January With such a strong start in January, I wanted to keep it going. Black Running shorts: These running shorts have seen better days Fabric of the seam is just... gone A new center panel The first mend of the month was to be a pair of DW's running shorts. He does a lot of… Continue reading Monthly Mending – February 2022
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2021 – Year in Review
January: January of 2021 started off strong with the completion of a multiple mend to a co worker’s coat. Mostly though the month was filled with projects that hadn’t been completed, such as DIL’s Christmas gift and the repair to the sewing machine cabinet’s drawers. old rotten shed shed partially removed kitchen window with a… Continue reading 2021 – Year in Review
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Workbasket Wednesday – Watch out for Knitting Ladies (somewhat nswf)
Previously from the Workbasket A gift from DIL DSH's knitting bag from The Homestead Hobbist Knitting ladies are not the tame docile knitting ladies of imaginations. We work with yarn (very small ropes) and long pointed sticks (weapons). Many years ago I read a small story in The Reader's Digest. It was of a man… Continue reading Workbasket Wednesday – Watch out for Knitting Ladies (somewhat nswf)
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First Classes of 2021 Teaching Season
The first class of this year was the last weekend of January. My first class was scheduled for February 13, the weekend of ice and destruction. It was cancelled. The next weekend, I had two classes scheduled. They were also cancelled due to ice storm damage. The first weekend in March had no ice, no… Continue reading First Classes of 2021 Teaching Season
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2020 Review
This year has been so much more than our makes. So many challenges to so many people, all over the world. At the risk of sounding shallow and self centered, I'd like to go over my accomplishments from this year: Mending: Abused Shopping bag, andReplaced buttons on G.son's sweaterMy & Pixie's blanketCo-worker's coat seamHemmed jeans… Continue reading 2020 Review
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Workbasket on Vacation
Pixie enjoying convertible life It is September again, time to travel. This year the puppies were included in the planning phase. Car instead of motorcycles, convertible instead of egg. Why car? Much easier to take dogs, much more space for anything packed or purchased along the way. Why convertible? Why not? Just pack sunblock and… Continue reading Workbasket on Vacation
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Workbasket Wednesday – Updates on This’s and That’s
Dr. Who Kitchen Towels: Sonic Screwdrivers: Completed second towel yesterday! There is a little difference between the two. On the first towel I continued all the lines. On the second one, I embroidered the lines as they were traced from the line drawing. Which one do you think looks better? Now onto the second Weeping… Continue reading Workbasket Wednesday – Updates on This’s and That’s
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Workbasket – Teaching Again! :D
I am excited and happy that we are finally teaching motorcycle safety classes again! Because of Covid there has been a break in teaching for the last 4 months. While all of us instructors have been cooling our heels, statistics show that motorcylce sales have gone way up. Now that we are back to teaching,… Continue reading Workbasket – Teaching Again! 😀
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Starvation Creek
The website for Starvation Creek State Park mentions that the park is a trailhead for "the paved Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail", along with several other trails. The area got it's name when a Pacific Express passenger train was stuck in the snow during a blizzard in 1884 and it was rumored that some… Continue reading Starvation Creek
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Thankful
On a regular 'ol weekend I would have slept in. Our teaching season has begun, there will not be much sleeping in until next Winter break. Without these early morning wake up calls, I would miss the unexpected and fleeting beauty of days like this. I am doubly thankful that I was able to get… Continue reading Thankful
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