Thrift Genius: A Prelude
What adolescence looked like Hello, thrifty compatriots. If the shimmering walls of a local buy-sell-trade operation (BST from here on out, for brevity) are thus far unknown to you…then I will take a...
View ArticleThrifty Finds: The Panty-Blouse Edition
A Panty-Blouse from ebay When my good friend C. Vincent Stitch sent me a link to a “Panty-Blouse”, I had to think about whether I wanted to click on it at work. Turns out, it’s just a new name for an...
View ArticleMy week in photos
I’m completely blurry-eyed and discombobulated, having worked a 7pm – 4am shift the night before. At least the sun didn’t come up before I left work! Anyhow. It was a good week, and here are some...
View ArticleMy week in pictures
Greetings! It’s been a busy September; we took a long vacation to visit my aunt and uncle in British Columbia, a huge project at work launched, and I started fall quarter classes. (Although if I’m...
View ArticleCheck me out!
Erin from seamstresserin.com interviewed me about sewing and my thoughts on style. She and I met through the Stashbusting Sewalong swapping group and have been admiring each other ever since! Check out...
View ArticleAu revoir, Reader.
This is a little pathetic, but I’ve been holding out hope that somehow Google would change its mind about Reader. Yet here we are at the 11th hour and there are no signs of a miracle. From the MMM ’13...
View ArticleFiguring it out in 2015
This was a big year for me in terms of figuring out how to fit my figure better. My fit journey started like many others do – measuring the bust/waist/hips, comparing it to the pattern, and picking a...
View ArticleMy favorite shirt
After I finished my husband’s jacket, you’d better believe I dove straight into that pile of fabrics from Japan! First on the cutting table was a tantalizing water-color striped double-gauze bought...
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