Adventures
Happy Halloween
This year for Halloween, I dressed as the title Character from Hayao Miyazaki’s The Secret World of Arietty. I’m pretty happy with how the costume came out, even if I spent all day explaining who I was. I think that’s a problem with being awesome in a small town. Not many people know what/who the…
Read MoreHalloween Fabric Mail Day
Yesterday was an amazing mail day! My Spooktacular fat quarter bundle came in the mail from Fat Quarter Shop! It’s nine super great Halloween themed fat quarters. I’m thinking I want to make a quilt of some sort, but I’m still not sure what I want the quilt to look like. There are some great…
Read MoreHeritage Days and a Quilt Show
Every year, my town has a festival on the town square. There are lots of local organizations with food booths and local people selling handmade items. I always enjoy taking a trip to the event just to look around. You never know who you might get to see, and what cool things you might find…
Read More10 Years… A Class Reunion
Last weekend was my 10 year class reunion. I’m feeling a little old, but it might be worth it since I the reunion gave me a chance to visit with people I hadn’t seen in quite some time. I even got Matt to take a picture with me. Though, we are going to have to…
Read MoreLet’s Read Some Banned Books!
It’s banned books week! What better time to talk about reading? You know that the banned books are always the best. When I recently looked through the list of banned and challenged books, I was really surprised by the number of them that I had read, and loved. Books that remind me of my childhood,…
Read MoreAmy Butler Trunk Show
My local fabric store, Let’s Sew, recently hosted the Amy Butler Alchemy Studio Collection Trunk Show. I enjoyed getting to see the beautiful clothing made in Amy Butler’s fashion fabrics. It’s given me a lot of ideas. There were lots of coats and jackets made from the heavier weight fabrics like corduroy and linen blends.…
Read MoreSelfish Sewing Week
So apparently next week is Selfish Sewing Week. That means doing sewing for you and not for other people. I sort of find this funny, because I always sew for me. Maybe if I had kids I sewed for, like some of my friends, this would be an interesting derivative from the norm, but around…
Read MoreRainy Days
It looks like rainy days are here again. The weatherman is calling for a chance of rain every day for the rest of the week. On the plus side, rainy days like this put me in a mood to sew, so I might actually have a new project to share with you next week. I…
Read MoreGraphic Prints
For those of you who don’t know, this week was New York Fashion Week. And while there were many styles on the runway, one look really stood out to me. It was the use of bold graphic prints, mostly in black and white. I mean if it’s wrong to want all three of these mix…
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