Workroom glimpse.

Around here....

Around here, I wake up every morning with a wildly exaggerated sense of what I will be able to accomplish during the day. And? Not every pie is a winner. Peach, yes. Chocolate, no.

Happy Fourth!

The Materials.

The world of textiles is an imperfect one, filled with imperfect choices - so I thought I'd tell you about some of the fabrics I'm using and why.
This is "destash" - which seems to be both a verb and a noun. In this case, bits of fabric that friends no longer need or want - things that would have been thrown away otherwise.
The upside: Abundant and free. It's got a bit of randomness to it, which I like. Plus, there's the fun of trying to figure what the heck she was making when she cut that wacky shape. Is that a collar? For a doll? No idea. It's very "mend and make do," which is somewhat satisfying.
The downside: Read all about conventionally produced cotton here. And, I suppose, random cast-offs, weirdly cut could be seen as a negative. There you have it - imperfect.

Treasury Tuesday! Homesteader Style....

My Weekend Homesteader Apron was included in this sweet Treasury. I'm totally buying that book....

Around here....

I got my firstborn monkey back from camp safe and sound, though on further inspection, it was discovered that he had neither showered nor changed his underwear nor brushed his teeth for a week. We soaked him and scrubbed him and put him in an autoclave for a little while. Good as new.
It's summer and something magical happens almost every day. Some days you have to look a little harder than others. Some days, a ride through the carwash counts as magic. Of course it does.

I recall Central Park in fall....

My kids have been watching Ferris Bueller's Day off on an almost daily basis. When the neighbor's cat bites, when the bee stings, when they're feeling sad (or bored, or dirty, or irritable).
It's rated PG-13 for truancy, light auto theft, and language, but overall - it's not the worst thing they could be watching. It gets two thumbs up from Summer Mom.