"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Fashion, Fashion/Sewing stuff, Sewing, Up The Pole on Feb 3rd, 2013
This is a 1969 Simplicity pattern which was one of two that my Mom or one of my aunts and one of her friends used to make beach coverups when they were in high school. They’d go to the flea market and buy cheap, brightly colored beach towels and then cut the front and one […]
Posted in Delight, Distractions, Oh, for fuck's sake, Up The Pole, Weird as Hell, Well I'll Be Darned on Jan 25th, 2013
So. That happened. Though it may surprise a few of my friends, this was completely intentional. I’d been ambivalent about having kids for a very long time (obviously, as I’m 35 and pregnant for the first time) but now that it’s happened, I’m actually really excited. Like no second thoughts, no “oh-shit-what-have-I-done.” I’m just totally […]