Archive for the 'Crafts' Category

Weekday Update #1,263,295

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time just kind of hanging out. It’s been incredibly cold here in the southeast. The gardens are long gone. The chickens spend most of their time huddling and lying down. Pan has a part-time job for a few weeks so we haven’t been cooking a lot of fun [...]

One stitch at a time

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

I asked my dad (a master tailor in his own right) about three months ago, “How do you make an apron?” He quickly responded, “One stitch at a time.” We both laughed and then started talking.
Fast forward three months. I am at the sewing machine putting in the last stitch of Pan’s “big” Christmas gift; [...]