On her last day of preschool (the 23rd), V was given candy canes. The small red and white ones (this is important). On the 24th, she said how she likes candy canes in a Christmas tree but we don’t have…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Not Eight Already!!!
I keep repeating myself but I just love that E was born right on the Winter solstice. It’s so fitting. For me at least, the solstice has this quiet joy. We’re settling in for Winter but we know that days…
Photo Monday – Macro Portraits
Long ago, when a macro lens was still just a dream, I read that a macro lens works very well for portraits. I was getting sick of doing close ups of stuff around the house so we took outside. I…
Tagged with: animalphotography, child photography, macrolens, photography, portrait
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Posted in Photo Monday
Silky Alma Blouse
I should really learn not to try anything on right away when I’ve just finished it. I’m almost always a little disappointed right then. A day later, and I’m quite happy. Ha! Like I would be able to wait. Okay. Technical…
Photo Monday – Ornaments
We put our Christmas tree up! I wanted to get up close with the macro lens but it was darkish already. I couldn’t get good focus on the branches so I’ll try again some other day. But I did use…
Tagged with: christmas, christmas tree, macro, macrolens, macrophotography, photography
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Posted in Photo Monday
All the Shirts and Blouses
All of them! I may be developing an obsession. They’re just what I want to wear right now. It started with me not having enough fabric for a jacket-coat-thingy that I wanted to make. But I did have two yards…
Tagged with: fabricdesign, mood, moodfabrics, personalsewing, sewaholicpatterns, sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Sewing
Posted in Fabric Design, Sewing
Photo Monday – Fiber and Handspun
This time around, I put some spinning fiber and some of the yarn I’ve spun in direct sunlight. I was able to keep the ISO down at 400 and not get all blurry. Of course, the challenge then is exposing…
Tagged with: fiber, handspun, macro, macrolens, macrophotography, photography, spinning, yarn
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Posted in Photo Monday
Stars Dress
Or I could have said “Christmas Tree Topper Dress”. Or “What Was I Thinking She’s Going To Get Tomato Sauce All Over It White Dress”. Let’s just stick with stars. This month’s Project Run and Play challenge is fabric manipulation.…
Tagged with: children's clothes, cloud9fabrics, fabricmanipulation, makingchildrensclothes, mingoandgrace, project run and play, sewing
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Posted in Sewing
Mingo and Grace (For Me This Time)
I’ve been testing Mingo and Grace patterns since the very beginning. Usually in V’s size. This time though, for her 4th pattern, Farrah made a women’s pattern. It’s based on the Blake dress (link to my post because I can’t seem…
Photo Monday – Big Flowers
Still experimenting with my macro lens and I happened to have some brand new flowers. I took them to a well lit spot and snapped away. Only when you get close, there’s a lot less light. I went up in…
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