It is sad, when I came across some pretty fabric I bought to line something with... but I can't remember what exactly it was to line? I only remember it was a mundane garment of some sort, not garb. The fabric is a yard of cotton with an image of Mt. Fuji on it.

Maybe it was supposed to be for the lining of the jacket I had bought some fabric that ( Read more... )

For having made my goal of 23 pound loss, I decided to purchase a book, because I love books, and I don't have to fit it anywhere on my body, so I don't have to refit it later.

But I don't know which book to buy, that would work best for my needs and desires.

Here are the ones I am thinking of.
Material Culture in London in an Age of Transititon ( Read more... )

There are times when sewing the same cord, or pulling the same set of puffs... over and over again, gets really tedius. So I thought I would take a break from it to veg ( Read more... )

We finally watched An Inconvenient Truth tonight (Saturday night). I had wanted to see it in the theatre, but as usual, missed it then. Thank goodness for DVDs. I rather like the packaging for it, a simple cardboard 100% post consumer recycleable material. But what was inside, in the visuals and the extra info since the movie was made, really is ( Read more... )

I had first shift with the kids in the morning, while c0demonkey slept in. I then napped near noon for a couple of hours. I found Rob and Cam outside in the cold putting together some of the new Christmas lawn decorations, so those went up nicely. Rob got stuck when trying to put up the roof lights, as some are not lighting properly (have to hunt down the ( Read more... )

( it all starts here, on Saturday morning... )

Ok, now I am upset again ( Read more... )

Well, the two books finally arrived. And of course they sent me the tracking info from their end today as well. They stated originally that the books were shipped on the 5th. Then their tracking info states it was shipped on the 7th. I don't know what to believe ( Read more... )

I finally got all my books today, and I am very happy with them. I am wanting to do more blackwork embroidery, and now have several patterns I want to do for things, and ideas are popping into my head, including something for Maurelle's first chemise. I've found out that things we call "celtic knots" aka strapwork patterns, actually come from the ( Read more... )

I hate having to wait for the books I ordered. I got the Victorian era picture book that is such wonderful eye candy, and I have skimmed it a bit. That book actually was sent by amazon.com after the other two books were, but it was mailed from Richmond, California, so it only took a day to get to me. But while I enjoy looking at the pretty pics, I ( Read more... )