Sergers….101, part 1

January 25, 2010

Sergers are one of my favorite things to use. Perhaps because they are a challenge. Perhaps because I like the results. Or in reality, its probably because it makes things easier, more professional looking and I feel like I am cheating when I use one. Sergers, also called overlockers everywhere in the world except the […]

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Its a New Year and a new decade

January 1, 2010

A couple of years ago I got a wild idea.  I would challenge my sewing skills and make a men’s jacket.  I studied books.  I got supplies.  I chickened out. But this is the year…..the year of the jacket.

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So what makes a sewing, crafty person move half way across the US?

December 4, 2009

As soon as I get  it clean and organized, I’ll show you. Or for those who know me, I will get it barely presentable and show anyways.  My life will never include the term, “clean and organized”.

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Socks…..

August 5, 2009

Lets start out with me and my feet.  I hate the shape of my feet.  Some lovely salesperson once tactifully said that I have a “classic european foot”.  Sounds wonderful and exotic and sophisticated, right?  NOT.  It means that I have a really high instep and a wide foot also.  It also means that a […]

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I Survived…..

August 5, 2009

fair.  Heat wave.  Animals that were UNhappy.  Kids that were hot, dehydrated and malnurished on fair food.  Oh and the bain of my existance….Laundry.  Lots of it. I think I am back to normal, whatever that is.  Fair is like a little journey out of my world into the real world.  I prefer my world. […]

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