Thank you so much for the comments and emails and gentle empathy yesterday - I'm so very very grateful. After all that build-up, I feel like today's post might be a letdown with the underwhelming garment, but I'm easing into this project of sewing for myself with McCalls 6241. The version I made requires just two pieces: the front and back. It doesn't get simpler than this. I've made this top before, long ago, but it was a complete wadder because I did a real number on the neckline ... Read more
Body Image
So last week I accidentally hit 'publish' on a post that I was nervous about. It's the one that follows, and it was very hard for me to write and was mortifying when I hit the wrong button before I was ready to share. Gah! as they say - so typical of something I would do. In a fit of embarrassed panic, I unpublished it, but it ended up showing up in readers, and then I got several amazing emails and comments from people who shared their own stories and were so supportive -- I was surprised ... Read more
Parmesan Garlic Quinoa
I've noticed that more and more lately, I like to pin unconventional dishes to my "Yummies" board. I see cauliflower tortillas and my interest is piqued. Or pasta with burrata and kale-roasted garlic sauce - I have no idea what burrata is, but I really want to make this. In fact, the more mysterious-sounding the dish, the more likely I am to add it to my already overflowing board. Now, parmesan garlic quinoa doesn't sound all that exotic. But what sold me was the claim that "you'll never eat ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Pink-off (my version vs. k’s version)
Good morning! I had such a great Mother's Day, how was yours? K and M made me breakfast and I got about two thousand cards from K. It was fabulous. So for this week's outfit(s), I changed things up a little bit. I already had the pattern from this book and fabric selected in my mind, but I was curious to see what K would pick so I showed her the dress and asked her what colors she would want: It turned out we were both in a pink sort of mood, but can you guess which was ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that it's Mother's Day this weekend. These months are slipping away and soon summer will be in full swing. As I was thinking about the day to celebrate maternal figures in our lives, I stumbled across a package that my father-in-law had sent me a few weeks ago. M's grandmother (ergo my father-in-law's mother) is not doing well - this saddens us greatly, but she is also over 90 years old, and has led a remarkably full life. I ... Read more