What I've been doing this week, without a proper pattern for it... I'm creating my own because there isn't one available for what I want. Front Back
Category: sewing
A Jack of all trades …
I am a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to hand crafts. I know how to do lots of different things, like knitting and spinning and weaving and tatting, but I’m not really an expert at any of them. Especially sewing. I’m a very amateur seamstress. But I watched a very brilliant seamstress work when I was [...]
Super Inside Baseball … so to speak …
I’ve developed some fellow feeling lately with those guys who look at cars and know what model and make they are. Maybe the year. Pontiac Thunderbird, 1972. Mazda Miata. Ford Model A, 1937. DeLorean. Not that I know anything about cars. ** But for the last few months when I go to church and the [...]
Two fun reads…
... this week. Plus an update. Diane Tucker has a website called The Shy Museumgoer. I happen to love museums and am not shy about them, but never mind. She has gorgeous pictures on her website, and she wrote an article about Saint Joseph in November. https://theshymuseumgoer.com/2023/11/01/why-look-at-paintings-of-saint-joseph/ Diane has a brief discussion of his depiction [...]
Happy Feast of Saint Joseph!
State of the Writer in March I’ve been working on some serious sewing, since the Arlington Diocese seminarian class of 2025 is successfully steering through the last days before ordination as deacons. Next year, priests! God willing. Until I had close contact with a seminarian, I didn’t really understand deacons at all. We had a [...]
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