by kellyhogaboom | Sep 12, 2017 | dailies
My kids’ shoes end up: in my bedroom, on the bathroom floor. As relatively tidy and supremely well-behaved as my children are, they are nevertheless creatures of comfort: discarding clothes before taking a luxurious hot shower, or slipping off shoes before...
by kellyhogaboom | Sep 9, 2017 | dailies
I am rather exhausted of late, trying to work and do my volunteer thing and keep a household going and drag my teens away from their respective gaming centers and make time for a neglected husband. All of these things have given me due course of difficultly over the...
by kellyhogaboom | Aug 20, 2017 | dailies, sewing journal
Today – we finish our Bootstrap Dress form! Yes, you heard right! The four parts of this tutorial: Post 1: Preparing your pattern Post 2: Cutting and marking your fabrics Post 3: Constructing the shell Post 4: Inner support, stuffing, and mounting First, I want...
by kellyhogaboom | Aug 3, 2017 | dailies, sewing journal
The four parts of this tutorial: Post 1: Preparing your pattern Post 2: Cutting and marking your fabrics Post 3: Constructing the shell Post 4: Inner support, stuffing, and mounting Can you believe it? After today we will be about halfway done with our dress form...
by kellyhogaboom | Aug 1, 2017 | dailies
It’s deep into night and as I emerge freshly dressed from my evening shower, I do what I always do – push the towels and laundry from the bathroom floor into the hallway, where it will be retrieved and sorted downstairs by someone in the family. My eldest...
