Month: September 2015

Post #2060: When it comes to creativity, “to be everywhere is to be nowhere”.

Brian left on Saturday morning for a 9-day hunting trip up North, which coincided with the start of my intensive Zen practice period, and so the house has been very – very – quiet. While I normally fill the empty spaces by listening to… Continue Reading “Post #2060: When it comes to creativity, “to be everywhere is to be nowhere”.”

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Post #2059: Three things I would like to make this fall

This in no way constitutes a project list – because I’m not making a list of things that I should, or will do. That’s just a trap, doncha know? But I will tell you what garments seem like interesting makes to me at the… Continue Reading “Post #2059: Three things I would like to make this fall”

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Post #2058: Ten pounds of olives

A couple weekends ago I was at my local market and a bag of raw olives just jumped into my basket. Besides that, I have really no explanation for how I managed to bring home ten pounds of Sevillano Olives without the faintest idea of… Continue Reading “Post #2058: Ten pounds of olives”

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Post #2057: Experiments in dressmaking (seam edition)

As I mentioned in my last post about the Cappuccino Dress I’m working on, I was thinking about doing more than just zig-zagging the interior seams to finish them (I have no serger so that is never an option). For the initial dress seams, I… Continue Reading “Post #2057: Experiments in dressmaking (seam edition)”

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Post #2056: Somehow just being….

All the things I want to do, and all the things I have to do – aren’t exactly lining up these days. Partly it’s that slump thing I wrote about recently, but partly it’s because I feel so inspired to knit and sew and go… Continue Reading “Post #2056: Somehow just being….”

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