excuse other than lazy bastardry. I started this coat only just shy of two months ago. What should have taken maybe two or three saturdays took…well…longer. Mostly because I wasn’t working on it. I got bored of this project about halfway through, and it sat in a box in my sewing room […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Delight, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Food & Snacks, NaBloPoMo 2011, Notions and Rants, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Nov 17th, 2011
Oh man, I have brainmeats problems. A month or so ago I read an article online where this guy decided to try recipes or foodstuffs mentioned in The Simpsons. I laughed myself silly, as you do. Especially over the notion of Corn Nog, which sounds really fucking disgusting. I mean! Almost as bad as fuzzy […]
Posted in NaBloPoMo 2011, Notions and Rants on Nov 16th, 2011
I’m about to post a video clip for y’all, but I’m warning you, don’t bother watching the video. Just listen to the audio and everything will be all right, good, fine, and amusing. The problem with this video is that it is a fan-made-vid/AMV/pathetic-piece-of-shit. It’s one of those things where somebody took an audio track, […]
Posted in Kansas City, NaBloPoMo 2011, Photo entries on Nov 15th, 2011
Kansas City(s) (both of them) are river cities, though much less so than many other river cities. KC hasn’t embraced the riverfront; most of the levies are closed to public access, and the riverfront parks that do exist have traditionally been woefully underutilized. Nonetheless, KC is a river city, and the river plays significant roles […]
Posted in NaBloPoMo 2011, Photo entries, Urban Photo Highlight Rides on Nov 14th, 2011
IMG_0148, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. This fire escape is on the back of the old Advance/Rumely building in the West Bottoms. The link above is to a photograph of this same alley in 1951, after the big flood. And this is the same alley as of last year’s haunted house season. I was […]