I’ve been going through my photos from 1988, these are the baby pictures of my first son. (Boy, I wish I knew then what I know about photography and what kinds of pics I’d want to have for keepsakes. Ah, well.) Here’s…
My husband informed me this morning that my late night reading habit is keeping him from getting a good night’s sleep. This was NOT good news, as sometimes the only way I get through a day is by looking forward to those nightly…
Today’s desk doesn’t look too much different from last week’s, mainly because I’m still waiting on my order of serger needles from my local fabric store. (It’s been two weeks and I’m starting to get aggravated. I like to support local, family…
Finally I have some completed garments to show you. First off is the jacket and top from this pattern: What the pattern cover does not make clear is that the jacket can be made in two different lengths (as well as having…
At least I think this will be my Easter dress, we’ll see how much I like it when it’s done. 🙂 My workspace today shows that I’ve been making this dress: In this fabric: So far I’ve been very pleased with the…
Here’s another page I did with the baby pics from 1988. These photos of friends who stopped by to visit our newborn were all Polaroids which I scanned into my computer, edited and reprinted. One thing I’ve learned since I did this…
I finally got all the pattern pieces drafted, basted the jacket back together along the new lines . . . and it fits. I’m astounded, lol. Time now to run out and buy matching thread to do the topstitching and serger needles. …
So, with much fear and trepidation, I got out my seam ripper and took apart my jacket. (It was great when I found just the right thread and everything zipped out in seconds, but that didn’t happen very often.) In today’s woyww…
I first saw this beautiful technique on Tim Holtz’s DVD, An Altered Journey and made this photo frame. Ever since then I’ve been really, really wanting to show you all how it’s done. This past week I finally put together a video making…
Today’s workdesk pic requires a little bit of background info. As I mentioned in previous posts, I’ve lost quite a bit of weight in the past year. So a couple weekends ago I spent a Saturday morning trying on just about every…