Monthly Archives: December 2010

30
Dec

Death (and rebirth) of a sewing machine

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At the beginning of last month, I was sewing a friend a purse for her 30th birthday and with literally one inch left to sew, my machine broke. Nothing was caught anywhere but the gears would not turn. I sewed the last strap end to the D ring by hand, but what about my machine? […]

29
Dec

Winter cooking

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When it’s cold out all I want to do is cook. It warms my kitchen and my stomach, and my freezer gets stocked up again. Some various recipes I’ve made over the past couple of weeks, most of them in one below freezing week: Split Pea Soup – Could not find a ham bone at […]