Dad & Janet’s Quilt, & A Skirt

Tonight, we had dinner with Dad, Janet and my step-sister Emily to do our Christmas exchange. It was difficult to show them their quilt in at Applebee’s, and I couldn’t send it home with them yet since I still need to finish it off. I’m trying to decide what I want to bind it with, [...]



A-ha!

After having received brilliant advice from NoPinkHere and several others regarding how to save the loungy pants, I went to it this morning with a will.

I soon discovered catching up with Google Reader and seam ripping just doesn’t go well, so I queued up episodes of Better Off Ted on Hulu, and off I went.
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Le Sigh.

I’ve been eying this tutorial for loungy pants for a couple of months now, and finally got the gumption up to try it last night. After having found the Perfect Vintage Sheet yesterday at the Goodwill, I drafted my pattern on brown paper left over from a mail order box – it was the only [...]



Post-Christmas Show & Tell

Image-heavy post ahead!
When we arrived home tonight, I checked the mailbox to see if my much-anticipated shampoo bar had arrived in the mail. Alas, it had not. But! The fabulous corduroy pants bag I won from Laundry On The Line did – yay!! She mailed it right on time, it just takes awhile for things [...]



Progress & A Little Good News

Christmas is breathing down our necks, and I feel it stalking me with an intensity – so much to do in the next two weeks, holy smokes! Last night, I decided to get Mom’s quilt’s panels tied where they needed tying, and then perhaps start on the binding. While tying went quickly,  it doesn’t flow [...]



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