Sailor pants
I’m finally making a pair of sailor pants. These classic button front pants are all over the place (at least on my sewing magazines – in 4/2012 of BurdaStyle, and again in 8/2012, Sew News August has them too). I…
paradise
I'm Ann. I've been sewing since I was 9. My first project was a denim wrap skirt. Thrifting is a way of life for me - both eco-chic and financially savvy.
When I need clothes, I consult my stash.
I am in desperate need of summer pants for work. I operate a moderately casual workplace. So in consulting my stash, I found peach twill and linen. I hace been dying to make sailor style pants, so that will be…
When I travel I collect rocks
and then I put them to good use. Swiss, italian, arizonan, lake superior too. The collector meets the practical meets the frugal. What do you collect?
Painted pebbles necklace
I love the painted stones in this necklace but I am not happy with my finishing technique. I need some instruction on how to get the wire tightened up near the crimping beads. Not pictures but a video or in…
Lake House necklace.
These soft beachy colors remind me of the lake house. soft white sand dune, slate blue water, dark wet shoreline. I bought the slate blue beads as part of a necklace set at a yard sale nearby the lake house.…
Pinterest is rooted in inspiration
I’ve seen a fair number of posts that question whether Pinterest is making us hyper competitive and fueling the wanties even more than mass media has been doing for decades. I’m an avid Pinterest user. But I also have two…
Recapturing magic
Tonight, the sun was out again, in a cloudless blue sky as the sun set. The beach (we face an eastern shore here, so the sun sets behind the trees) was still sunlit. I took my two children, five and…
What’s body confidence?
I have a five year old and yesterday after a pool party with friends she asked me why I wanted to lose weight. I said that I did not, but that I had some fat around my middle that I…
Roasted Provençale chicken salad
I concocted this the other night after roasting chicken breasts and red pepper slices. 1 package (about 1-2lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts) 1 red pepper, julienne-sliced Marinate boneless skinless breasts in olive oil and Provençale or Herbs de Provence spices.…
Maxi (mum) summer
I have a maxi swim coverup from my mom. She got it in Hawaii on her honeymoon with my dad in 1974. She also brought me (then almost 5) a bikini and coverup dress that my DD is wearing (she’s…