a drawstring tote…I may have to find it some nicer cable cord rather than a ribbon for tying it. The ribbon is what I have on hand though.
Archive for January 17th, 2008
X now his own bag and can quit begging for mine! His bag has race cars on it!
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D is also for DaringPosted by: Mom in crafts, environment, green living, memories, the alphabet gameFor years, I’ve been scared of sewing machines. Don’t ask me why…it has something to do with always breaking the machine….or at least causing a severe delay in the project because of messing something up. I used to sew with both of my grandmothers (little things like potpourri saches and pillows) and I sewed with my best friend in high school too (scrunchies, remember, Susie?). But once I got off on my own and was sewing for my own house (curtains and the like), the machines never liked me.
So, several months ago, I inherited my grandmother’s sewing machine. It’s been sitting in storage since then and I even avoided using it when I made Toph’s Friar costume for Halloween. Remember, I sewed the whole thing by hand! Because I was scared of the machine.
Well, lately, I’ve been looking into buying reuseable shopping bags. You know, tote bags, basically, so that you don’t have to get tons of plastic grocery bags every time you shop. We have a ridiculous amount of the plastic things in our garage awaiting recycling. It’s horrible.
I’ve also had a lot of fabric laying around. I bought a bunch at Christmas-time to wrap gifts (I bought cheap remnants!) and I have also inherited a bunch from my grandmother. Not to mention having a ton left over from the friar costume.
Fabric + sewing machine = tote bags, right? That’s what my mind did with the information anyhow. So, today I tried it. I made one big oopsie, but I doubt if you’ll know what it is just by looking at the pics. I’m sure it doesn’t look professional or store bought, but darn it! I made it.
X has declared that it should be his and that if that particular one isn’t for him, I should get right to making him one of his own just like it. *snort*
 Diet can refer to a specific program or just to what you eat every day. Diet to a lot of people is a bad word. I’m one of those people. It implies restricted eating and foul tasting food. I’m more a fan of moderation in all things. This is what I tell myself anyhow…right up until those chocolate chip cookies are cooling on the rack or the banana bread is hot out of the oven. Then, I forget what moderation is. I think I’ve recently come up with a solution to this. We made chocolate chip cookies this weekend. I immediately put some in a box for Jillian; it was enough for her to have two a day for five school days. A week of treats for school lunches. With her name taped to the box, I have no problem keeping my hands off of them. They aren’t mine. Next time I make a treat, I will label some for the kids, some for me and some for Toph, giving us each a fair amount. That way I don’t eat someone else’s share. If I make more than we can eat in a reasonable time, I’ll freeze the rest for a later date. Yeah, I’m a pig about baked goods. Diet is not a word I like. No recipe today…sorry! Do you know how rare it is to find a food that starts with ‘D’? Dumplings…except I don’t think I’ve ever eaten or made dumplings of any sort. Dessert? Yeah, I could get into trouble with that. Delicious! **** In other news, I’m re-learning how to knit. A friend taught me the little I know all in one day several years ago and I promptly forgot how to do it. She lived too far away to give me reminder lessons (She lived in Western MI and I lived in Western OH at the time. Opposite sides of the state of MI!) so I reverted back to crocheting then. The other day at the library, I picked up a book to help me learn again. It’s going well. I’ve figured out the knit stitch and the purl stitch. I’ve got to work on evening up my edges. Following a pattern will be something else entirely. I’ve never caught on to that even with crocheting! But I will try. For some beautiful knitting, check out the blog of one of my friends from high school, The Fiber Fetishist . Seeing the projects she completed last year helped inspire me to pick up knitting again! |
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