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  • This image happens to be the color scheme of my planned SWAP. I haven't started working on it, but I'm thinking about it in my spare moments, and I figure by the time I have enough time to work on it, it'll be so thorou…

  • The bells went much better than I had expected. Of course, my expectations were so low that they could hardly have gone worse. I was relieved and thrilled.That lasted just until I learned that we were playing more pie…

  • Conditions yesterday were perfect for a PSD. The weather was lovely, three Netflixes arrived in the mail so I could have background movies, my trip for groceries also yielded buttons at a serendipitous 40% off, and no e…

  • Crafting at last! Here are pieces 2 and 3 of SWAP Part III. I finished up the skirt of burgundy cord, and got the machine sewing done on the green linen top."Linen" of course being a euphemism for "wrinkled."The reason …

  • The SWAP Storyboard

    The Australians may have been the ones to formulate the Sewing With a Plan system, but the storyboard seems to have been a Canadian inspiration.The idea is that you draw your 11 garments and add swatches of the fabrics…

  • Canadian National is toying with the idea of joining me in a SWAPalong. I am in favor of this. All the official SWAPalongs are a) contests and b) populated exclusively with sewing experts. We need a casual SWAPalong wher…

  • Reading the adventures of Formerprincess in searching out fabrics for her quilt has caused me to think about the process of buying fabric.For me, it is quite different from the process of buying yarn. When I buy yarn, I…

  • There were suggestions about the fate of Erin. Formerprincess asked whether I might not wear Erin after all if I finished her. Yes, I certainly would. That's the problem. I will wear anything. If you have ever seen the p…

  • Here are the results of my PSD. The tank is B3383 in a cotton sateen. It called for purchased bias binding at the neck and arms, and I had already done the neck when it struck me that it would look much better with sel…

  • If you ever find yourself in some predicament involving plumbing or other home repair issues, you may find it cheering to read the novels of Sarah Graves. Her heroine not only has worse plumbing problems than I or anyone…

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