So this post is going up a bit late because some people needed to receive a package before I could post certain pictures of my efforts. As such most of this sewing herein actually occurred throughout the summer, and before the onset of fall (or “fire season” as it is now know on the west … More Face Masks and Face Masks – Late Summer Quarantine Sewing Projects
So I was helping someone learn the basics of hand sewing (because everyone is all about the new quarantine crafts right now…), and this led me down the rabbit hole of fabric shopping. Which was bad and I did a very terrible thing (aka I bought waaaaaayyyy too much fabric I don’t need but will … More The Unexpected Impacts of COVID-19
It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone who makes sewing plans and posts them on the internet is doomed to fail in said plans because such is the way of life. Also, I expect that given the general vibe that is 2020, the fates are going to double down in this regard. However, all … More In Which I Shoot Myself in the Foot
As seems to be my modus operandi of late, this post is going to be a bit long. I suggest tea and cookies if you want to get to the end because instead of breaking things down like a logical blogger aiming to increase post counts I’ve dumped 4 months of mini quarantine projects into … More Sewing Space Update: COVID Edition
So… I’m not really sure how it came to this, but… I made a quilt. It’s a bit strange because it seems that from the time I’ve gotten a sewing machine up to now, I’ve done a lot of things I wasn’t planning on doing with it. When I first got a sewing machine I … More In which I learn that I am NOT a Quilter
The final installment of my ongoing digital sketching tutorials on the My Body Model blog has been posted! It is the third and final part of a multi-part series that introduces using digital drawing apps with the My Body Model croquis, intended to take someone from being a digital art beginner to being able to … More My Body Model Drawing Tutorial Guest Post Part 3
For anyone who is interested in my ongoing digital sketching tutorials on the My Body Model blog, Part 2 is up! It’s the second part of a multi-part series that introduces using digital drawing apps with the My Body Model croquis for a digital art beginner (you can also check out Part 1 here). If you … More My Body Model Drawing Tutorial Guest Post Part 2
It’s hard to believe that we are already heading into the second half of the year. There was that brief period of pre-Covid early 2020 optimism, followed by the initial craziness of lockdown, and now what can only be described as an odd not quite post-lockdown hazy blur. Living in a region where things are … More Post-June Life Update (and a Little Sewing)
I think I’ve said it before, but brevity is not my bedfellow. I blame the days of my youth spent reading epic fantasy. When I originally set out to write this post, I just wanted to create a quick account of why I’m planning to pause my typical review posts on new pattern announcements. An … More Taking a Break from Our Regularly Scheduled Programming
There is… a lot going on in the world right now. I have been watching, and listening, and thinking, and doing my best to understand how a nation that proclaims “liberty and justice for all” can still be so backwards. It would be nice to say that progress has happened (I mean, largely, over long … More Quarantine Life Update #2 and Other Sewing News
