I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that starting tomorrow at 9am Central, you can get $30 worth of Japanese fabric for only $11 on a great daily deals site called Heartsy! But keep reading about how turn that deal into $4 for $40. Heartsy basically uses the Groupon model [...]
Continue Reading →My parents arrived into Austin late last night to celebrate the 4th as a family (minus sister Liz, who is back in Iowa busily dying yarn for Sock Summit). My parents also brought with them another visitor, Hector’s “cousin” Harrietta. Harry wasn’t too pleased to have a camera in her face so early this morning, [...]
Continue Reading →Well, here it is. My very first quilt.
I have been meaning to get this post up for the past week, but am just now finding the time. Sorry for the sunlight glaring onto part of the quilt in some of the shots, but I had to take these picture after work [...]
Continue Reading →Because I felt like I had wasted an entire week of sewing effort (read about it here), I decided that I needed to whip up something quick. I needed some instant gratification to appease myself. I had purchased some cute Kokka fabric on sale last week with the intent to [...]
Continue Reading →I have had an entirely frustrating sewing week. It all started last Sunday when I arrived for my Amy Butler bag class. I had decided well ahead of time that I wanted to make the cosmo bag. I had used the Amy Butler’s Style Stitches book as the guide for purchasing my fabric [...]
Continue Reading →This weekend I will be headed over to the 2nd Annual Renegade Craft Fair in Austin. I went to this last year with my sister-in-law, Alicia. We had a great time and both came home with some fun goodies. It [...]
Continue Reading →My parents arrived in Austin on Tuesday night. I met them for dinner and finally got to present my mom with her mother’s day gift. I had a wonderful time this past week. It was a whirlwind though and I felt pretty tired yesterday. Some of the highlights of my parents visit included [...]
Continue Reading →Relationships are hard work. Distance relationships in many ways are even harder. As I wrote in my previous post, I live in Austin and my boyfriend, Ashwin, lives in Toronto. Ashwin and I have now been dating for a little over a year. The distance is difficult sometimes and I always miss him, [...]
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