Category Archives: All About Me
Status: Figuring out what post formats do
Status
I don’t usually use post formats other than Standard, may add one for recipes or food pictures.
Gallery: How does this post format look?
Gallery
This gallery contains 4 photos.
Link: How does this look? Just a link pasted into body
Link
Aside: How does this look?
Aside
Not sure if the Aside post format automatically goes in the sideblog.
Update: just gets a special heading in main column unless category is Minipost
Recipe: Sourdough Hamburger Buns
Husby has requested sourdough hamburger buns, as the soft sourdough sandwich bread is his new favorite. I’d like to use ring forms to make the sides more uniform, though.
Sourdough hamburger buns are easy to make. Mix the dough in the morning and bake them fresh for dinner the same day!
Link: Sourdough Hamburger Buns
Future Quilt Project: Scrappy Lattice
I’d like to make this, but use very light foundation instead of tear-off copy paper. I already had some cut in 6 inch strips.
Link: Scrappy Lattice
Gravel Cycling: Privateers Go It Alone For Better Money
Next, someone should create a privateer gravel race with a pirate theme.
“For decades, professional cycling has been dominated by European World Tour teams. But in the last decade, American gravel privateers have disrupted that paradigm.”
Go Pro Sew Show – Genius!
This YouTube content creator shows his camera setup for recording sewing tutorials.
It’s a GoPro on an articulated arm stuck to his sewing machine so there’s a clear view on the stitching and needle, using a bike helmet mount. Genius!
m.youtube.com/shorts/AAjwsinqaG8
I don’t think I’m ready to be a YouTuber.
It’s #DeclutterChallenge2024
My sewing room serves multiple functions – guest room, computer room, exercise room, extra TV room… and it needs decluttering and reorganizing to make those functions work.
#DeclutterChallenge2024
And my multipurpose room was full of Xmess stuff, badly arranged furniture, and clutter.
Day 1 was Garbage Day. Days 2-3 were for clearing out magazines & books, but don’t have many, and they’re in my home office. So I rearranged the furniture to open up space for my training bike – goal is to get it set up this weekend. Then today, Day 4, was to get rid of “strangers” and welcome back “friends” – pull out non-sewing tools & supplies, and hunt down sewing stuff from other places.
Then I emptied out all the caddies on my fold – out sewing table, and need to think about what tools and supplies need to be close at hand. I’m behind on clearing and cleaning my sewing machine, though.
And also behind on working on a stalled project. So I wrote up a “SQUIRRELS” list in my sewing journal of things I’d like to make. Squirrels are distracting thoughts that knock you off task, because thinking and organizing are hard, but dreaming and procrastinating are easy.
Not satisfied with making a big pile on what should be a clean workspace, I made a big pile of finished and unfinished fabric masks in my office, in order to repurpose the fabric for many, many squirrels.
2 years ago I made hundreds of flat, folded fabric masks and gave a bunch away, but still have about a hundred left. They’re roughly 8” square when unstitched and ironed flat. I got 3 unpicked, while playing with the new cordless iron, as work was slow.
Eh, it’s something to do.
Tomorrow is another day!