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palm trees and warm sand (and even a muppet)

what is UP y'all. i've been silently stalking you like mad, commenting in my head on rehearsal breaks and such. oh, the dialogues we've had! the witty repartee! what, you don't remember? are my...

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HEADLIGHTS! if you're in need of an ooner nooner, i'm flashing my highbeams (which are actually of a fairly low wattage) over at christine's lovely blog, city stitching, and at MSN...and both posts...

Jun 5, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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tilly, tanit isis, and tomes: a trio of treats

continuing on the train to Catch Up Town.... next stop, miette. when the delightful tilly asked if i'd help test out her latest adorable pattern, i wrote her a long winded email explaining the...

Jun 4, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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polka dots and crescent moons

oh hai! do you like my megan neilson crescent blouse? because i made it into a dress. YEAH I DID!!! spring seemed to overflow with opportunities to share-in & shout-about sewists' offspring. lemme...

May 29, 2013 Like 12 people like this

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you sew, girl! and have a prize while you're at it.

update: all right y'all, i've got my cocktail handy and will announce the winner shortly! bonne chance, peeps... happy memorial day, all! some time ago, probably when there was still snow on the...

May 27, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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day off? you sew, girl!

happy memorial day, all! thought we'd honor it with a little giveaway... some time ago, probably when there was still snow on the ground in new york (which actually could mean any time at all,...

May 27, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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spy games: dallas edition

howdy, hotel ironing board. (i'll be kickin' it texas style through august. if everything truly is bigger in texas, the next kalkatroonaan birthday celebration may actually end the world.) number...

May 24, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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conquering heights

if i look self satisfied, IT IS BECAUSE I AM. the reasons are twofold: 1. i conquered this cotton. 2. i conquered myself. I CONQUER, YO. I AM A CONQUISTADOR OF COTTON. (that may not mean what i...

May 15, 2013 Like 6 people like this

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if you teach a woman to sew...

here's a little something that is actually in fact quite large. if our corner of the blogisphere isn't the right place to share it, i don't know where is. i look at pictures of collapsed buildings...

May 6, 2013 Like 10 people like this

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that's a horse of a different color

i'm seriously in love with this fabric. and, in keeping with my pledge, i'm gonna be honest with myself and say there's a 3% chance of wearing it as-is. and how is it, you ask? if you didn't swing...

May 1, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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the true monster in my closet

but hell if it isn't still in my closet, five years after making it. cause, you know, i made it. yes, damn it all to hell, i'm throwing my hat in the me made ring. why must i proclaim it in such an...

Apr 30, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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raise yo bloggers up

well hello there. i want to thank everyone who left a comment on my last post-- i actually typed your last post, because the thoughtful comments were truly posts in themselves. wonderful stuff....

Apr 24, 2013 Like 5 people like this

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flux

on monday morning, we listened silently to a detailed recap of our visiting family visiting the new freedom tower, and the various monuments to the world trade center. later that day, we were...

Apr 17, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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on project runway, the finalists:

it is late. oona and ruggy lie in bed, fighting felines for footspace. with a roll of her eyes, oona presents ruggy with a recap of the latest project runway, via beau baby (her favorite way to...

Apr 13, 2013 Like 6 people like this

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make mine a double

tools! tools! tools! WHAT POSSESSED ME TO SHIP SO VERY MANY TOOLS!!!!! ahem. and now, chickadees and chuckaroos (yes kristi, you may be a chuckaroo, i quite like the ring of it myself), for the...

Apr 9, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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put on your red shoes and dance the blues

i love every glittering hard edged sexy speck that is david bowie. in fact, i've been known to get into serious arguments with close friends about the neverending cool that is bowie. i defy you to...

Apr 9, 2013 Like 5 people like this

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no man left behind

yep, that would be me. for many and varied reasons. let me count the ways: 1. i did not pick a winner for my last toolin' around series yet. 2. i therefore did not mail out any of the previously...

Apr 6, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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sugar tooth

hey guess what! sick cat allowed me like sixty extra minutes of sleep last night! I AM POSITIVELY GIDDY!!!! and check it out, yo! my first crack at flatlocking!! I LIKE IT!! it's tim burton...

Mar 28, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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a wee bit sleepy

that's one of our two cats. girl cat, not pictured, is sick and has been keeping us up for several days straight now. she would be the reason for my radio silence. the tomcat is not losing any...

Mar 28, 2013 Like 2 people like this

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sew bossy: you ARE the boss of me.

over six months in the making... the sew bossy initiative has landed. waaaaaay back in august 2012, i wanted heather lou of closet case files to jump in the promaballoona limo, but my wires were...

Mar 22, 2013 Like 3 people like this

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toolin' around tuesday: sink your teeth in

howdy chickadees and chuckaroos. lookee here what i got for you today! a li'l chomping japanese stapler! a stapler? you ask? yep. i found this diminutive guy whilst stomping around new york with...

Mar 20, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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payback is a lack and silk chiffon...beast..-.

i’m going to call this my project runway make, because i finished it in the four hours i had free last sunday. down-to-the-wire sewing is of course de riguer on that jammy, and if season 8 is any...

Mar 14, 2013 Like 5 people like this

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toolin around tuesdays: if debi doesn't know...

in case you're just joining the party...i recently celebrated my first-yet-fifth bloggy birthday, and to make up for all the missed opportunities, i'm giving away a new tool each week for the next...

Mar 12, 2013 Like

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my not so secret super power

i'm fairly certain i'm a mantis shrimp. at the very least, a butterfly. I AM CERTAINLY NO DOG. while ruggy was away and i was in contractoroona mode, i threw on several of the latest radiolab...

Mar 7, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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toolin' around tuesdays: magnetic personality

alright y'all! i am just coming up for air after four straight bachelorette days of home improvement, test sewing and other debauchery. I. NEED. DETOX. luckily, ruggy will be home from his travels...

Mar 6, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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we interrupt this cray cray

OH HAI. guess who screwed the pooch on the "toolin' around tuesdays" series. rather than throw the next giveaway up all hasty like, i'll just announce le winner of tool number two, the crystal...

Feb 28, 2013 Like

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annoying anonymous A.M.

y'all. anonymous spammer commenters have passed the level of minor annoyance and vaulted themselves into carrot topdom. i went to sleep to 20 bouts of spam and woke up to 25 more. no bueno. rather...

Feb 26, 2013 Like

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black and white but not so much ?read?

this creation had a very quiet opening over at MSN a couple days ago, which tells me it might not be everyone's cup of tea...but here on planet kalkatroona the natives are digging it, even ruggy!!!...

Feb 24, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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maddie and maps

this week i had the pleasure of stomping around the garment district for the second time in months with maddie, and later that day with christine. before miss fish arrived, we had giant portions of...

Feb 22, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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palm trees and warm sand (and even a muppet)

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tilly, tanit isis, and tomes: a trio of treats

polka dots and crescent moons

you sew, girl! and have a prize while you're at it.

day off? you sew, girl!

spy games: dallas edition

conquering heights

if you teach a woman to sew...

that's a horse of a different color

the true monster in my closet

raise yo bloggers up

flux

on project runway, the finalists:

make mine a double

put on your red shoes and dance the blues

no man left behind

sugar tooth

a wee bit sleepy

sew bossy: you ARE the boss of me.

toolin' around tuesday: sink your teeth in

payback is a lack and silk chiffon...beast..-.

toolin around tuesdays: if debi doesn't know...

my not so secret super power

toolin' around tuesdays: magnetic personality

we interrupt this cray cray

annoying anonymous A.M.

black and white but not so much ?read?

maddie and maps

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