Posted in Crafting, Daily Bread on Aug 20th, 2007
It was an uneventful weekend, aside from collecting my sewing machine from the repair shop. It’s been languishing in storage (i.e. gathering dust in my front room) for years. I am so happy to say it’s feeling much better now.
This is my poor old sewing machine. We’ve been through a lot together. I’ve had […]
Posted in Crafting on Aug 5th, 2007
Siofra and I have decided it’s time to start working on jewelry again. Well, it was mostly her idea, and she had some very convincing arguments in favor of reopening the studio and getting back to work. I really couldn’t argue with her.
look mommee, i set it all up fer u, an even started a […]
Is mostly finished. It still needs buttons and button holes along with a good pressing.
(These colors make him look like Christmas Man)
Unfortunately my machine has decided to stop making button holes for me, so I’m going to have to do it by hand ’til I can get the machine fixed. Stupid sewing machine. But […]
Posted in Crafting on Aug 8th, 2006
This is a vest. Or it will be a vest. By the end of the week this will be a vest. It may not look like one now, but just wait till Sunday when I post a photo of the finished product.
I started this project about three years ago. Paul and I went to […]
Posted in Crafting on Jul 15th, 2006
I went into A.C. Moore today with the intention of buying tissue paper. I came out with three skeins of yarn, knitting needles and a crochet hook. Oh, and tissue paper. I had decided it was time to learn to knit. I’ve actually tried it before, years ago, but never really mastered it.
The yarn was […]
