Over the last few weeks, I have set aside the knitting to take up a couple of crafty pursuits that I haven’t touched in ages, like embroidery. I made these kitchen towels from Jenny Hart sets. There’s something really satisfying about stitching these patterns. It’s like a more absorbing version of coloring books. I have [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Pursuits of the Fabric Variety
Posted in Home Sweet Home, Other Crafty Goodness, The Things I Read on August 18, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Lunch Break
Posted in A Girl's Gotta Eat, C'est La Vie, In the 216 on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I sat on the plaza outside my office today for lunch, and for once, I had my camera.
There was a band playing for everyone. Their name is Uncanny Xela and they played a kind of psychedelic-funk-soul-60s pop-type music. Covering “Never Can Say Goodbye” was a good call. Covering the Muppets Show theme was even better.
As [...]
Stiff Upper Lip, and All That
Posted in C'est La Vie, The Things I Read on August 6, 2009 | 8 Comments »
This poster’s (and t-shirt’s, and coffee mug’s, and lunchbox’s, etc., etc.) message has become pretty cliched, I guess. But I still like it.
Wartime Britain has figured largely in my summer. I have been enjoying the “Make Do and Mend” series on Cast On, for starters. It’s been my favorite series yet. London during the Blitz is the setting [...]
