Have y\’all heard of Chubbies? It\’s a suuuuuuper fratty shorts brand that makes shorts for men that are, depending on your perspective, hilarious/awesome or obnoxious/terrible. The general idea is comfortable, colorful shorts–and when they say colorful, they mean colorful, and when they say short, they mean short: the inseam on them is 5.5 inches. They…
Archives for October 2015
New Machine! Bernina 153 (Quilter\’s Edition)
Since I first started sewing, I\’ve been trucking along on a Singer Confidence which I received as a Christmas gift from my parents. We got it on sale at a JoAnn (I think) and it has been a great machine. In all this time I have gotten it repaired only once (I think the timing…
Happy (Indie!) Halloween
I\’m a children\’s librarian, and at my library, we do halloween up. A week of costumes, guessing games, spooky story times, etc., etc. Wait–what? A week of costumes? omg, it\’s october 14th and I have nothing to wear. For those of you who also have nothing to wear for your Halloween shenanigans, I thought I\’d…
Itch to Stitch Lindy Petal Skirt (Birthday Blog Tour!)
When Kennis contacted me asking if I would take part in Itch to Stitch\’s birthday blog hop, I jumped at the chance to participate. I had been eyeing the Lindy Petal skirt, after seeing some really cute ones like Jess\’s, and since I feel slightly better about knits after making my Coco, I felt confident to…
Giveaway: 250 Followers!
peonies are always appropriate Update: the contest is now closed. Congratulations to isaspacey of As I Said…, I\’m sending you an email! In April I held a giveaway in honor of you all; this blog had reached 100 followers after several years of intermittent posting and a lot of neglect. I\’m so pleased to be…