Month: May 2012

  • Shared today on Instagram: Blue tights, motorcycle boots, and homemade shirt. Hells yeah. #colouredtightsprotest Edited to add: The tights “protest” was a reaction to some of my friends on Twitter to this article about sexist corporate fashion prescriptivists. We’re all wearing coloured tights today in response. 🙂

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  • Favorited today on Twitter: FoodNetwork: You can pickle absolutely anything with this recipe. In spring, try green garlic, spring onions and asparagus: http://t.co/uu0fxVb9 You can follow me here.

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  • 6 Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout – I haven’t been getting much sleep or exercise. No wonder I feel exhausted.

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  • Cathedral Flora Quilt Blocks These were the May block for my MetaQuilter quilting group. The designer Melissa chose some great fabrics, and she pointed us to a detailed tutorial explaining exactly how to put them together. I had admired cathedral window quilt blocks in the past but figured they were probably really difficult. Turns out…

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  • Favorited today on Twitter: recipeupdates: Cajun Chicken Salad http://t.co/JVs0YFG3 HerbieSpaghetti: Ten-spice strip steak – barbeque with an infusion of Asian flavor! http://t.co/LWs85Hgd You can follow me here.

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  • Tova Top

    Tova Top Another completed sewing project! Tova Top in vintage cotton. Not sure it’s me… Commenter Mel recently recommended I check out the Tova Top/Dress pattern. It’s a downloadable PDF, so on a whim I bought it. As soon as I did I started to second guess it. It’s really much more of Miss Fee‘s…

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  • Favorited today on Twitter: TelegraphFood: Egg breakfast ‘could help you lose weight’ http://t.co/vHBnXxa4 LaughingSquid: The Top 10 Secret Places to Hook Up In Walt Disney World http://t.co/JgREZ1BG via @howaboutwe BoingBoing: HOWTO make Game of Thrones cake pops http://t.co/GpfD3RTD You can follow me here.

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  • Shared today on Instagram: In their first – and let’s be honest, probably last – public appearance: my prize-winning Rhiannon socks!

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  • Chicken Astronaut!

    “To infin-knit-y and beyond: Housewife asked to knit a spacesuit for NASA’s rubber chicken “ – Love it.

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  • Favorited today on Twitter: seriouseats: RT @ESQFood Eat ramen like Anthony Bourdain on @NoReservations last night http://t.co/LNQgC7g8 You can follow me here.

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