KatyRenee

Okay, by now it is a kind of old show, but new to me=new show.

Have you heard about this show “All on the Line?”

http://www.sundancechannel.com/all-on-the-line/

I found the best write-ups from here.

http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-on-line-kara-janx.html

http://tomandlorenzo2.blogspot.com/2011/03/all-on-line-e1-radenroro.html

Looks like I’m going to have to make dinner for a friend with cable tv so I can watch–or else I can buy episodes for $2.99 on iTunes. Have you watched? What do you think?

This isn’t an original idea, but one worth sharing none-the-less.

Step One: Lay out T-Shirt on a cutting mat and cut strips with a rotary cutter. My T-shirt had no side seams, so I didn’t have to tie the stripes in a loop–if you have side seams, you’d need to do this.

Step Two: Remove strips one by one and stretch out so they roll up.

Step Three: Tie strips into bundles as large or small as you desire with a smaller strip. If you had to the tie them in loops to begin with you can wrap the small strip over the knot to hide it.

Step Four: Wear with pride.

This is actually quite a cute alternative to the ever popular scarf trend. At least I still wear scarves like they aren’t going out of style. I never claimed to be a trendsetter, though.

Peace,

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I love hand making Valentines when I have plenty of time to do them. Hence, I’ve already started working on my 2011 version. First I looked for inspiration. Actually, inspiration came and found me, funny how that works.

Next, play around with some ideas. I did do this–but without taking pictures. Then make Valentine and repeat.

Lastly, add candy so people really appreciate them.

Peace,

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A long time ago,  a beautiful princess was given this Decades of Style pant pattern for her birthday. The princess dutifully traced the pattern, cut the toile (fitting garment), then left the project to rot in The Pit of Unfinished and Forgotten Projects. She went about her life very happily and frolicked to and fro.

One day several months later the princess was offered her choice of some very delicious and very free fabrics. The princess hawed and hemmed trying to decide. She realized her birthday was quickly approaching–how rude to have received a very spectacular pant pattern gift last year and not have finished the pants. The princess set her eyes on the goal–finish those pants before another candle was added to her cake. This goal helped her select a generous portion of linen material perfect for the pants.

The toile and pattern were retrieved from The Pit of Unfinished and Forgotten Projects and she worked diligently on them. Amazingly very few and minor changes were needed after fitting the toile and the work began swiftly on the final pants. Alas much celebrating occurred in the land of the princess when the pants were finished. The deadline was just barely missed, but the pants were exhibited at a gathering of royalty from the area.

The princess had much fun and continues to go about her life very happily and frolic to and fro. A few short weeks later, the princess got word from a fellow princess in a faraway land. A royal request was heralded.

To Be Continued…

A friend is celebrating her anniversary soon. Her wedding was on 01.22.10 largely because it is a palindrome. I had a moment of inspiration followed by enough time to follow through. Here’s the result.

Complete with a custom tag. The Front.

The Back.

And the matchy-matchy wrapping.

Peace,

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