Yesterday, my small parcel of 4 yards of Anna Maria Horner’s new Folksy Flannels arrived. I was tres excited to rip open the Priority Mail envelope, to lay my fingers upon the lushness, to bask in its glow, to… waitaminute. This stuff feels just like normal flannel. Now granted, it’s got adorable prints, and it’s [...]
There was very little stash activity this week, very little sewing going on at all, actually. However, yesterday, I spent basically the entire day yesterday in bed, hand-quilting Mom’s quilt. It was a gloriously relaxing day – I let Hulu tell me stories, and I think I’m getting much better with the hand-quilting (after a [...]
Only one real thing of note arrived this week: A layer cake of Snippets, by American Jane. Please forgive the absolute crap light here – I snapped it very quickly and didn’t check it until I’d put everything away again. Bad, Bad Erin! These are adorable. So retro, I can’t even contain myself. I’m not [...]
There’s this fabulous movie no one has ever seen – “Year of the Comet,” staring Penelope Ann Miller and Timothy Daly. It’s not the zombie movie, “Night of the Comet;” it’s WAY better. It is also apparently non-existent on DVD, except in European format. This makes me sad, because it’s one of my favorite movies. [...]
Wait… am I the only one who remembers that scene from “The Jerk?” If so, you all think I’m genuinely excited about phone books, but that’s actually not the case. Tonight, my weekend begins, and I have such plans. I tried to have such plans last weekend, but a migraine interdicted. So now, SUCH PLANS [...]