The next stop on my adventure to the 2013 National Roller Skating Championships is the Petrified Forest National Park. I have to say that this was probably my favorite stop on the trip. The first several viewpoints (north of the I-40) overlook the Painted Desert, which is a pretty view, but somewhat reminiscent of the … More Tales from the Road: Petrified Forest National Park
I have recently returned from the 2013 US Roller Skating National Championships which was held for the first time in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This is the first time that the nationals have been held close enough to my home that driving was a preferable option to flying, and so I got to visit a few … More Tales from the Road: Experiencing the Impact at Meteor Crater
At the beginning of the year I thought about all the things I needed in my wardrobe, I plotted, I planned, I gave myself a year-long sewing challenge. I did something similar last year, and I really enjoyed thinking about making clothes that work in a wardrobe, for multiple occasions, or fill a need in … More Throwing in the Challenge Towel: Sewing for ME!
When I was shopping for fabric in LA I noticed one of the shop owners who had swept up his floor and then came outside to dump an entire dustpan full of glitter into the gutter. Environmental issues aside, I thought it was crazy that he could generate that much glitter dust just from cutting … More My Poor Bobbin Casing
So I haven’t been posting too much lately, but I have been sewing. About 4-12 hours a day, actually. It seems like the more sewing I do, the more I have to do. So much sewing, but not for me. Sigh. I mean, I am grateful for the business, and I am more than willing to do the … More What I Have Been Up To And New Fabric!
Ok you guys, the Big Scary Thing I had to do… it is done. And now I am a doctor. But not that kind of a doctor. More of a Dr. Indiana Jones kind of doctor, and less of a Dr. House kind of doctor. Except with more computers and fewer interactions with Nazis. Anyway, the … More That’s Dr. SewSkateRead, Thank You Very Much
I am a bit frustrated because the sewing mojo is high – I have a lot of projects I want to make, it is finally getting cold out, so I can actually wear the coats on my list, and my brain keeps wandering to all the things I want to sew. Not to mention all … More (Lack of) Sewing Progress
Ok, I don’t typically post “real life” things here, BUT I am going to make an exception because I finally got LaTeX to number pages in the format required for my super long thesis document. Me, after pagination worked out. (Picture from realitytvgifs) I still have a ton of work to do, but I have wasted … More The Page Number Happy Dance
I have been going at it with the sewing machine – I still haven’t fully sewn together my pants (I still need to attach the waistband and hem, but probably not until next weekend), but I did working on muslins for my button shirt and a jacket. First, the good news: the jacket muslin is … More Two Muslins and Other Thoughts
Ok, so we all know I have been needing to deal with the post-nationals unpacking and cleaning. Of course, I have been making a lot of clothes the past few years, but most of them have been spending the past few months in a suitcase. But now I am faced with the arduous task of … More Out with the old…
Doctor T Designs 