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I make stuff the analog way in Minneapolis. Knitting, sewing, gardening, canning, cooking, boy ranching: often it works, sometimes I fail.

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What should a Dragon wear?

Always the procrastinator, I'm constantly on the lookout for a means of justifying my delays. Not ready to present my new Year's Resolutions? That's because I'm really waiting for Chinese New Year....

Jan 16, 2013 Like

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Blogger Resurfaces

After being spotted in the French submarine the Argonaut (in a self stiched skirt, natch), the blogger resurfaced at a typical tourist site, ate cous-cous, then drank beer, while listening to these...

Nov 25, 2012 Like

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Patched together

We got our eldest boy off to college last month, so I guess it's a good thing that I have been working a lot. Otherwise, I am afraid I might have too much time to think about what it means to send...

Sep 24, 2012 Like

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imbalanced but grounded

My life has a way of shifting madly from one extreme to another. After a long period of underemployment, I have become temporarily overemployed. And on top of work, I'm preparing to send my oldest...

Aug 22, 2012 Like

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A dress!

While a botched project sits stuffed on a chair, I, emboldened by Jessica, finished a dress this weekend. Vogue 8232.It's amazing how fast a project can be finished when it fits. Just a few tweaks:...

Aug 7, 2012 Like

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Vacation Unplugged

On the way.There. Best time for a swim.Oh yeah, I did plug in my machine and got re-hooked on straight seams. This simple non-competetive crafting was great for my sewing mojo. My life is sort of...

Jul 31, 2012 Like

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Goodies!

My birthday was a pretty unspectacular: I got up, went to work, came home, drove about 100 miles to pick my son up at his grandparents, ate dinner in a small town diner, drove back home and fell...

Jul 28, 2012 Like

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where i'm from

The fascinating Ms. Stitch passed one of those bloggy awards to me. (Thanks!) And rather than bore you with 7 more things you didnt know about me, I decided to try this little writing exercise...

Jul 3, 2012 Like

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A Maxi Skirt.

Yes, I got swept up in maxi fever with everyone else. I drafted a simple, elastic waist long skirt, added pockets with an inverted pleat. (Of course it was a bit harder than that, but lets forget...

Jun 25, 2012 Like

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Hey, thats me!

. . . in the new Interweave Stitch. This is a girls dress I designed to be made from a mens shirt. The pattern has a great technique to make a perfect little bib by using a quilting applique...

Jun 17, 2012 Like

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Hippo-y Skirt

For a couple years now these Hippopotamuses have been comic muses to my sewing poet. Every time I would dig through my fabric stash, they would bellow at me to bring them out to play upon some...

Jun 6, 2012 Like

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How Not to Get Anything Done: Part 2 In an Ongoing Series

Step One: Promise your darling that you will mend his favorite bicycle commuting shorts. Step Two: Decide to procrastinate the mending and other jobs by going along on a shoe shopping trip with...

May 23, 2012 Like

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just curious

Im just wondering. For those of you who comment. Do you have to enter CAPTCHAs? You know, those annoying randoms words to prove that robots dont hang out making comments on my little blog. Just...

May 21, 2012 Like

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paying attention

I find that as I repeat a project I have to start adding innovations. Otherwise, I dont concentrate my mind moves off to other jobs, my hands go on autopilot, and mistakes are made. Adding pockets...

May 18, 2012 Like

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Messiness has its rewards

Sometimes when you have fabirc and zippers and patterns laying all over your room, and then you scoop it all up and dump it in a chair, the disorder leads to a previously unimagined combination....

May 8, 2012 Like

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Portrait of a Dragon Lady

I was in a historical museum this week and met this woman. I cant decide whether she is horrible— or just what I aspire to. Yes, the artist named the portrait of his aunt "Dragon Lady." At first...

May 7, 2012 Like

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May Day Pledge

Of all the online events that I have joined over the years, two have really made a difference in my life. The first was signing up with the now-defunct Wardrobe Refashion group several years ago,...

May 1, 2012 Like

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Late to the Pyjama Party

Crap, Im late to the party! Yes, I knew I should have been there yesterday, but I was otherwise occupied. It was a perfect parenting storm: one son was preparing his display board for State History...

Apr 29, 2012 Like

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New Things

Remember how I posted a bit back about my fear of being buried under scraps of fabric and yarn? Well, I got some good tips from you commenters and ended up selling several bags of patterns and...

Apr 23, 2012 Like

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How to fix Topstitching

No matter how much work I put into the planning, cutting and seaming of sewing, its the top stitching that can make a project look either carefully finished or sloppy. And though I have gotten much...

Apr 17, 2012 Like

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Crochet interlude

Sometimes I forget how much I enjoy making fabric with a hook and a ball of thin yarn. Fabric unplugged.It is pretty rare that I think, " I need a lacey shawl." But once I finish, its just the...

Apr 11, 2012 Like

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Jalie 2908 Redux

My fashion model pose (Inspired by Ms. Badger) I naively thought that I would correct all my fitting issues with this second pair of jeans and have a blueprint for all future ones. Alas, anytime...

Apr 2, 2012 Like

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A Second Skin

Louise of a view into my world recently wrote a perfect post about love, loss and handmade armor. Go read it. My thoughts have been taken over with her idea that her handmade clothes can be "a line...

Mar 31, 2012 Like

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FBA (full butt alteration) for jeans

In my last post I promised to give some hints to prevent gaping at the back waist of the Jalie 2908 jeans. But the same principles could even be used for skirts or other pants with a back yoke....

Mar 25, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Dont Hate Alley—make your jeans fit your hips

Well, I seem not to have evoked too much wrath or envy in my new fancy pants. There were a few fit questions. How about we start with hips? If you look closely, my jeans do make what I have learned...

Mar 15, 2012 Like

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My New Jeans (Jalie 2908) and, oh yes, I sinned

Its time for a confession. For a while now I have been consumed by jeans envy. I read sewing blogs where talented women of the cloth show off their new Jalie jeans and am consumed by covetness. I...

Mar 10, 2012 Like

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Bound

A long, long time ago, I promised my husband I would make him a quilt. I imagined piecing together a stunning design using some interesting fabrics of our joint choosing. Of course, thats not what...

Mar 6, 2012 Like

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Tying up loose ends

As is often the case, the most enlightening aspect of my last post was the comments. The collective wisdom seems to be: "Your house is not an alternative landfill." (Thanks Amy.) Clear the clutter:...

Feb 27, 2012 Like

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The Dark Side of Thrift

I recently found this in a bag of sewing notions I "rescued." On one hand, I had some respect for the person who revered these tiny lengths of thread enough to carefully wind them on an empty...

Feb 21, 2012 Like

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analog me

What should a Dragon wear?

Blogger Resurfaces

Patched together

imbalanced but grounded

A dress!

Vacation Unplugged

Goodies!

where i'm from

A Maxi Skirt.

Hey, thats me!

Hippo-y Skirt

How Not to Get Anything Done: Part 2 In an Ongoing Series

just curious

paying attention

Messiness has its rewards

Portrait of a Dragon Lady

May Day Pledge

Late to the Pyjama Party

New Things

How to fix Topstitching

Crochet interlude

Jalie 2908 Redux

A Second Skin

FBA (full butt alteration) for jeans

Dont Hate Alley—make your jeans fit your hips

My New Jeans (Jalie 2908) and, oh yes, I sinned

Bound

Tying up loose ends

The Dark Side of Thrift

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