Hello, my friends! I apologize for the not-so-pretty photo, which was taken in the dim lighting of my basement a few months ago. This is the crazy fabric/yarn stash situation that's been assaulting my conscience for years. Bear in mind that this is only about half of what I actually own. The yarn sitch isn't awful; it's just that one bin in the top row. But the fabrics!!!!! Luckily, I have a solution. It's to pretend that my stash is as soothing and contained as it is in this photo. ... Read more
Black & White: Linden Loves + Making Magazine no. 6
Happy Friday! I've had an unusually social couple of weeks with more events on the horizon, which means I can really feel the tug of my inner introvert imploring me to hibernate and recharge. Getting out and about is good for me, I must say, and last week I made a couple of Grainline Studio Linden tops that happened to match one of the events I attended this past Monday: Making Magazine's Black & White trunk show at Drygoods Design. You know, as someone who spends a lot of time alone ... Read more
2018 Halloween: K the Kat
Happy Friday! Halloween twenty-eighteen was a good one. A very good one. K hosted a little pre-trick-or-treating gathering at our house for a group of her friends and much jollyness ensued. See that lumpy tunic that human-as-cat K is wearing? I made that. Despite swearing up and down that I wasn't going to make a Halloween costume this year, I found myself cutting out fabric two days before Hallow's Eve. The reason I was anti-handmade costume is because I finally learned from previous ... Read more
Rumi + Toaster = Roaster Sweater Tunic Thingie
I did it! I figured out the tripod/wireless remote situation with my new camera and new photo wall! I just realized that all my shots are a little crooked but I'm out of practice with this whole selfie thing, so let's take it slow and easy. The new camera was a reluctant purchase. I managed to somehow drop and break both my nice Canon and back-up Canon cameras a few months ago (sob!) and after lamenting the losses, I decided to take this opportunity to try out an Olympus mirrorless camera. I ... Read more
New Sewing Set-Up
Hello, hello! Now that Ba-chan, The Ninja Grandma has officially launched, I am sewing like a fiend. You may or may not know that I sew in my bedroom. In our sweet little townhouse, we have a disproportionately huge master bedroom and though I love me some airy minimalism, it seemed a shame to let all that space go to waste. I've carved out a little corner as my "atelier" and for the last 6 or so years, this has been working out pretty well. One of the downsides, however, was that I pushed ... Read more