Cotton Strudel

Mini muffins
- Martes, 15 de Julio de 2008 - 8:42 hs.
- 4 comments
Still crocheting. Still cooking. Organising house rooms. Planning projects. And fighting with my sewing machine.

My sewing machine is not the fanciest but it has served me well. Lately, I’ve noticed that out of the blue, it gets stuck and stops and when I take the fabric out, the thread on the bottom is all bunched up. I’ve been playing with the tension wheel but it still seems to act up. Does anyone know what this might be?

It was really annoying to pick up seams a few times just to finish an easy printer cover on Saturday. It never used to do that.

Any ideas?

Filed under General, food, sewing | Tags :: muffins, sewingmachine
Summer necklace
- Martes, 1 de Julio de 2008 - 7:36 hs.
- 3 comments
I have a very distinct memory of running to my mum’s room as a child whenever she was tidying up her closet. My mum had the coolest treasures hidden away.

Fantastic clogs that made me look so tall and that I wore until my feet outgrew them and it was really dangerous walk in them, the grooviest 60’s and 70’s clothes and then there was the blue box.

It was a big wooden rectangle, painted blue with red and yellow flowers on top. I’m not sure what the box belonged to, but my mum used it to keep her old jewelry. It was like a true treasure chest. Long chains, colourful beads, broches, medallions and a very patient mum who let you try everything on and told you stories about where each piece came from made for a fantastic lazy afternoon.

It’s funny how certain moments that seem little and mundane have a way of sticking to your memory and accompany you through life. I think this particular one started jumping up and down when I saw the big beads at the art store the other day. I felt drawn to them and once I had them in my hands, I couldn’t put them back.

A bit of wandering around to find some nice contrasting beads and this necklace was born, just in time for summer and as a little nod to those crazy afternoons dressing up.

I’ll need to find a nice blue box to store it in.

Filed under Crafts | Tags :: beading, childhood