Oh yeah, it’s a party! Never have I been so relieved to finish a project as I was with Granota’s Cuddle Muffin jumper. A little background history on this thing: I have a Tunisian crochet book with a really cute jumper pattern that I wanted to make for Granota. One day, I was at Joann’s, [...]
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Celebrate good times, come on!
Posted in Clothing, Crochet, tagged acrylic, Cuddle Muffin yarn, dress, girl, jumper, mistakes, tunisian crochet, victory on 28 May 2012 | 3 Comments »
I can almost taste it
Posted in Crochet, Sewing, Clothing, tagged jumper, dress, shirtdress, trouble, lapel, collar, in progress on 16 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This close, guys, this close! I got quite a bit of sewing done yesterday on my newest dress until I had to be a grown-up and go make dinner for my family. It’s at the point where I could finish it today… if I were going to be home today, but I have French lesson [...]
Welcome to the Jungle
Posted in Clothing, Sewing, tagged blouse, challis, drape, exotic, fashion, Guns n' Roses, rayon, sewing patterns on 7 May 2012 | 8 Comments »
We’ve been on a little Guns n’ Roses kick around here lately since Granota decided to start styling herself like Axl Rose (without any previous knowledge of his existence). Now she likes to rock out to various GNR hits and we’ve all had an endless medley playing in our brains. There are worse things. Last [...]
Open letter to residents of the Pacific Northwest
Posted in Announcements, Clothing, tagged blouses, flowers, nature, Pacific Northwest, rain, spring, sweaters, Washington, weather on 2 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dear PNWers, I apologize for making lightweight, summery blouses this week. See, I got all excited with the recent sunshine and light breezes and remembered the springtimes of my youth in Colorado. It’s a fascinating place. It has what we call “seasons.” I know, right? It’s not just a myth! There really are places out [...]
No peasants were burninated in the sewing of this blouse
Posted in Clothing, Crochet, Sewing, tagged burnination, crochet trim, crocheting into fabric, dark blue, fashion, lace, mad libs, peasant blouse on 30 April 2012 | 5 Comments »
I made a shirt. It was boring. I put stuff on it. Now I like it. Suffering from writer’s block a bit. As excited as I was to sew it, it’s not that exciting a story to tell. It’s kind of plain, like the shirt. So I’ll spruce it up, too. Last week after my [...]
We be jammin’
Posted in Clothing, Miscellaneous crafts, Sewing, tagged Amy Tan, book review, embroidery, pajamas, pants, pyjama party, Saving Fish From Drowning, sew along, tissue paper transfer on 28 April 2012 | 15 Comments »
Pa-jammin’, that is. I don’t have a reggae bone in my body and don’t pretend to (unlike Sting, who apparently thinks he’s a Jamaican reincarnated. Never understood him). Earlier this month, Karen at Did You Make That? proposed to host a pyjama party sew-along and I thought, “Hey! I can do that!” Not taxing at [...]
Eet’s a sweater!
Posted in Clothing, Crochet, tagged basic, Caron Simply Soft, fashion, movie quotes, sweater, Three Amigos, wardrobe on 23 April 2012 | 2 Comments »
Do any of you quote movie lines with your significant others? For me, I think I can trace it back to my college roommates and “What About Bob?” (still my favorite movie). Then I married a man who loves movies. I had to start watching all his old ’80s comedies just to know what the [...]
Summer Jam!
Posted in Announcements, Clothing, Sewing, tagged flannel, homestar runner, McCalls, nightgown, pajamas, pants, satin, sewalong, sewing pattern, strong bad on 16 April 2012 | 2 Comments »
It’s only (barely) spring, but we’ve still got to think ahead a little bit, right? The nights are not quite as frigid as they have been and I’ve been noticing that my flannel pajama pants are just a weensy bit too warm these days. I love my flannel pants. I made them in November 2010 [...]
French Friday #38: Ruby slippers
Posted in Clothing, France, tagged fashion, French Friday, Paris, red, shoes, shopping, style on 13 April 2012 | 2 Comments »
In preparation for our move to France in 2003, I did a little clothes shopping to class up my wardrobe. Even though France is no longer the world power it used to be and some would argue that Paris is not even the fashion capital of the world anymore, there’s no denying that the concept [...]
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