A long weekend…
Well, really it wasn’t that long. In fact, I wish it had been longer, as I didn’t get as much done as I planned, but enough thinking about that. As I was blockaded in my sewing room for much of the weekend, I listened to a lot more music than usual. And as a confession? [...]
In what universe does wool bubble?
So… I had occasion to buy a lot of fabric – 18 yards – rather quickly last week. And of course the problem with wanting to buy a specific color and type of fabric without waiting for the universe to provide is that you sort of have to take what you can get. Enter www.fashionfabricsclub.com. [...]
How To: Dry Herbs for Storage in a Microwave
How To: Dry Herbs for Storage in a Microwave. This sounds really cool, especially for when we get the herb garden started.
Apparently Saturday was for Paternosters…
In between going to the baronial meeting and playing guitar hero and some other random activities, I decided yesterday to use up all the random beads I had been acquiring, as they had been sitting in a box longer than I’d like. So… first of all was the restring of the mother-of-pearl paternoster. I put [...]
Roasted Potatoes: Not Fail
When we left our intrepid heroine, she was mourning the evil kale. However, all hope was not lost… for in addition to the kale of fail, she made reasonably good curry, and really awesome potatoes. In fact, the potatoes were so awesome she had to share… Tigers & Strawberries » Garam Masala Roasted New Potatoes. [...]
Expensive Fabric is Expensive…
So someone on h-cost posted a link to this company (click the picture) earlier today. It’s completely unfair that to make a houppelande out of it (it’s 100% silk) it’d cost me something more than a mortgage payment. I really ought to be able to dress myself in the style of my persona. Even if [...]
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