When you spend a decade of a 24-year life working for the local Renaissance Festival, you don't so much acquire a costume as a wardrobe. A good portion of mine is made by me, and what isn't made by me is still largely handmade. For example, my new pants:


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I don't think I've ever been so famous on the internet as that Batman top made me. I even stumbled upon myself, twice! Thank you all. The amount feedback and attention my Batman shirt has brought me is beyond gratifying; the sheer love, astounding. I can't describe just how encouraging it is to know the "You done good, girl" isn't just in my ( Read more... )

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I was lucky enough to win Bitchy Stitcher's Half-Assed Crappy Giveaway during SewMamaSew's giveaway days after stating that "I like to work with scraps and unknowns. The more crappy and halfassed my supplies are, the more I display my awesomeness by creating something mindblowingly amazing.". Hopefully this qualifies as at least somewhat amazing ( Read more... )

Last year, at the beginning of the year, I made a lofty list of crafty goals which I was going to accomplish, come hell or high water, in 2009. How well did I do? Well, I'm not going to link to them or ever mention them again, so feel free to draw your own conclusions ( Read more... )

Lately, I've had trouble motivating myself to post. I've certainly been making things; sewing, knitting, drawing, playing with clay or wire or breads (or even micro machines). I just haven't accomplished anything else, and I don't like admitting it. You know, anything else like finding a job.

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Remember this post? I never actually found someone to do the whole deal with, though I got a lot of "maybe... let me think about it". Time has passed, however, and I'm going to try again ( Read more... )

I'm still on my attack-my-clothes-with-my-sewing-machine kick. I've been mending and embellishing and totally re-doing all sorts of things, from the rather simple:


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Reconstructions continue!


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