I get to do the quilting part of making quilted potholders today (I’ve been breaking up the making of these into little steps, over several days, so they fit nicely in between syllabus work, and also so I don’t get too intimidated by all the parts I’ve never done before…quilting is weirdly scary to me!). […]
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My office gets sort of neglected in the summer because it’s a little warm with all the windows, and I mostly am working out in the breezy writing shed or in the cool basement. But I took some time to work on it Sunday, in preparation for the semester, trying to salvage my poor neglected
Learned how to make my own bias tape. A little intimidating, but it turned out pretty straightforward, just following the steps.
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Took a break from the syllabusing to do a different back-to-school prep thingie. I usually get new clothes for the first day of teaching as a little treat, and I saw this top at Loft and loved the dark peacock print (it’s also available right now in other forms, a long skirt and a dress,
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Ocean potholders are in progress — yesterday, I discovered the joys of basting spray. I hadn’t used it before, but I think I might be in love. At least for the purpose of attaching multiple quilting layers — for these potholders, you make a quilt sandwich of fabric, batting, insulated batting, batting, and more fabric.
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I’ve finally reorganized enough of the basement that I can sew again without tripping over things. (Basement re-org is not all done, but I think we should finish it this week, before the semester starts, if all goes well.) I have a lot of cool fabric leftover from the frantic mask-making era, so have been
I’m a little jet-lagged, okay, a lot jet-lagged. I had an event last night, and I managed to wake up sufficiently for it, but don’t let this cheery photo deceive you — I was almost asleep just before, and almost asleep just after, and then I got home and tried to go to bed, and
I promised you all some not-writing thoughts, so here they are. For the last, oh, six months or so, I’ve hardly been writing at all. I’d wake up every day, hoping to write, and then it wouldn’t happen. I’d try to push through with sheer willpower, which almost never worked and made me feel miserable
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I’m trying to get my life in order so I can be more sane, and part of that is scheduling regular time with local people I like, and also more playing of games. I have currently a giant ‘party’ invite list, which is a whole host of people from the last twenty years or so
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I thought y’all would be amused by my most recent post to the local free group: two Hulk Smash hands. One was left outside for a while, so is a notably different color than the other. It still smashes just fine, though, as I will demonstrate for you. (I’m a little ‘punchy’ after a weekend
