Miscellaneous Design Studio

Category: crafting

  • Shoddy Seamstress Adventures: Gifts and Gifts and Some More Masks.

    I’m going to take a chance, and assume that MOST of my IRL friends don’t read my blog. This does not hurt my feelings. We are adults and busy with our own stuff, and they are not all interested in my crafty. But I digress. I did a LOT of sewing this week. Or it…

  • A Year of Projects: Week 11

    The cold seems to have settled in here. I don’t want to leave my warm bed in the mornings, and we turned on the heat. Our overnight temperatures have been enough to frost, and despite my best attempts to limp my tomato to a few warmer days, I might just need to admit defeat. Next…

  • Frederick Fiber Festival 2021

    This is the first fiber festival I’ve attended since Fall 2019 (also the Frederick Fiber Fest). WOW. Two years. Two WHOLE years. Its a small event, occupying 3 smallish buildings at the local fairgrounds. Bonus points for being less than 5 minutes from my house. I had machinations of biking there this morning, but we…

  • Shoddy Seamstress Adventures: A Little Pouch

    I’m not certain I would go as far at to call this a make-up bag, but it DOES corral the sundry of lip glosses and tiny sunblock tubes rattling around the bottom of my purse. You see, it all started because of these adorable zippers I saw on Amazon. I mean, THEY HAVE STAR CUTOUTS!…

  • Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

    My daughter needs a new hat this year. I made her the Antler Toque from Tin Can Knits a few winters ago. But kids grow A LOT between kindergarten and 2nd grade. Also, her hat went through the hot wash…. but I digress. I started a new hat for her. I want it to be…

  • Teeny Tiny Tomatoes!

    The other day I was a little bummed because some of the flowers on my late start tomatoes started to wither. But when I looked REALLY close, I could see TEENY TINY fruiting bodies!!!! This makes me unreasonably happy, and I had to share. The tomatoes themselves are going to be small, likely not much…

  • Shoddy Seamstress Adventures: More Reusable Face Wipes!

    I had the itch to sew yesterday. I didn’t actually sew the two items that needed repairs. NOOO. I did two DIFFERENT unnecessary projects. There’s always tomorrow I guess. First up! Re-usable Face Wipes When my kids were babies, we used reusable flannel wipes for all kinds of non-diaper tasks. Wiping noses, cleaning hands and…

  • A Year of Projects: Week 8.5

    Last week was atypical, as in the kids had 1 normal day of school (Monday), 2 late start days, 1 early dismissal day, and no school Friday. Teacher conferences! Everything felt out of sorts and sitting down to type up anything seemed too “much”. But today, I added blog to my to-do list. And I…

  • A Year of Projects: Weeks 6/7

    I’m not going to get down on myself for not updating recently. I’ve been creating furiously, however, I haven’t been compelled to SIT and write about it. In fact, I’ve been having a difficult time sitting still for any length of time to concentrate on “computer” stuff. It is what it is, but that doesn’t…

  • Farewell to Summer. Just Kidding.

    The end of summer is here. Days are getting noticeably shorter and the weather has a chill edge to it. Which begs the question, why am I showing you a tomato seedling? Because no one told this tomato summer was over. You see, I planted tomato seeds back in late-April/early-May. They got about an inch…