I cannot express how excited I am to see all of the information that Karlyn, Irene’s great niece, has posted on her website. What a beautiful job she has done to pull all of the information together. Irene is a true inspiration. Click on the picture to learn more about one of the greatest fashion [...]
I’ve discovered lots of great free audio book sites for our mp3 players. In the process, of course, my fingers started the old familiar itch to knit or crochet. One of the books I downloaded is called “Excercises in Knitting” by Cornelia Mee on the AudioOwl website. From there I followed a link to Knit [...]
The Hillbilly Housewife, and some of her elves’s, are hosting a virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange. If you have a family favorite, you may want to ‘gift’ it this Christmas to the virtual world. I can’t wait to see all of the wonderful recipes and try some out. My tummy is growling already………….. Here is our [...]
As promised, here is the pattern pdf for the Ugglets Boots. So far, the boys have worn theirs daily and the boots have held up very well. Give them a try – it’s a fun project just in time for Christmas!
With festivities around the corner, the sewing room has been stepped into high gear. I’ve started reupholstering our sad-sad pit group. One half is done at least, in preparation for Thanksgiving day parade watching and football. I got a great deal on these fabrics at the end of summer when JoAnne’s was having a half [...]
I turned my computer over the weekend to find AVG wants to update to version 9. A new added feature is they want to run an optimization scan of my computer. “It will only take a few minutes…” So this morning, after, 2 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes, 29 seconds I decide to take my [...]
I am working my way through all of the fabric that I’ve purchased over the months in preparation for our winter growth spurts. One of the things I had bought was a sueded /faux sherpa combo from Hobby Lobby. I bought two yards of each in pink, tan, and chocolate brown. One yard went [...]
We decided to get out and have some fun rummaging around antique stores yesterday. This beautiful gem caught my eye. She was labeled simply “Primitive Spinning Wheel” with a price tag of 125.00. With money tight, I ran my hand around it, and continued window shopping. Unbeknownst to me, Slobo haggled for a much lower [...]
1-ply, 2-ply, 3-ply, and still counting. – Posted with Stuffr! –
More of Kathleen Fasanella’s (owner of Fashion Incubator) Typical Smear Tactics. Not up to date? Click here, and here, and here, and the last post here. Be sure and click the first posts headline for the comment left by J at the bottom. Home Sewers and Industry professionals take heed and check it out for [...]
CAUTION TO THE HOME SEWING COMMUNITY AND ETSY MARKETS: YOUR NEXT ON THE DANCE CARD FOR THE FASHION INCUBATOR – MIGHT WANT TO WATCH YOUR TOES and your backs…. After 4 years as a member of the Fashion-Incubator.com forum (paying member, regardless of the mention that only one person has paid), I’m leaving it for [...]
Carol Kimball is a fantastic human being! I have to let the world wide web know because Carol flies under the radar. She’s a very humble lady and gracious woman, that if you didn’t read about her somewhere else, you’d have no idea the experience that she has! Carol is very interested in clothing being [...]
As promised, Kelly came back and tilled the garden for the second time. This time he worked in some food and Nature’s Helper. As always, his timing was impeccable, because now we are facing 3 days of steady rain that will make things just right for planting around Good Friday! I was in my sewing [...]
… and I’ve seen ‘em! My brother and his girlfriend knocked on our door Friday morning at 8:30 am. The day before he said he’d call me. I told him sure – I’m up at 7am, np! Well Friday AM, I had turned off the alarm and crawled back into bed when I realized I [...]
I love old movies. I watch two channels on tv: Turner Classic Movies and lately – Discovery Science. (I used to be an HGTV addict – but those days are Gone With the Wind!) Whenever I watched an old movie and was inspired by the costumes, they were almost always designs by Edith Head or [...]
The Great Backyard Bird Count starts today! It’s as easy as 1… 2…. 3 You just might see a huge red-tailed hawk like this one we spotted last week: *picture courtesy Slobo and his handy-dandy camera picture (sheesh and it’s only 10:30 am) -taking abilities. – Posted with Stuffr! –
If you have bird watchers in your family too, you might want to attend the Great Backyard Bird Count. All you do is: 1. Plan to count birds for at least 15 minutes on one or more days of the count, February 13–16, 2009 2. For each type of bird you see, count the most [...]
Today, I cut two versions of the Paisley Pincushion Nightgown. Before I share that here’s some fun: Did you know you too could own a Zoom-O bobbin winder? You can play AND wind a bobbin for the cost of only 10.00 at Wally World!
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