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Beat the Blahs – Day 2

January 24, 2011 by Amelia

Learn something new Two winters ago, after years of trying, I finally learned how to knit. The problem with my first attempts was timing – I was in college or I was pregnant. But January 2009 proved to be the winning attempt. Winter is the perfect time to learn a new skill. The rush of […]

Filed Under: beat the blahs, cheap & fun, craftiness, sewing, winter Tagged With: beat the blues, computer programming, crocheting, knitting, photography, seasonal affective disorder, sewing, winter, winter activities, writing

A time to finish

January 5, 2011 by Amelia

Last night, The Narrator was watching a video interview that Forbes did with Warren Buffet and Jay-Z. Odd combo, right? I caught bits and pieces of it while I was working in the kitchen, and their stories were fascinating. Did you know that Warren Buffet was denied entrance to Harvard? And did you know that […]

Filed Under: faith in action, running Tagged With: crafting, detroit free press marathon, dreams, faith, finishing, jay-z, knitting, marathon, running, sewing, warren buffet

Wedding dress WOWs!

March 3, 2008 by Amelia

After my terrible nightmare last week, I cut out the muslin for my friend’s wedding dress and had it assembled in one evening. Then I had to wait. She was out of town and couldn’t come try it on until tonight. Fortunately, I haven’t had any more wedding dress nightmares in the mean time! And […]

Filed Under: sewing Tagged With: bride, dreams, new things in '08, princess seams, sewing, wedding dress

Over.Load

February 23, 2008 by Amelia

Brain. Over. Load. Can’t. Think. Straight. The whole coveting thing? Yeah. Didn’t work. I’ll just leave it at that. I can’t even begin to tell you how funny I thought it was that the 6th World Congress on the Aging Male was held at the same time as the Original Sewing and Quilting Expo. The […]

Filed Under: sewing Tagged With: aging male, american sewing guild, crocheting, knitting, original sewing & quilting expo, sewing

Thou shalt not covet

February 19, 2008 by Amelia

Dear bloggy friends pray for me tomorrow that I will resist the ever-present temptation to covet and will instead practice the discipline of contentment! I’m headed to a big sewing expo in town this week and will be taking lots of fun classes packing my brain full of new tips and tricks that I’ll be […]

Filed Under: sewing Tagged With: contentment, envy, expo, rouching, ruffles, serger, sewing, sin

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