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when the weather turns cold, i crank out the sewing projects. i have a few lined up, and one finished that i still need to photograph. slowly but surely, i will get things up. i blame the holidays and the anxiety they sprinkle. in the meantime, get a load of my new machine! as you may recall, my last machine kicked the bucket. after a week of repair, my dad and brother brought this singer over to me. it was my great grandma cardoza's, and lived in her seamstress shop that was here in san francisco. nobody but her was allowed to use it...
mmm... turkey day goes by so fast. i guess my lag in posting i can attribute to the holidays. thanksgiving snuck up on me this year, and i think christmas will probably do the same... so here are a few shots from my trip to portland, where we consumed our weight in food:paul and i in a plaid-off at kenny & zuke's, where the sandwiches are 'as big as your head.' i had the meatloaf sandwich, paul chose the classic reuben...
i can count myself among a fortunate few who have eaten at beast, a tiny french-american restaurant that is only (!) open for dinner wednesday through saturday- sunday has a four course brunch. and there are TWO TABLES. our meal there included brioche bread pudding with maple bourbon sauce and maple glazed bacon; beast hash- milk braised pork, delicata squash, apple, brussel sprout & market potato, poached farm egg with hollandaise... 
contraband: granule-y chocolate bar from cocoa; shark print from land; photobooth pic taken at the ace...
me, myself, and i: last but not least, the crowning glory, my cozy sweater, from a vintage store somewhere on mississippi...
understatement of the year: its been a hectic holiday season. there have been some good times though, including tate's birthday held at the edinbergh castle on 60s dance night. enjoy these polaroids & poladroids and happy weekend!!
summa ma lady birds xo
the coziest hat that ever lived.
post script: i'm currently listening to edward sharpe & the magnetic zeros and i LOVE what i hear...
the intent of this project was to explore draping, something i've never attempted and which proved to be harder than i thought. i bought what i think is a polyester blend that feels like a baby blanket. pinning and draping is easy to do on a manequin, but once you start sewing things together, you see how difficult holding the drape is. i originally had the zipper working straight down the middle, but decided to make it assymetrical, which made it fit a little closer, and created this happy criss-cross bottom hem (hard to see in these pictures, my lighting situation is far from satisfactory). i'm happy with the results, though i already know what i want to improve on...
i added leather patches in the back and front neckline for a dash of cool.
other projects swimming around my head involve these two bolts of faux fur.
when the weather turns cold, i crank out the sewing projects. i have a few lined up, and one finished that i still need to photograph. slowly but surely, i will get things up. i blame the holidays and the anxiety they sprinkle. in the meantime, get a load of my new machine! as you may recall, my last machine kicked the bucket. after a week of repair, my dad and brother brought this singer over to me. it was my great grandma cardoza's, and lived in her seamstress shop that was here in san francisco. nobody but her was allowed to use it...
mmm... turkey day goes by so fast. i guess my lag in posting i can attribute to the holidays. thanksgiving snuck up on me this year, and i think christmas will probably do the same... so here are a few shots from my trip to portland, where we consumed our weight in food:
i can count myself among a fortunate few who have eaten at beast, a tiny french-american restaurant that is only (!) open for dinner wednesday through saturday- sunday has a four course brunch. and there are TWO TABLES. our meal there included brioche bread pudding with maple bourbon sauce and maple glazed bacon; beast hash- milk braised pork, delicata squash, apple, brussel sprout & market potato, poached farm egg with hollandaise...
contraband: granule-y chocolate bar from cocoa; shark print from land; photobooth pic taken at the ace...
me, myself, and i: last but not least, the crowning glory, my cozy sweater, from a vintage store somewhere on mississippi...
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