Tilting at Windmills
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Tattered Tomes on Mar 12th, 2010
I’m a voracious reader and avid collector of crafting books.
I love them for their practicality. You want to make something? Why, here is how you go about doing it, step-by-step.
I love them for fueling my fantasy life. Here are some cozy pictures of domestic scenes or people strolling through the wilderness in intricate [...]
M’s play opens this week, so I absolutely had to finish the costumes during the weekend. As you all know, a sewing marathon requires (a) lots of coffee–always in good supply in this house; and (b) fortifying foods. Saturday morning, I whipped up a batch of banana chocolate chip muffins to get me started.
They [...]
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Sewing on Feb 18th, 2010
As I mentioned a few posts ago, I have been working steadily on creating two costumes for my sister-in-law’s production of Winnie the Pooh. I’m making an outfit for a skunk (the tail is a MAJOR engineering project) and for Eeyore…and, if I have time, I need to make a new hood for Piglet (the [...]
