So June, four years ago, I finished my very first quilt. I had made pillows before, but this was my first quilt that you could put on a bed. It was for my son who was at that time three years old, and still sleeping in a toddler bed. He is now seven and […]
Read more "First Quilt Expanded"I am going to give up on apologizing for long lapses in posts. This time, my excuse is very good… Just a career change and move slowing me down. But never fear, I still find time for crafting. Last month, during Christmas break, I took the kids into downtown Greensboro to visit a local yarn […]
Read more "Spider-Man Yarn"So the last few posts have been about my photography project for my mother’s cookbook. But that is a recent project. One that I have been working on for much longer is compiling a collection of medieval vegetarian recipes as a resource for SCA cooks. So far I have mostly been fishing them out of […]
Read more "My Other Food Project"Ok, I admit it: I’m a one pot cook. Oh, I can do 12 dish feasts for many people, but when I’m at home, I don’t. There are so many excellent dishes out there that give you a relatively complete meal in one pot or one pan, and for your average night, it saves time […]
Read more "I must be doing it wrong"So, I’ve begun work on another project. (Like I needed another one, right?) Several years ago, my mother put together a collection of her favorite recipes. She called it Legacy, and had copies printed up for my brother and myself. The first thing that you need to understand is that my mother has mad skills […]
Read more "Some Food is Just NOT Photogenic"A couple months ago my husband did some computer work for some acquaintances of ours. Knowing that I was somewhat crafty, she offered him her old embroidery machine in exchange for his work. My husband doesn’t know much about these sorts of things, (nor in fact, did I) but she seemed eager to get […]
Read more "Mechanical Monstrosity"I love living in Virginia at this time of year. Growing up in south Texas, just about the only food items that grew “wild” were pecans and cactus, and contrary to the imaginings of Hollywood, prickly pear aren’t all that common in San Antonio. (I also don’t think they’re particularity tasty.) Around here, in addition […]
Read more "Mulberry Season"So I’m having to add a new category. This is by no means the first time I’ve worked in leather. I embossed some leather for the book that I made here. Looking back it doesn’t look like I’ve included that information of the other book that I made. I’ll have to fix that. Sadly, only […]
Read more "Leather"It’s May. The garden is in and the semester is over, so you know what that means right? Crafting Binge! That always makes me feel a little like Kermit the Frog as he introduces the Muppet Show. Nevermind. This week I’ve been working on two very different sets of projects. More of the other one […]
Read more "Wire Binge"Sometimes life doesn’t go your way, and sometimes, when you think life isn’t going your way, you find out you were wrong. Like this week: I had planned to make red lentils, and because I bought a huge bag of quinoa from Costco, and I need to find more ways to eat it, I decide […]
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