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Bodice Follow-Up

M.K. Hobson — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:00:52 +0000

So after last night’s post, I went back to Truly Victorian and poked around, hoping to get inspiration as to how I wanted to handle the bodice in my new, post-blue-taffeta reality. See, for the top I was intending to make this:

I was going to recut the sleeves (bell sleeves? No thank you) [...]

Low carb baking

M.K. Hobson — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:24:15 +0000

So this holiday season I’ve been experimenting with low-carb, wheat-free, gluten-free baking. Oh boy, what a world of gustatory wonder you glimpse when you hear THAT lineup of restrictions, right? So far my preliminary experiments have been turning out … OK. I started with muffins, using a mixture of flax meal & soy flour [...]

Bustlepunk haul from Goodwill

M.K. Hobson — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:46:21 +0000

You know, even though they’ve become hideously overpriced in recent years, Goodwill does sometimes shake down with a few nice items. To wit, remember how I’ve been agonizing about whether or not to make a new costume for World Fantasy, and how I was going to be on the lookout for cheap fabric? Well, [...]

Oregon City Farmer’s Market

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:56:34 +0000

So yesterday daughter and I hiked down the hill to the opening of the Wednesday Farmer’s Market in downtown Oregon City. The Saturday Farmer’s Market has been going for quite some time now, but I’ve only made it out there once or twice because it’s not really on my route and driving to a [...]

Granny’s an atomic mutant superwoman!

M.K. Hobson — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:44:16 +0000

If you’re like me, you’ve seen this iconic Norman Rockwell image hundreds of thousands of bo-zillions of times. It’s a nice little picture; I don’t quite know what to make of the plate of celery in the middle of the table, it hardly seems a traditional Thanksgiving side dish, but whatever. This is not [...]

Perfect Bourbon Pecan Pie

M.K. Hobson — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:01:10 +0000

I’ve posted this recipe near the holidays for several years now, and I have no idea if anyone’s ever actually made it, but I’ll keep posting it because it’s a damn good pie that I’ve refined over the years. I work, you win! So, without further ado, I give you:

Perfect Bourbon Pecan Pie [...]