I visited a few local thrift stores, oh, 5 years ago or so. Nothing. I didn’t try again until a couple of weeks ago. I came out with some great vintage sheets and even better pillow cases. Then I went back last week. Found more. Twice this week. Today I had to make myself drive … More Thrifting heaven
Yes, I finally started. I say finally, because sometimes I get a lot of ideas, draw a few sketches and then cannot decide which to do first. But after some fabric sorting, looking at fabrics and the sketches from a distance, and thinking about what I really want to cut (and how much) I decided … More New project
I am calling this one Plo Pillow. This is all I could come up. And I am sticking to it. So here it is: I used 13 different floral fabrics, one of which is vintage french linen (only one square) recently bought at a thrift store. Squares are about 3 in square (I say ‘about’ … More Plo Pillow
I started using Tumblr some time ago, and then dropped it a few months ago. With all the tools and apps out there – twitter, facebook, flickr… I didn’t quite know how to use it. And when to find time. I did realize recently that I wish I had an easy way of bookmarking or … More activating tumblr… again
Happy New Year to everyone! I will not write a review of last year or predictions for new year. I don’t do resolutions – I found that they never work – they just make you feel overwhelmed and then you feel bad when you cannot accomplish them.. I will say that last year was no … More for new beginnings
Just a sneak peek of what I have sitting on my sewing desk since before Thanksgiving. A new pillow inspired by some aerial photography and fabulous work by Victoria Gertenbach. I have not had a chance to get into my sewing room for almost two weeks. This is almost finished – two more patches, already … More and now for something completely different: field work pillow
It looks more like it’s not going to happen – well, at least not as soon as I planned. Anyway, week 4 I decided to do the eliptical to try and rest my ankle from pounding on concrete. It was feeling fine, no pain during exercise, but it would hurt in the evening. I did … More can I do a 5k run? – week 4 and 5
Yes, it is finished! The quilt was waiting for binding for a few days, but today I found some time and here it is. I would have liked to put darker binding, maybe something with black… but all my black fabrics is in little scraps, definitely not enough for binding. I am quite pleased how … More spiro quilt – finished
Another little setback. This week I could run without pain – it did not hurt during running, but it actually hurt more after the run. Especially on Friday. Add some ankle swelling, I decided to rest the ankle for a while. Last week total: about 8 miles run/walk in about 2.5 hrs. To rest the … More can I do a 5k run? – week 3
I usually don’t get any sewing done over the weekend. It’s all about family… But I did make a lot of progress on Friday: Sandwich was made. I decided against piecing the back, piecing of all these blocks took long enough. And I was just eager to see this one finished. So, I used pink/white … More spiro quilt – progress
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