Next bit was adding some darts at the bust, so it would be a little better fitted. I had to go to YouTube for a reminder of how to transfer the bust lines from the pattern to the fabric, because I haven’t done this in a long, long time (decades?), but five minutes, a ruler, […]
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So, I wasn’t sure what to do with this fabric — it’s one of my designs, but I thought maybe the print was in the wrong size to look good as a dress or top. I was wondering if I should’ve printed it in smaller-scale. But oh well, I had a yard of it on
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Drawing snowdrop fairies while watching Gilmore Girls with Kavi, who was also drawing…nice way to spend a Friday evening.
It took a while, because apparently I haven’t actually done this in three years, which surprised me, until I remembered, oh yes, pandemic. Pretty sure the last two times the reminder to update my c.v. swung through my e-mail (April 2020 and April 2021), my brain shouted “There are bigger things to worry about right
Almost-15-year-olds are also not too old for temporary tattoos and balloons. I wish I’d thought to get bubble wands, because I think they would’ve gone nuts. Next time. There was apparently a brief Nerf gun battle too, which I missed, alas! I would really like to coax all of Kavi’s friends to come hang out
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I wasn’t sure if the big kids (Kavi’s friends are in the 14-15-year-old range) would be up for an egg hunt, but they were very enthusiastic. We release the kids staggered by age, so first the under-10, then 12 and under, and then the big kids. I didn’t count on one 7-year-old (first pic) being
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I love my big kids, of course, but it made me SO HAPPY to have friends’ little ones come over for the egg hunt. One toddler wore her fanciest purple princess dress, and I just melted.
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This year, Kevin is on a big deadline this weekend, and the kids (ages 12 & almost-15) don’t actually believe in the Easter bunny anymore, so I’ve enlisted them in egg-stuffing. We were watching Steven Universe while doing it, and we all had a good time. I have to remember that they’re big now, and
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It’s sort of funny how different this fabric looks in my basement as opposed to on the first floor, although I think that’s mostly a photography light artifact — the purple is closer to the actual color than the blue! I could have turned this into a long runner too, like the Unicorn Woods fabric,
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I’ve been travelling for work for the last week, just got back, and haven’t had a chance to do much of anything in the garden yet. BUT, I did do some garden-related design, which I thought might interest some of you? Making garden art is a great way to get even MORE delight out of
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