Is nm a nanometer or a nautical mile? Usually, I’m not opposed to abbreviations, but this one took me 2 weeks to figure out.

Denim Jacket I made the FBA too big and too low. I’m going to have to figure out what I am doing wrong. It might have to do with my being overly erect. When I fit the pattern, I pin the shoulder in place on Buttina and position the FBA from that. Then when I [...]

One of my scraps was just barely big enough to fit the upper collar pattern piece. I had to piece together 3 pieces for the under collar, but that’s okay; it won’t really show.

So I’m happily sewing along, enjoying my time alone. I finish the jacket bodice. I did the collar earlier, while I was waiting for my buttons to arrive. I take the collar out and get ready to attach it to the bodice. Then I notice that I sewed the collar bottom shut, including topstitching, instead [...]

jacketFront2 Other than just about killing myself from the exertion, I had a very nice day and evening yesterday. I rode my bike to work, getting so hot and sweaty that my hair was dripping. Oh, well. Work was … well … work, unexciting, except for the extreme frustration when stupid microsoft excel wouldn’t do [...]

Granny & Chunguita Since I’ve been complaining about having MIL visit for 2 weeks, I thought I’d show you what she looks like. She’s playing with Chunguita. They are pretending to make and eat soup made from Chunguita’s button collection. This morning, at the last minute, DH told me that I didn’t have to go [...]

swing1 swing2 I took the kids to visit Mom & Dad last weekend.

button To your right you see a pocket flap from my jean jacket. I ordered a bunch of buttons from a “Dress It Up” dealer. I had intended to use either round or heart shaped navy buttons with this jacket. The dealer had a big bag of silver buttons on special, and since I like [...]

Pink Pulguito had a pink day at daycare. The night before, I told him that tomorrow was pink day, and that he would wear pink. When we were getting dressed for daycare, I put a navy blue shirt on him. He started screaming, “NO! PINK!” It took me several moments to calm him down, show [...]

I’m Hello Kitty Water Fairy! made by: Jen