Too Many Interests

There's a saying: Jack of all trades, master of none. Which is how I feel more than 90% of the time. I can do a handful of things fairly well, but I can't do any particular trade particularly well.

What you will see in this blog is a smattering of what I like as well as some family stories mixed in. This list includes but is not limited to:

Drawing
Painting
Animating
Music
Sewing
Embroidering
Crafting
Needle felting
Knitting
Crochet
Croquet
Food
Eating
Building
Breaking
Teaching
Dog walking

You know, usual stuff. Tutorials mixed in, one hopes, as well as completed projects.

I can't promise much outside this, but I'll try to amuse you like a sewing, dancing Schnauzer puppy. Like my Schnauzer puppy. He amuses me.

I might also complain about messing projects up. That's likely too.

No matter what, I'm going to enjoy myself and I hope you do too.

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We Make Stuff: I Make Popcorn

This reflection comes from a series of facebook posts by my family. And with all things, because I am one hell of a defensive human being, I’m going to give a little context. My fiancé and I rarely eat at home. We both work full time, and for a teacher that means 11+ hour days every weekday. I get home around 6-6:30, and he gets home around the same time. Generally, the best we can do is pop something frozen in the microwave a rock what I like to call fancy hotdogs. What are fancy hot dogs? The nicer sausages at safeway that have stuff in them. Like apples or mangoes or your hopes and dreams. The usual. As a woman, people began to give me a little grief that I couldn’t “Take care of my home.” Did my fiancé hear this? Not sure, he doesn’t talk much. However, I will always bow to societal pressure, so I started making dinner on Sunday nights because we had a little more time and it left me a ...

We Make Things: Intro

I come from a family of makers, so when I began writing down stories of them, I figured writing what they made was the most sensible. The DIY trend was not a trend for me in my life, it is my life. My mother comes by the making rather naturally. Both of my maternal grandparents were Midwestern children of the depression, and making items was useful as well as necessary. They were incredibly resourceful people, a trait which they passed down to their children. On my father’s side, I think my grandparents were makers for pleasure. My grandmother doodled and wrote all her life, and had the creative clean chaos in her home that I so understand as an adult. I’m not sure about my grandfather. From stories passed down through my family, I know he was handy, but I’m not sure how well he was handy. The evidence of this is the deck in my parents’ back yar...

Me Made May #8: Week Four, Out the Door

Sunday: (No IG post) Hayden top from Seamwork, see previous posts Monday: Upcycled Old Navy top Tuesday: Jane Seamwork Top Wednesday: Colette Violet top under Sewaholic Fraser sweatshirt Thursday: Nope Friday: Nope Saturday: Nope Sunday: (No IG post) Hayden top Reflection: This week, I did what I previously thought was impossible: I think I figured out my style. I'm casual. The best fit for my style seem to be Seamwork patterns. I love the magazine, and the basics provided are a stylish basis to grow an outfit via fun fabric choices. The Hayden top is becoming my go-to dress it up or dress it down look. There will be more, and I have a Sorbetto top cut out with a big plan for it. (To come later in its own post). I completely agree with So, Zo on the toughest part of the project: posting. I feel like a terrible Millienial because I didn't like posting a photo of myself on Instagram. I began to really fa...

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