I have one last treat of a post for you before I take a month off making things! But despair not, I will resume making and writing later in October/early November. Meanwhile, if you haven’t yet signed up for my non-spammy newsletter, please do so. At the moment, I don’t use social media; so my […]
Colourful Art Gallery Exhibit Read More »
For my husband’s and my 28th wedding anniversary, we visited the small town of Parrsboro in Nova Scotia. I had hoped to find sea glass at some of the local beaches, but no such luck. Of course, we did get a later start to the day, so we couldn’t search all the places. But that
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I am SO HAPPY about successfully knitting my first pair of socks!! I finally made it past the heel of the second sock, and it was so much easier to do the second time around. After starting the first sock at least ten times and the second one twice, I finally feel like I sort
On a Roll: Other Recent Projects Read More »
Hello, Hello! Three more refashions, coming right up! You can see the first two of this little “series” I created for myself. These aren’t for sale, but I may consider selling refashioned clothing at some point. First up is what I would call a muted French blue linen shirt. It originally had shorter sleeves rolled
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I had this teal coloured long-sleeve t-shirt to which I had added a fabric skirt awhile ago. That skirt eventually started tearing because the fabric was old, but the shirt part stayed intact. So I removed the skirt and fashioned another one. I love how it turned out! The pink floral fabric comes from my
Refashioned: T-Shirt to Dress Read More »
I’ve been on a roll since May with refashioning clothing pieces. I have several pieces to share with you, so here is the first. It all started with a green linen shirt (bought from thrift store, as always with me) that didn’t quite fit right and had some small torn sections. I didn’t want to
Visible Mending? Yes, Please! Read More »
I recently got to spend a week with my aunt and uncle in California. They live in one of the cities near Palm Springs, so I did a bit of research on the area beforehand. I knew they were in a desert area, but didn’t know it was the Coachella Valley region. I knew about
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I used to think Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) mostly happened to military people. Then weeks after my daughter’s accident last year, I started experiencing weird things. I would hear a siren and start panicking, complete with rapid breathing and crying. While driving back and forth to the hospital, we’d sometimes drive right over the accident
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Facts: In July 2021, our then-20-year-old daughter was walking across a busy city street when she was hit and thrown by a car. Turns out the driver was driving recklessly and left the scene. He was caught and charged soon afterwards. This happened a block from our region’s best ER/trauma unit, which police later told
Hit By a Car: Our Daughter Read More »
In May I planned a last-minute trip to visit my aunt and uncle in Southern California for the first week of June. Having grown up and lived on the East Coast of North America, I had always wanted to visit them. Everything finally aligned so that I could do so! In preparation for this, I
Handmade Travel Set Read More »