Category: sewing
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Goody Goody Binding Kit.
Last week, I found some sewing inspiration. It all started on Instagram and now I feel a wee bit of obsession coming on. Ideas seem to be popping inside my head like little fireworks. I’ve got lots of little projects on deck, I can’t wait to get started on them! With all of this inspiration,…
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New year, new challenge(s), new socks.
With 2018 fresh and new, I’ve been thinking about what the new year would mean to me. Last year, I embarked on a wonderful journey, my year of making, and I started this blog to chronicle that journey. Now that it’s over, I find that I don’t want to stop. I want to continue making…
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Year of Making: 2017.
On the first day of this year, I decided to commit to one small thing: “put energy into a making project every day.” At first, that meant a conscious decision to sit down with a project every day. Sometimes it meant sleepily knitting a few rows before bed so that I would keep my commitment.…
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Saturday.
I had a nice day today. I’m on a work trip to Denver, Colorado and while I had some work to do today, I also had a bit of time to myself. I am terrible at adjusting to a different time zone, but sometimes that isn’t so bad. I woke up early this morning, went…
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Nothing to see here.
I am heading out today for a work trip. I’ll be gone until Tuesday–if you’re keeping score, that’s two days before Thanksgiving– and then we’ll leave Wednesday morning to go see family for the holiday. So in the face of a six-day work trip followed by a five-day family road-trip, what did I do last…
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Daunting.
Sometimes, a part of a project will make me take a step back. Sometimes it’s the part of the process I don’t like, such as cutting fabric. Sometimes, it’s a mistake I’ve made that means I’ve not only got to figure out what the mistake was–I’ve got to undo a bunch of work in order…
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Better than flowers.
Friday night was date night. I got home and met Kevin before heading back out for supper. As we were heading out, I noticed a big box had arrived. Kevin asked me to bring it in and open it for him while he put his shoes on. I was curious and a bit confused but opened…
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Making the making happen.
After all of this thought and consideration, I came to the realization that this is a ginormous project. It will certainly take me a long time to make an entire wardrobe, even though I’m not going to make things like jeans and shoes and purses. This will be multi-year at a minimum, but really since…
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Color story.
I love color. I don’t think that’s any secret. From my love of rainbow to my fascination with neon, I love it all. This last year, though, I’ve noticed that my color choices have been slowly shifting. Colorful, but much softer. I’ve really felt a strong draw to softer, subtle color. This shift made me…
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The shape of things.
The next steps in the Wardrobe Architecture series (read my intro to this series here) had me exploring a topic that I know quite well, but rarely follow through on. That topic is silhouette. I know my silhouette. No matter my weight, no matter my age, it’s one thing that really hasn’t changed in a good…
Knit 1, Make 2 