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Another DIY Ironing Board.
I made a big ironing board a few years ago and it has served me well (I have since taken the legs off). Occasionally it’s a bit too big. I have to pretty much clear off my whole desk to iron something. I thought it’d be nice to have a smaller ironing board to use [...]
Continue reading...Mom’s Quilt
28. December 2009
I finished Mom’s quilt the day before Christmas. Close one! I started this back in June but got sidetracked by 5 million other projects. Phew! Done in the nick of time. This is my 2nd quilt. The first one was a small baby quilt for Maddy last Christmas. Who will be next year’s victim? Apologies for [...]
Continue reading...Then & Now.
24. September 2009
Sometimes it’s helpful to look back. Scare yourself. See how far you’ve come. Maybe even beat yourself up a little over bad choices – but hopefully learn from them (or not). If you’ve recently bought an old house or a period house or just a house-house you’re probably overwhelmed with the list of things you [...]
Continue reading...Raul, World’s Bestest.
4. September 2009
Have you met Raul? He’s the world’s best handyman. Really, world’s best. Adore this man and would be lost without him. I mentioned him once on Apartment Therapy and was bombarded with requests for his number. Really, he’s that awesome. Raul was over today helping me right a bunch of wrongs. Broken dishwasher. Boom. Fixed. Now I [...]
Continue reading...Button Carnival?
17. August 2009
I started more bags last night. I’m up to about 20 bags minus 2. Why minus 2? I brought some to the office to work on during lunch/conference calls and 2 co-workers each nabbed 1. What can I say? They squealed. I caved. LOL Here’s Lynsey sporting her fancy new bag… The bags I started last night feature [...]
Continue reading...Gift Bag Sweat Shop.
16. August 2009
I now have 15 bags finished and/or nearly finished. The unfinished bags are just waiting for a button hole & button. Why unfinished? The buttonholer on my machine seems to be on strike. Not nice! I tried increasing the stitch size to compensate for the 2 layers of cotton and 2 layers of fusible interface [...]
Continue reading...She Shoots! She Scores!
26. July 2009
And the crowd goes wild!! Or, umm, not. If you’re a fan of Cathrineholm you’ll understand. I scored not one but TWO pieces this weekend at two different Salvation Army locations. I made that small little gerbil-like squeal that one makes when they find a treasure but wants to keep it on the *down low*. So [...]
Continue reading...Penny & Tucker Slipcover A Bench
11. July 2009
Penny & Tucker learned the basics for sewing a simple slipcover today. First, they had me prime and then paint (metallic silver!) the legs of this boring Queen Anne bench. You may remember this bench from the auction out on Long Island. Don’t expect pictures if you click that link, lots got lost when I [...]
Continue reading...Slow Down You Crazy Child.
29. June 2009
You move much too fast. Or something like that. Go ahead, sing the Billy Joel tune “Vienna”. I’ll wait. Here, I’ll even start you off… Slow down you crazy child You’re so ambitious for a juvenile But then if you’re so smart tell me why Are you still so afraid? Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about? You better cool it [...]
Continue reading...Memorial Weekend 2009
25. May 2009
It’s Monday night and all I want is to do it again! What a fun weekend. I boxed up stuff that was overpowering the house (things that need constant dusting make me batty) and started an awesome project. I’m about 1/3 of the way done creating my faux Anthropologie bird chandelier. This was my big [...]
Continue reading...Home. At. Last.
10. May 2009
We’re Home! We were gone for something like 10 days driving from Palm Beach back to NY. I took over 200 pictures and am completely overwhelmed by them. Too much to catalog, some other day (or not!). Two nifty things I saw on my travels that I’d like to try and make in the coming [...]
Continue reading...Renovation *Therapy*
2. March 2009
In an attempt to put the Therapy back in Renovation Therapy…we’ve been working on a few projects. Even pulled out the much-loved staple gun and a bolt of fabric from Calico Corners. All this activity is helping to cut down on the incessant cursing I’ve been doing to God or whomever the higher entity is [...]
Continue reading...DIY Migraine Pillow…
16. February 2009
After I was done stomping around (what a carp day!) and the Fiance had replaced the light bulbs in my home office (I can’t reach them, even with a ladder) I pulled out the sewing machine. I made 2 microwaveable headache/aching back pillows. One big, one small. I’ve used these hot/moist/herbal pillows for years. The Fiance [...]
Continue reading...Naughty. Naughty.
21. January 2009
I think this is my 3rd day stuck in the house. Groan! That said, the new President has me hopeful about all things including the concept that Spring will come again and things may bloom. To that end…I grabbed the skirt. You remember the skirt…the one on the left that everyone loved… and some scissors…and I [...]
Continue reading...Mat 4 Matt
9. January 2009
I was walking down the hallway at work today when I heard Megan loudly proclaim “Jean has a sewing machine!” Most people would have the good sense to keep walking and feign hearing loss. Hell, I am partly deaf. Not me. I’m stupid. I poked my head in… Turns out our lawyer (Matt) is in need [...]
Continue reading...Greek Tea. No, Not Really.
31. December 2008
Tonight The Fiance baked bread. He didn’t much like his creation but I’ve never met a bread I didn’t like. Wait, I take that back. I hate rye bread. Ugh! The Fiance’s bread was a beer bread, very hearty and yummy. Just typing about it is making me want to toast up a piece and [...]
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