A Crunchy Life

After the new bandana fail I wrote about earlier this week my old one has been sitting near my desk, tickling the edge of my awareness. I needed to take care  of it, decide if it was going to become a rag or simply get thrown out.  I didn’t want either of those options for [...]

I have this bandana from my teenage years. It went camping and hiking with me, and I’ve worn it in and over my hair in many different situations over the years. I’ve worn it do death, you could say. I’ve been wearing it with its ever increasing hole for several years now. When I washed [...]

  It’s been sitting patiently for many months now, waiting for me to pick it up again.  That happened this past week.  I’ve stitching away on it in spare moments here and there, when other work needs to be put aside or can’t be done because of time and place.  I’m in an interesting place [...]

I recently got news that I was accepted as a vendor in the Mayday Underground 2013 Spring show! So, amidst day job, getting back from a wonderful visit with my BFF, her spouse, and adorable new baby, I added gearing up for this show to my practice plate.  It feels so good to make in this [...]

I started to make myself a new dress this past week, from a pattern not my own.  It’s been a long time since I’ve sewn myself clothes. Fabric for the new dress! I finished the dress today. I’m pleased as punch with it and look forward to wearing it. I made the dress once many [...]

Asking the question last week, out loud to the world, was the beginning of what I needed to get myself moving again. It’s funny how I can forget to apply the material that I teach my students to my own life. Public commitments are one of the best ways to get ourselves to follow through [...]

L4′s birthday is coming up soon. While I have been working on her birthday sweater for weeks, I hadn’t given much thought to the sewn gifts I would make for her this year. She recently requested a new “blue & white dress to remind me of blueberries” and so my job was made easier. I [...]

After taking Inside Out with Shannon, I had a short bucket list of things that I wanted to do someday, which was added to when I took the e-course with her again.  (If you ever have the chance to take this course, DO IT!)  One of the things I put on the list was learning [...]

I’m sure you knew that already.  I did.  I just didn’t know that my date book cover had cardboard in it to keep it stiff.  Now I know: I was so excited last year when I got it, thinking about all the years I would use it.  After 1 year it was gross from going [...]

Today’s holiday gift making included finishing up bags I’ve had in my head for months now.  My MIL gave me some fabric that had been her mother’s awhile ago.  I had this inspiration to make it into some sort of bag for all of the great-granddaughters.  I’m pleased as punch with how they came out [...]