Très Bon Babble

I do have projects to blog about but I haven't taken the time in the evenings to take the pictures, post the pictures, etc. Maybe tonigh...

My life has been so busy lately with work and family commitments that I haven't had time for any of the fluff stuff - knitting, sewing, ...

Since time on airplanes has kept me away from sewing recently, I at least was able to read books related to sewing. Add me to the list of th...

Finally finished up one of my summer projects - just in time for the first freeze predicted for tonight! Oh well, it will be nice for next s...

I recently purchased an embroidery machine. Very basic as far as embroidery machines go. It's the Brother HE-120. I bought mine on ebay ...

Remember this ? Since end of March, it's been the receptacle for loose change from my car and wallet and off the kids' bedroom floor...

All I had left was the hem and zipper so now my dress is complete, just in time for the dinner this Thursday. I will wear it with the patent...

I gave the cable purse to my friend at the football tailgate party last night (BEAUTIFUL night for a tailgate and football game!) but forg...

Dontcha think Lucy and Ethel would have loved matching aprons?! Although I should be doing about ten other things, I woke up and kept thinki...

Why do I call it that? Because I can just picture Lucy Ricardo wearing it, although in more sedate fabrics). I made this apron for another f...

I made the Knitpicks Cable purse* for myself last winter and received lots of compliments on it. Then my daughter wanted one so I made one f...

10/16/07 - Thanks for all your comments! Between the comments here on my blog and at Pattern Review, it looks like this skirt is a go althou...

I have to admit that although I love to cook, dinners at my house have been .... well.... a bit sporadic lately. Could it be because I'm...

I made another version of Vogue 2980 ; this time a long sleeve version. The fabric is a very stretchy, slippery, embossed knit from my stas...

After spending so long on the coat, I wanted a quicky project. Voila! A knit dress that I'll wear on a business trip this week. I cut i...

I feel like I've been talking about this coat forever but I'm finally done. As I've mentioned before, this is a "muslin...

I have a business dinner coming up at the end of the month that requires a dressy dress. I remember seeing someone's version of NL 6723 ...

My "muslin" coat is finished except for the buttons. As shown in the short tweedy view, the coat is a double breasted with four bu...

I received my invitation today. I haven't gone to check it out yet and probably won't until the weekend but my ID is BonnieCrocker ...

Dawn of The Secret Pocket tagged me for the "tell eight things about yourself that most don't know" meme. That was sweet of y...