Hi everyone! I’m excited to start off my second year of Thing-a-day.Lately I’ve been making different size and variations of small bags to improve my skills putting in zippers. This bag is to carry in my purse, for all those… Continue Reading →

February 28th is long past, but my first photo is from that day and shows my t-shirt cut into various parts.   I had this cool “girlie” size t-shirt that was never gonna fit (seriously, I’d have to shrink, not just lose weight), but… Continue Reading →

I have a pile of projects to work on, but instead I took some photos of my cat Bella. She likes to hang out when I sew or work on crafts, so I’m surprised she hasn’t shown up yet in… Continue Reading →

This was inspired by an AV Club column about the KFC Famous Bowl written by Patten Oswalt. He calls it “a failure pile in a sadness bowl.” How could we not be tempted to make a vegan version? The first… Continue Reading →

Last week I had so many ideas that I wished there were more days in February. This week I lost track of time and the days went by so fast, but I sat down on Thursday night to practice my stitching using some… Continue Reading →

I wanted to try out embroidery on a printed fabric. I love this brick fabric and wanted to do something with it, but all I had left were small scraps. The cat is another drawing by my husband, which he drew… Continue Reading →

Finished smocking another ribbon, this one skinny. I did two sets of stitching (wave), one on top of the other. That made it very stretchy, so I just stitched the ends together. I’m not sure if it would stay stretchy after being… Continue Reading →

I smocked another ribbon while riding on the metro, but did not finish it, so that will be a project for another day.   I started pizza dough in the morning because it needs time to rise. After it rises… Continue Reading →

I’ve been pleating grosgrain ribbons (with a pleating machine, not by hand), smocking them, and toying with the idea of making bracelets. This one was pleated sometime last year and I did the smocking with pink thread today.   I pinned… Continue Reading →