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Yarn chicken.
Yarn chicken is not a game I play often. I had a rousing match with a skein of yarn recently — and lost. I didn’t realize we were even playing until I was almost out of wool. The project that served for the playing field was my Lumen. I recently was quite inspired to pick…
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The end of the line.
Welp, I’ve done it. We’ve finally come to the end of my storage space on the blog. Two and a half years of craft blogging really does a number on the old photo uploads. While I figure out what I’m going to do, let’s talk quilts. I came to a bit of a frustration point…
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We were on a break.
I am definitely not batting 1000 over here. Sweaters are just not doing me any favors these days. I spent most of last week knitting on the body of my Damejakka Lopa. I knit a solid five inches more and decided to try it on. Womp womp. Too big, again! I know what happened this…
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WIP it good.
I’ve been thinking how nice it was to finish up my Jelly Roll Slice quilt. Having unfinished projects laying around has been weighing me down lately and that’s got me thinking. I started all of my WIPs for a reason. Some of those reasons are compelling, some less so. Some of the WIPs are sooo…
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Brought to you by the letter F.
Finishing a project is such a satisfying feeling. Putting the final finishing touches on any make always get’s me a little giddy. Last night, I was feeling a twinge of that excitement as a I bound off the body on my Beauty School. I broke the yarn and hurriedly slipped the sweater over my head.…
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Fairfield Shirt
Well, I’ve done it. Completed my absolute proudest sew to date. If you, as I was so recently, did not realize how detail heavy a man’s button up shirt is, then come along with me. I’ve got something to show you. I sewed the Fairfield Shirt by Thread Theory. It’s a beautifully written and drafted…
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The wagon hath run me over.
I’ve really fallen off the wagon with lots of things that bring me joy and it’s time to climb back into the driver’s seat. We’ve got a bit going on over here in my house; work is busy, we’re right in the middle of the birthday gauntlet, and Joshua is finishing eighth grade. I think…
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Me Made May
Well, I did it. I managed to fulfill my pledge to wear at least one me made item (not counting sweaters) each week in May. I really enjoyed it and it did what I had hoped: pushed me to wear my makes for more than just pictures! The only outfit I didn’t get a picture…
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Ambition.
Sometimes I like to set myself some arbitrary goals. Most of the time, rather ambitious ones. Saturday night, I was laying in bed thinking about the coming day. I thought about making a bit of a ridiculous to-do list and seeing if I could do it. I came up with a somewhat realistic, but really…
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Confidence.
I’ve been thinking about my style, wardrobe, and making for quite a while now. I think back to the Wardrobe Architect project I did a few years ago. It is hard to believe that was a few years ago but like with so many things, here we are. I’d like to revisit that project, evaluate and…
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