Category: Me

Summer, where are you?

Current downpour be damned, I’m still counting on this summer to turn better, and I’m kinds of ways towards my summer plans. Not only are we planning trips, but I’ve got at least four sewing projects I’d like to complete this summer to keep… Continue Reading “Summer, where are you?”

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The one-sided letters of love (1)

As part of my university program, I am keeping a reading journal to document my thoughts on the material we are required to read. I expect there will be more than one post on each assigned reading – a first impressions post, and a… Continue Reading “The one-sided letters of love (1)”

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More wardrobe additions.

Behold – another new skirt in the wardrobe! Today’s applique design comes from a tutorial at http://www.livingwithpunks.com/2011/06/sys-anthro-scrap-skirt.html. The skirt pattern itself is from Sew Serindipity – it’s the same pattern base as the bicycle skirt, but with one shade of linen-blend instead of two.… Continue Reading “More wardrobe additions.”

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Better late than never.

Summer has finally arrived in Vancouver, and we actually had a weekend at home to enjoy it. That meant gardening, canning, drinking, working on a furniture refinishing project, evening hot-tubbing, tidying up the house, picking out paint colours for our living room re-do, a… Continue Reading “Better late than never.”

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Rhubarb canning, 2011.

Strawberry season + seven and a half pounds of rhubarb from the back garden + long weekend = first canning of 2011! Result? Six tins of pie filling, eight jars of jam and six jars of rhubarb chutney (Victoria sauce). Plus a bit of… Continue Reading “Rhubarb canning, 2011.”

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