Finally the restoration people have come in this morning to start work on my sewing room. The humidifier and fans are on and he said that he will return next week.  The walls are taped to show the level of dampness in the walls.  The floor will have to come up and two outer walls repaired.  Gyproc removed and replaced.  This will take several weeks ( Read more... )

Last year I created an ATC which celebrated New Years, with the comment. Each day I shall Create art, explore and dream. I kept a list of finished items, which covered knitting, sewing, hand bound books, jewellry, altered art( pages for swaps, cards and atcs) and dolls most of which I have documented and my grand total was 78 ( Read more... )

Another year is coming to a close, and the quiet holiday time has nearly ended. Mind you it ends in a bit of activity with an evening dinner with friends. Tonight we will talk of vacations, next year plans, have a lamb dinner and watch Boston Legal  season one. I'll get the pans and spoons out for noise making at midnight ( Read more... )

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The last storm was on the 14th, we did have our power out for 32 hours and it did get down to 54 F in the house. We do have a gas stove so were able to heat water for tea and coffee. No doubt the occasional 24 hours without tv or the internet is good for something, I did get some tidying done without distraction. But on the whole I like to be my ( Read more... )

I have been reading a lot of blogs regarding sewing clothing and getting the proper fit. It requires adjusting patterns and makig a trial garment known as a muslin. I usually just cut out the tissue pattern, put it up against my body, check in the mirror if it goes around  and then hope for the best ( Read more... )

http://urbanyarns.ca/home/home.html Urban yarns is opening a 2nd store in Edgemont Village. It will be so nice to have another yarn store on the North Shore.  If only we could get another fabric store as well. Not that I am doing anything with sewing except dreaming about what might be.  I did buy fabric this week for a new top but I have to adjust ( Read more... )

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http://amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_ss_b/701-4331232-6184308?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Beyond+woolI just got Beyond Wool and another sewing book from  Hampstead House for a really good price a couple of weeks ago.  It has some good patterns and a bit of background about the other yarns in the book ( Read more... )

It has been another rainy week with the odd break where it was relatively dry and one was able to go out and get things done like shop. I hate grocery shopping when its raining and having to get things in and out of the car ( Read more... )