navy corduroy

Well, here it is. My very own original design incarnated in navy blue corduroy (pitter patter) and fully lined with "Mom's Couch" by Erin Michael for Moda. I had bought the lining fabric months ago and was waiting for the right project. It has an outside and inside pocket and extra-wide shoulder straps for comfort (but let's be honest, they're really for aesthetics).

It actually turned out just the right size, with the right floppiness and basically the right shape.

Sooooo, everyone can get off my back now. Thanks so much.

But before you do that, check out my new love. No no, you gossip queens, it's just a computer. But it's a beautiful one.

talk is cheap

I have some time off coming up & I WILL make a new shoulder bag out of navy corduroy and line it with this beautiful fabric that I cannot find a picture of, but I think is called "Mom's Couch" by Moda Uptown and anywayit'sreallygorgeous.

So, if by next... say Monday or Tuesday, I have not posted the finished project then gently prod me to get real & start sewing. I should warn you though, I'm already working on a witty excuse to make you feel bad for bothering me about something so trivial. But it's worth a shot.

early season apples suck

An unfortunate misstep at the grocery store yielded a bag of early season applies that were... bad. Bad tasting. Sub par. So when life hands you sour baking applies, what do you do? Make lemonade. Or, more relevantly, you bake bake bake your little heart out before class. And dammit, readers, that is what I did.

Courtesy of this simple but sacred text, you can feast your eyes (and if you live with me or are otherwise in my good graces, your taste buds and stomachs) on Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal bars, Applie Pie & Apple Coffee Cake. There are still six apples left... soooo... ya know... that's enough for Apple Crisp or an Apple Cake or to throw at six unlucky, innocent passersby at the park.

I don't want to start any rumors, but we saw some fallen leaves in the ADK this past weekend. So it's basically Autumn, what with the leaves and the apples and such. Which now that I've mentioned it, I'm completely ready for and in a good "place" mentally where I can shed my summer skin and wholeheartedly welcome hoodies, chuck taylors and corduroy with open arms. Bring it on.