This was one of the projects born from having something in your stash for years, and finally spotting the missing piece in a discount bin half a world away and years later. A long time ago, I had bought a roll of brown, plaid wool on discount. I wanted to make a kilt that didn’t look…
Category: sewing
Shirts for Introverts
Concept Sketches For most introverts, a hoodie becomes your default uniform. It’s not that your typical engineer/introvert/gamer doesn’t want to look cool — hoodies are cool, function is fashion — but it is nice to have some options. Comfort might be a dirty word in fashion, but it is so easy for things to…
Quilt Runnings
Table Runner As I found furniture and started to get all the basics together, I decided that my big wooden table needed a runner. I liked the raw wood, and didn’t want to cover it all up. I wanted something colorful and geometric to go with the raw planks. When you have something very…
Neoprene Tunic
If you saw my Hooded Cape, you might have spotted my addiction to cowl necks. At Mood I spotted this jersey backed neoprene which said, “If you think Star Trek is fashion forward, then I am the fabric for you!” You don’t have to ask to beam me up twice! The jersey gives a soft lining and…
Spinning Wheel, Come Home!
This spinning wheel has been sitting at my aunt’s house for many years as decoration. Turns out, it is older than the 1870’s. We know this because, that was the year my great great grandmother carried it out west in her covered wagon for homesteading. My aunt had decided to clean out her house and wanted to…
Victorian Dress
Like all good sewing projects, this one sounded fun at first. It seemed like an innocent enough idea, essentially a skirt; but, like all paths to hell, you start with good intentions. The plan was to have a victorian themed Christmas. With a PBS fueled mania for all things Downton Abbey; large skirts, lacy focks, and…
Sew Your Own Cable Carrier
Organize all of your device cables with this easy to make carrier.
Quilting, Because Sewing isn’t OCD Enough
After a couple years of random and smallish sewing projects, I wanted to tackle something bigger. Okay, to be honest, my best friend did. She talked me into signing up for a quilting class with her. Sam is a competitive girl, so I should have know that she wan’t just looking for moral support. She was looking…
iPad Cozy
What is a sewer with an iPad supposed to do? With a little of fabric and an iPad of course, I have a a case mod that Martha Stewart would wish for. Make your own.
UPF Attack!
As the holidays approach, everyone I know is frantic with work, family, and avoiding the economic fall out of the Bush Administration. Being the aspbergers that I am, I am obessing over a series of UFPs (UnFinished Projects). They haunt me at night, alone the way UFOs haunted Maulder. And like him, I WANT TO…
Shut up, Issac!
+ =? I have bitten my tongue for far too long. It was an abusive relationship from the start. Tim had left me, Heidi was no longer calling, and Nina had grown bored. I was lonely. I was weak. It was a mistake, I know it. I always knew it. But I have needs too!…
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