It was a dark, stormy night. (Or rather it was a hot and dry Tuesday. But whatever.) With a steady hand and a practiced eye, I put shears to fabric and created a masterpiece by following a Simplicity 4119 pattern. (I cut myself with the seam ripper and broke two needles.)
I’ve been sewing off and [...]
This morning on the radio they were talking about a bill passed by the Los Angeles city council that places a ban on the opening of any new fast food establishments in South L. A. The reasoning being that in an area which is most decidedly on the lower end of the economic scale and [...]
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… But John Mayer kicks ass live. We spent Saturday evening with Phaedra and Joe, rocking out at the Shoreline Amphitheater. I’ve been there several times and have never seen it so packed… it was a little nuts. Regardless, he put on a great show, was funny and seemed to be having a really good [...]
Here we have a black and silver cotton dress. It’s from a pattern I designed and very comfy and light, perfect for hot days. And yes, I do harbor delusions of being a can-can girl.
Ok, I think you can guess by now that I do not take good pictures. Never have, never will. Oh, unless [...]
I’ve tried several methods of composting over the years: Bins, boxes, large piles of crap sitting in the middle of the yard, etc. The problem with these methods is that it can be tricky to know when the compost is “done” and even trickier getting it out to use it! Of course, you can shell [...]
August 16th is my 10 year high school reunion. I’ve known about it for a long time now thanks to Myspace, but I figured, eh, I talk to everyone I want to from high school, I wasn’t exactly a popular person and frankly I’m too lazy to look forward to getting dressed up and mingling [...]
For a long time now I’ve toyed with starting my own clothing/sewing related business of some kind. I’ve made and sold aprons, bags and purses and am always coming up with some grand new scheme. The thing is, to really make a garment perfect and unique takes a lot of work… which I don’t have [...]
This evening as the kids and I walked their friend home from an afternoon swim a yellow lab/golden retriever of some sort began to follow us. We shooed it away. We ignored it. We got home and went inside, while it decided to camp out on our porch and whine and cry. We walked up [...]
Because its fucking awesome. Behold:
