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I have never been this blonde before. Gonna take some getting used to!

Anand and Liam, aka Poseidon and Zeus…

I got bored with my hair again, so I bleached it all. There’s your Halloween horror for you — that and the skeleton earrings I think will comprise my costume this year. I like it, though. Fun ombré effect happened fairly ‘naturally’. I may bleach it again in a few months, though. I’ve never had

I went for a high-variety, layered approach to building our candy bowl this year — and then I mixed it all up. Ready for the trick-or-treaters — send them our way! We also have some little blue packages with non-food treats for those who need them. 332 Wisconsin, the blue and purple house near the

And that’s a wrap on Halloween — didn’t quite give away all the candy, but pretty darn close, and the rest will be consumed by hungry undergrads and grad students on Wednesday. I want to say something like 75 kids? Since we don’t get hundreds of trick-or-treaters on our block, we tell the kids they

Last simple step of the night — attaching the front and back at the shoulder seams. They said to be sure to stitch two lines; I’m guessing that’s for extra stability? The instructions to all this feel a lot like the technicals on GBBO — they’re not really anywhere near enough information for a beginner,

Sari blouses typically close with hook and eyes, either in front or back, similar to bras. So this step is for attaching fabric for a placket on either side. One strip is wider than the other, but I admit, I’m not really understanding why — hooks and eyes don’t take up that much space. I

Next step — adding facings to the waistband in front and back. Here’s a sewing question — I might add trim to the waistband. Does it make sense to add a facing if you’re also going to add trim? Seems a bit redundant, but maybe I’m missing something?

The next step in sari blouse sewing was assembling three pieces together to make each side of the front. This is the most fitted front top section I’ve ever made; it was sort of fascinating watching it come together. I’m guessing sewing a bra follows a similar process? Hmm…

In the end, cutting only took an hour or so, and I *think* I got all the seam allowances right, and I *think* I cut out all the facings. I did forget the seam allowance on the very first cut, sigh, but I had enough fabric that I could adjust position and try again. Pro-tip