Author: leilani

Sew-and-So After sifting through a gallon jar of buttons, I settled one one ginormous honking button at the collar, because why not? It has a match if I decide to add a second, but I’m kind of liking the one-button look. The sleeves will be edged in black, using self-made bias tape. Amazon delivered a…

I bought the blouse pattern I was eyeing and have earmarked it for my next project. I still want to do the purple polka dot, but it got sidelined. Again. I buy PDF patterns, which entails downloading, printing multiple pages, taping them together like a puzzle, and cutting out the respective pieces. Unfortunately, our printer…

I posted yesterday, made it password protected, then changed my mind, making it a public post, only without the photo I took of G. (He’s crazy paranoid about having his photo online, justifiably so. He has an ex on par with some of mine, only mine had the good grace to die.) My sewing adventures…

Alert: this post is sewing and photography. If they’re not your bag, you might want to skip this one. My first top — which was comfy but made with vintage fabric — but the dust within 24 hours of first wearing. I’m pretty sure the material sat in someone’s shed in the heat since circa…

The political shitstorm had a whiplash paradigm shift. Kamala Harris is personable and erudite. She doesn’t come with the kind of baggage HRC brought to the podium. From what I’ve seen, Harris is better suited for the office than Biden. Sadly, a whole lot of people will fall all over themselves to avoid backing a…