So last night daughter and I drafted her corset pattern. Well, actually daughter drafted her corset pattern, I was tired and I don’t know if I was really much help. She worked out all the maths & curves & gridlines and stuff. I just helped her get accurate measurements. And she did a wonderful [...]
  | So I’ve been helping my friend Sara Mueller sew a Victorian bustle gown. And now, of course, I’ve decided I have to have a new project of my own because, Jesus Christ, it’s like inviting an alcoholic to a liquor party when you put a needle and thread into my hands. I’m finally going [...] So today the skies opened and a whole 1/4″ of snow accumulated on the ground, causing panic to reign in the streets and schools to be closed. Daughter and I got to spend a really lovely day at home together, working on this and that and watching movies. First, I had a wild hair [...] Well, we certainly labored this weekend, and my poor aching back is the proof. In the spirit of getting daughter ready for her big entrance into seventh grade, we finally convinced her (note that WE had to convince HER) that a wallpaper pattern of chubby hippos and cartoon birds was simply not appropriate for [...] Yes, when she’s not parading hungry friends through the house, coming in to my office with up-to-the-minute alerts on the life-and-death urgency attendant upon me enrolling her in breakdancing lessons (“EVERYONE knows how to breakdance, mom! EVERYONE BUT ME!”), or coming up with meticulously hand-drawn, color-coded, shockingly usurious price-tables meant to be applied to [...] | |
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