I was sent this picture to post if I wanted to. It's a Baltimore Oriole, and I love the photo. Once I was watching a cardinal and wondering idly how such bright red birds were able to vanish. The cardinal turned and I saw how the sudden dull red on its back allowed it to [...]
My mother was an incredible seamstress. I had no idea how good she was when I was little. She could make a dress in a day, but since no-one else around us seemed to even use a sewing machine, I had no way to process this achievement and compare it to others. I do now. [...]
This photo is from the Photo Booth and is incredibly blurred. All the same, I finished lining this vestment over the weekend and on Monday, and it took all my time. I am very excited. Next, stole.
I've read bits and pieces of lots of books over the past month. I'm searching for the ways that other writers have solved problems like Point of View in a story, multiple characters in a scene (something I find terribly difficult), and how to provide necessary information to understand a story without either placing a [...]
Every mitered corner that I sew takes me about half an hour, first to pin and then to stitch. It's because I'm an amateur. I've actually done the miter in the lower right of the picture by now and hope to finish the gold trim today. Might even sew the front to the back. I [...]
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