Sorta. Kinda. Maybe.
Usually, my “sewing life” goes on hiatus from mid-Spring till late summer. Not totally on hiatus; I have actually been doing a little tiny bit of sewing. But not writing, and what little writing I have done I haven’t been very happy with. But that’s okay, because I think 98% of real writers Click Here to continue reading.
I have tried hard to like Chanel’s work, but I just have never quite managed it. People would say her work was the epitome of luxury, the definition of chic elegance, that she had the perfect taste. I tried to see it, but I couldn’t. The “classic” Chanel jackets simple looked like an old couch Click Here to continue reading.
I found this article to be fascinating and informative. It’s all about how sheep-breeders are milking the hype over super-fine wool (you may have heard them referred to as Super 120, Super 150, Super 180, etc). At the end of the article, it kind of points out that all of this super-fineness has it’s downsides, Click Here to continue reading.
That’s the title of an article that ran recently (Tuesday, April 26, 2007, Personal Journal) in the Wall Street Journal. I’ve talked about this subject before; this article, written by Christina Binkley, basically said the same thing I did, in it’s own words.
We Americans have bitten off yet another tasty French concept, and chewed it Click Here to continue reading.
What’s this a picture of? My friend Abby’s feet. In the socks that I knit her for her birthday. The second project I’ve knitted, and the second pair of socks I’ve knitted.
When I’m not posting, you can be pretty sure I’m sick or busy. Usually busy. I spent the last month frantically knitting these socks. Click Here to continue reading.
What’s this a picture of? My feet. In my socks.
I knit those socks out of yarn my great-grandmother gave me, and it’s 100% wool. It’s also an almost pepto-bismol pink, but it was free, and I didn’t want to use something expensive for my first pair of socks. And my first knitting project, unless Click Here to continue reading.
Are you a people-watcher? You know, go sit in a public place and just watch people go by, and maybe make up stories of who they are and where they’re going? Or if you sew or are interested in fashion and the like, you look at what they’re wearing, and wonder where they got it, Click Here to continue reading.
. . .Namely, my past history of craziness, and most specifically, of getting into a lot larger of a project than I ever intended. I don’t start out thinking “Let’s see how time-consuming and difficult a project I can come up with?” Actually, I usually start out thinking I am making a simple project. Sometimes Click Here to continue reading.
I’ve recently been laid out by a painful medical condition; whatever functions weren’t affected by the symptoms themselves were thrown out of whack by the medications. While positioned just so in bed, I was cutting out the pattern for the stuffed dragon I wanted to make for my brother’s birthday (a week from that day, Click Here to continue reading.
This skirt by the duo 6267 caught my eye. Clipped from The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2007, in the Marketplace section. (The article was called A Duo called 6267 Adds a Spark in Milan.) I like the contrast between the fitted overskirt and pleated texture of the underskirt.