Loaf Of Meat.

I had big plans for this evening. Inspired by Jenni, I wanted to bake a baguette. I stopped at the grocery store and bought bread flour and yeast. I also wanted to make a meatloaf. I told my co-workers that I would bake them Riggy’s coffee cake tonight. Frankly, I bit off more than I can [...]

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Greatest. Wallpaper. Ever.

I went to 2 thrift shops and 2 tag sales this weekend and didn’t find anything of interest. Came up empty. This afternoon I found an estate sale (Craigslist) and nearly ignored it. Holy. Mother. Of. God. My only regret was that I was there on day 2 of the sale. I can only imagine what they [...]

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Paperweights & Tomatoes

I started 16 more bags today. Am about 75% of the way done with them. I think I’m getting sick of making these bags! It was especially hard to work on these bags with these 2 paperweights lounging on all my materials. Sure they look sweet & innocent, but they can pounce on a piece of [...]

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Thursday.

Penny would like to make a formal complaint. Too much messy fabric! It’s everywhere! It’s threatening her cuddle spots. It’s time to weed out some fabric or at least tidy up a bit. That’ll be tackled tomorrow. This evening we watched a documentary about Philip Johnson’s Da Monsta. The man was a genius. We’re hoping to go tour [...]

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KitchenAid, I Just Can’t Quit You.

For real, life will now be known as BK and AK. That’s right, Before KitchenAid (ooohhh dark days) and After KitchenAid (ooohhh happy days). OK, stop nodding your head. Yes, it’s as though I just discovered my own nose. It’s been there all along, I just wasn’t…aware. Our neighbor graciously sat in our place yesterday waiting [...]

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Winner!

Bag giveaway winner is announced below. But first, check out this bust… Saw this bad boy at the Salvation Army last week and had to snap a picture. As mentioned in yesterday’s post, Hayes Sewing Center in Wilmington had some amazing machines. Machines I didn’t even know existed. Machines that looked like they belonged in a gym! Holy [...]

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DJ Mix A Lot

I’ve decided to become a club dj. My name will be DJ Mix A Lot. What? You don’t like it? OK, how about DJ Kitty Litter? No? No good? DJ Funky Feet? I’ve been told that my feet get a but *funk* if I wear wet leather shoes. Fine…whatever… Friday night I picked up the Fiance [...]

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Cup Of Tea?

With a side of ribbon? The white on this ribbon was just too…white. I’m going for something vintage French not Bicentennial. Know what I mean? I clipped off a little piece and tested it in a cup of tea for 5 hours. Hmm. That seems much better! Now to tea dye the 2-3 yards I purchased yesterday. Ho [...]

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All That Glitters…

I have piles of fabric. I know, you’re shocked. The piles of fabric that I am currently working with seem to get knocked over everyday by somebody. I can’t imagine who would do such a thing. Anyhoo, I bought some fun belts at Sally’s last week for a buck and washed them up, am using [...]

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Bagness.

Bagness, I mean Madness has settled in. How into these bags am I? I haven’t watched Episode 1 of Season 3 of Mad Men yet. I know. I’m in shock too. PLEASE don’t tell me what happens! So here’s the current bag count… 13 bags completely finished. 10 bags in need of button holes. That’s 23 bags total! Yikes. Told [...]

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Bullcarp

There have been a lot of articles and posts about Bloggers accepting *gifts* and if/when they cross the line. I absolutely admit to accepting a gift (two even!) in the past. If a manufacturer approaches me and would like to use my blog as a vehicle to reach an audience, I’m open to it – [...]

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Strange Desires.

Come on, you know you’re hiding some super silly desires…  Me? I am desperate for a canvas mail cart on wheels. Why? I want to put it in my garage and fill it with all the stuff that I nolonger need/want over the course of a year. I will then wheel that sucker to the front yard [...]

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Button Carnival?

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 [...]

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Gift Bag Sweat Shop.

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 [...]

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Sewing Brats.

Penny and Tucker were anything but helpful sewing buddies this evening. OMG. I don’t know what got into the two of them but they were total…animals! Still, I had to giggle at them. I must have plopped them off my desk 100 times. It was a game to them. Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down. [...]

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Keep? Yes!

I wandered into the Salvation Army the other day (I know, shocking) and found this unique polar bear water pitcher. I picked it up and put it down about 5 times. I kept coming back to it. Finally, I just bought the darn thing. I didn’t recognize the manufacturer/designer but considering it had a designer name on [...]

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