My studio is feeling the crunch of Black Friday shopping and seasonal fabric splurges.
My apprentice, Miss Mags, in her usual spot. This is the main area of my studio, pretty self explanatory. I have some small projects out right now but just wrapped up a custom and some other things so the table is pretty [...]
Tags: Nita
Over the weekend, as homework from the therapist, we went through Steph’s closet to eliminate all items that cause conflict. Numerous times she claimed pants were too small, when it simply couldn’t be so. Turns out she was trying to pull on button/zipper pants without undoing them. I asked, then demanded that she unbutton and [...]
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Black, not navy, I swear. And the deep fuschia velour of the dress is really hard to capture.
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For our dearest Dr. W, I hope there is some consolation in having moved these books five times in the past decade because they are finally being given their rightful place [...]
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While I am Canadian and we celebrated Thanksgiving over a month ago, I think that it’s nice to take any opportunity to give thanks for the loveliness of our lives.
We at Diva Designs are so thankful for the faithful Hyenas who stop by our store every Wednesday at 3 to see what new and wonderful [...]
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Yeah, I’m going to learn to spin. I want to create yarn more than I want to knit it up. Just like if I could figure out how to make fabric, I’d probably jump into that more than sewing.
But, because I am who I am, I want to spin cotton as much if not more [...]
Tags: Technique
I’m still being a bad blog writer and an even worse blog reader. I’m sorry. It’s not because I don’t care, but that every functional minute I have has to be poured into work and then all I feel like doing is complaining.
Tags: All about me
Sewing with Bonnie of Fishsticks
Today’s project is a medium Fattycakes pocket fitted to match this monkey outfit:
My sewing room is actually a corner off of the family room. It’s nice, though, with lots of storage and room to spread out when I need to. The yellow paint’s not nearly that bright in real life.
The obligatory [...]
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