http://divineangst.com seeing the light at the end of the tunnel Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:06:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Every year, Mr. Angst and I have a special New Year's brunch at home—eggs benedict, mimosas, and cafe au lait. ((That is, every year that I didn't stupidly take a swig from a bottle of Patrón at a NYE party, after swilling glass after glass of really cheap sparkling wine. ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2009/01/happy_new_year_-2.html I made the last bag of 2008 tonight. Also, my mother opened her birthday present early—the penultimate bag of 2008, as it turns out—so I thought I'd go ahead and post pictures of them. Mom's bag is rather big, made of very similar fabric as the brown one I made ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/12/last_crafty_post_of_the_year.html Nephew's hat was too small. :( Kid has a big head! Luckily, my mother-in-law has a sewing machine, so we stopped by a fabric store down the road, picked up a remnant of fleece pretty much the same color as the original hat, and I made a ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/12/crafty_success_update.html Bad weather is never a good thing, but it's even worse when it coincides with the holidays. Mr. Angst and I are anxiously watching the radar in advance of our drive to the Angst-in-laws'; I have friends currently stuck in a variety of airports, wondering if they'll be spending ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/12/holiday_travel_blues.html I promised pictures! Here, first, is the froggie. There's nothing posed with them to indicate size, but the body (sans legs) is about 5 inches long. [caption id="attachment_1917" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Froggie!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1918" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="More froggie!"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_1919" align="aligncenter" width="225" caption="Even more froggie!"][/caption] Second, this is the bag with the lining that I ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/12/pictures_at_long_last.html As much as I complain about my Saturdays being taken up with stuff, I would rather be busy than sitting on the couch trying to figure out what TV to watch. To wit, today I got up, went to yoga, made lunch (migas! yum!), dashed out to Target (in ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/12/more_with_the_making_of_things.html I am pulling within shooting distance of being done with Christmas gift-making. I finished the first of the nephew-bound stuffed animals—a cute little froggie, of which I will post pictures sometime. In order to finish it, I had to take a quick after-work trip to the craft store, ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/12/squee-4.html I made a bag today. I'm pretty proud of it. Despite a few mishaps (like the lining not lining up with the outer bag at the corners, and completely missing the lining while doing my topstitch), it turned out pretty nicely. Of course, it's also about 65% ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/12/success-2.html The only problem with hemming your own pants is how damn painstaking it is. I have a machine that will do a blind hem stitch, but it's damn hard to do that on a heavy pant, like a denim trouser. Frankly, it's hard to do on a pant ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/11/painstaking.html Last month, I bought a cute, short-sleeved cardigan on sale. It didn't fit all that well—like a lot of ready-to-wear clothes, it was too baggy in the waist for my body, adding 10 pounds to my frame. But it was $10, so I bought it anyway, thinking it ... http://divineangst.com/archives/2008/11/a_different_kind_of_success.html