"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs, Sewing, Super-Short Entries on Mar 8th, 2006
Wax-free tracing paper blows goats, right? I hate that stuff…it doesn’t make a clean, strong mark, and the marks smudge. Ass. I’m mostly marking the inside of the garment anyway, and I’ve never had the wax kind of tracing paper stay on the fabric beyond a couple of washes anyhow. Fie on wax-free tracing paper. […]
Posted in bike commuting, Fashion, Garden, Home Improvements, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Mar 6th, 2006
Well, well, what’s been up… Hah, quite a bit, really. I’m starting to get over my winter blahs, thanks to the weather having been so nice lately and the days getting longer. Moreover, I’ve imposed upon myself several projects to change things up a bit so I won’t be so bored, grumpy, dull, and frustrated. […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Feb 11th, 2006
I finished these pants last weekend, but failed to post ’em, so here you go now! Because I have questionable taste in clothing, I felt that my wardrobe would be greatly enhanced and improved by the presence of one pair of bright-orange, wide-wale corduroy jeans. And so I made them. They have a slightly lowered […]
Posted in biking, Costumes and disguises, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on Aug 7th, 2005
I’ve been lousy about updating lately. So, in the grand spirit of “Day Late, Dollar Short,” I’ll tell ya about yesterday. Pretty much the highlight of yesterday was the Urban Exploration ride out of Acme Bicycles. It’s always a good time–you never know who will come or where we’ll end up. I rolled up just […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Photo entries, Sewing on Sep 22nd, 2004
A view of the patent-history sticker on the dummy’s right hip Same label, slightly different camera settings. I am not sure which is the more legible. In the following three photos, both dummies are set to roughly the same measurements. 34-26-36, or a contemporary dressmaker’s size 12 or ready-to-wear 6. Though the dummies share essentially […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, nostalgia, Sewing on Jun 4th, 2004
I’m going to deviate from the Alphabytes official wordlists today because there is a “D” word which sums up my most notable talent and one of my maddest passions. Dressmaking. I’m a seamstress, sometimes designer, and milliner by nights and weekends. During the workaday work hours, I’m a municipal phone-jockey, but on my own time, […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on May 31st, 2004
My new skirt, second in the “What to do with 1yd of 60″ machine embroidered cotton pique” series. I felt my wardrobe would be enhanced by the addition of a skirt bedizened (verily, bedizened) with cartoonish, mercerized depictions of fruit. I actually have quite a few tops that will go well with this skirt, whimsical […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Imports from old blogs, Sewing on May 27th, 2004
Throwaway entry, but I made a new shirt over the course of the last couple of days, and I am really happy with how it turned out: And here’s a closeup of that trim piece: The little bow and dangly button-cherry arrangement came about because I accidentally nicked the fabric when I was clipping the […]