Text: ”In this tutorial, I will take you step-by-step through the process of creating a super easy (and amazing!) quilted table runner using 2.5″ fabric strips, either scraps, leftover jelly roll strips, or jelly roll precuts. While making this project, I will show you some tips and tricks t” Link: Ohio Star Quilt Block Tutorial — Sew The Distance
In my sewing room, thou shalt not… ask when it’s going to be done.
Can I re-learn how to crochet and make this absolute unit from 2020? The last time I crocheted something, it was 1972. ”Let’s knock out 2020 with THE BEST CROCHET PROJECT OF THE YEAR!!! It’s 100% Soft’s Dumpster Fire!!! Truck asked if I wanted to translate his iconic and super popular Dumpster Fire…” Link: Dumpster Fire Crochet Pattern w/ 100% Soft
I’d like to make this, but use very light foundation instead of tear-off copy paper. I already had some cut in 6 inch strips. Link: Scrappy Lattice
This YouTube content creator shows his camera setup for recording sewing tutorials. It’s a GoPro on an articulated arm stuck to his sewing machine so there’s a clear view on the stitching and needle, using a bike helmet mount. Genius! m.youtube.com/shorts/AAjwsinqaG8 I don’t think I’m ready to be a YouTuber.
My sewing room serves multiple functions – guest room, computer room, exercise room, extra TV room… and it needs decluttering and reorganizing to make those functions work. #DeclutterChallenge2024 youtu.be/Y_XxkKGDe0o And my multipurpose room was full of Xmess stuff, badly arranged furniture, and clutter. Day 1 was Garbage Day. Days 2-3 were for clearing out magazines & books, but don’t have many, and they’re in my home office. So I rearranged the furniture to open up space for my training bike – goal is to get it set up this weekend. Then today, Day 4, was to get rid of…
After months of remodeling chaos, my sewing room is a mess. Time to take out the garbage according to her Day 1 declutter challenge.
On my to-do list tomorrow: Pack up the gift for Gloria and Mitch and get it in the mail Ditto Jen Work on other gifts Walk outside if not too wet Add decorations to tree (Christmas is very low key Sort some laundry On my not-to-do list: Lie around all day playing the damn game UPDATE: It’s still not in the mail, because of course I started a second, longer one. Also didn’t get Jen’s in the mai. Did sort some laundry. Did not work on other gifts. Damn game.
Make reusable gift bags instead of buying gift paper bags on the way to the event and frantically performing Carigami while your spousal/partneric unit drives.
Masks for singers: design specializations for breathability, filtration, fit and acoustics based on the science of singing, particles & COVID. — Read on makermask.org/constructing-masks-for-singers/amp/ Someone at church contracted Covid during Holy Week; we’ve relaxed mask requirements, but now that seems risky. Especially for those of us in the choir, and though we have “singers’ masks,” they’re not very good. Meanwhile, infection rates are trending upward, a young family member tested positive, and an older family member has an upper respiratory infection (not Covid). It seems to me that we’ll see a summer spike as people attend large events – we’re…