Aug
20
dressed-up linings
Filed Under Fodder, leaves of sass, my life in stitches, what iff'ing | 5 Comments
sometimes we line the jagged holes with shiny, smooth pearls and tell ourselves the oyster story over and over and over again until we are convinced.
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Aug
19
float
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you can line the holes in your life with beautiful ribbon, she said, and they’ll carry you like a boat in the water.
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Aug
17
holey-moley
Filed Under leaves of sass, my life in stitches, what iff'ing | 9 Comments
what if this is FUN? using an xacto knife i’d forgotten i had, i made three cutouts then wrapped one of them using 4 strands of floss (2 of each color). used 4 for no particular reason - certainly not for additional coverage because this fabric doesn’t ravel. that was so much fun, i (ambitiously) [...]
Aug
17
leaves of sass: begin
Filed Under Embers, Fodder, Natural Curl, leaves of sass, my life in stitches, what iff'ing | 1 Comment
what if . . . is one of my favorite motivational tools. when i’m having a fog-covered, moving-at-the-speed-of-cold-molasses day, i play “what if” with myself and first thing you know, i’m perking again. it’s a little bait-and-switch trick i learned/taught myself as a child.
and it still works like a charm. (used it quite effectively just [...]