Peace.
I haven't posted in a while. Not because I haven't been sewing... I have... for other people but not so much for me. It's not that I don't have plans to sew for me, but the other people thing takes precedence. It seems like other people refuse to get a garment to you unless they need it the next day. But... I did want to ask y'all a question....
Stashes??? I don't really have one of fabric. I will purchase patterns... on sale... like crazy. But not fabric. How do you know how much fabric to buy if you aren't making something specific? I'm not saying I don't have fabric. I do. But it's only a drawer full. I have more fabric in the quilt pile which is my extra fabric after a project. My so-called stash is me changing my mind or not getting to something. I see y'all with shelves and shelves of fabric. Y'all are making me feel inadequate. I want to go into a fabric store and buy all fabric I like. But when I try that, I'm at a loss because I don't know how much to ask for. And then the notions? Should I buy some? Especially when I don't know what I'm making!
My process is as thus... (1) I get inspired. (2) I decide on a pattern (3) I buy the fabric and notions necessary for the garment. And (4) I make said garment. How do you get a stash from that???
Now if you don't mind, I'm a need for y'all to answer quickly. I'm going to the fabric store this weekend on a full paycheck. I don't know when that will happen again. And I'm a want to buy UP the store. So tell me the hows and why you have a stash because I WANT ONE TOO!!!! When you're buying random amounts of fabric just because you like it, how do you know how much to buy??? How do you know what the fabric wants to be?
Peace!
Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Monday, March 16, 2015
Who am I?
Peace.
This blog gets NO LOVE from me. I have a lot of blogs and this one seems like the one that specifically doesn't fit what I'm generally doing. But I didn't want to delete it, because it reminds me of what I want to get back to. I want to embrace and manifest my inner hippy....
Last night I re-watched for the umpteenth time one of my favorite movies: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding. It's about a woman whose mother was a textbook definition of a hippie and her daughter rebelled and became a straight laced lawyer. But when the lawyer's husband asked for a divorce, she took her children and went to visit her mother. And her mother welcomed her with open arms. The lawyer chick had 2 children, one of which was in college and the grandmother had never met them.
Now yes I have Mommie issues... but this movie speaks to me because I want to live a hippie life, but in degrees. I want to live on a farm and I want to have chickens, I want to be creative in my own way, have a simple yet comfortable home. I want to wear sundresses and I want to dance naked under a full moon.... But I also want to have internet, live near a real city though not right in it, have lots of money in the bank and travel the world. I want my hippiness to come in degrees.
When I walk passed mirrors or store windows and see my reflection.... It doesn't speak to the person I am striving to express. I look like a soccer mom. A friend of mine said I look like a teacher with 3 children. (why 3 children?) The only thing I was missing was a minivan. That hurt... A lot. That is not who I am and it isn't the impression I want to give people. I admit that I have a hard time expressing myself. I hate explaining myself to people who aren't entitled to the information. I don't like to give people extra information. So to a lot of people I appear stand offish and quiet. I'm not those things... but I do have... and maintain... boundaries. It is what it is. The bottom line is I want to be a Bohemian... sounds cleaner than a hippie.... but I'm not at this present moment.
So.....
What is my definition of a Bohemian? Well I don't live in Bohemia. “Having informal and unconventional social habits” is one dictionary's definition. I think the most apropos definition is the one from the Urban dictionary... “somebody who leads an alternative lifestyle, they are not hippies because they can have an extremely wide range of different tastes in music, fashion, art, literature etc they are usually very creative people. they are above all optimists, even if they can be very cynical too(it does make sense...sort of). they like wearing a mixture of weird clothes and mix different fashions together just for the heck of it. they like weed. Generally very laid back and relaxed. “
That's me for the most part. I have never smoked weed... but let that shit become legal in Georgia... I will have a new hobby.... I'm alternative and unconventional. I read a lot. I listen to different types of music... though my favorite is HipHop...I am not a xian.... I have pagan tendencies but not truly religious pagan.... I'm a 5%er..... I observe 3/4th which includes a headwrap.... and I celebrate alternative holidays. All sounds very bohemian to me. But to look at me or my lifestyle you wouldn't think so.
So a question I'm developing is.... am I hiding? I'm not sure. Like I said previously, I don't like folks in my business, but I want it out there that I'm not like most folks... but I also want it out there that I'm not down to play in the reindeer games. So... I'm going to work on adjusting my outside to suit my insides.
And this blog is going to be a REAL reflection of who I am. Not a politically correct me. I'm a curse here. I'm a use ebonics over here. I'm a be me here. I keep a few other blogs. I have my righteous blog in Serenity's Cipher. I post builds there striving to show 5%ers as educated thoughtful individuals. I think I'm rather successful at it. I post only the truth. I have my sewing blog, the refine-ista. I showcase my sewing talents there and my 3/4ths of it all. I have my healthy blog at Within/Without where I showcase all the healthy stuff I do for and to myself But no place to I have to just sit down... chill... and drink some brown liquor. I'm a do that at this site. So if that is too much for you to handle... or if you some eavesdropping... agent type individual looking to accuse me of some shit... You need gwan on someplace else. I'm a be me here. And if I need to lock the doors.... I'll do that too.
I'm a go as I came.....
Peace
This blog gets NO LOVE from me. I have a lot of blogs and this one seems like the one that specifically doesn't fit what I'm generally doing. But I didn't want to delete it, because it reminds me of what I want to get back to. I want to embrace and manifest my inner hippy....
Last night I re-watched for the umpteenth time one of my favorite movies: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding. It's about a woman whose mother was a textbook definition of a hippie and her daughter rebelled and became a straight laced lawyer. But when the lawyer's husband asked for a divorce, she took her children and went to visit her mother. And her mother welcomed her with open arms. The lawyer chick had 2 children, one of which was in college and the grandmother had never met them.
Now yes I have Mommie issues... but this movie speaks to me because I want to live a hippie life, but in degrees. I want to live on a farm and I want to have chickens, I want to be creative in my own way, have a simple yet comfortable home. I want to wear sundresses and I want to dance naked under a full moon.... But I also want to have internet, live near a real city though not right in it, have lots of money in the bank and travel the world. I want my hippiness to come in degrees.
When I walk passed mirrors or store windows and see my reflection.... It doesn't speak to the person I am striving to express. I look like a soccer mom. A friend of mine said I look like a teacher with 3 children. (why 3 children?) The only thing I was missing was a minivan. That hurt... A lot. That is not who I am and it isn't the impression I want to give people. I admit that I have a hard time expressing myself. I hate explaining myself to people who aren't entitled to the information. I don't like to give people extra information. So to a lot of people I appear stand offish and quiet. I'm not those things... but I do have... and maintain... boundaries. It is what it is. The bottom line is I want to be a Bohemian... sounds cleaner than a hippie.... but I'm not at this present moment.
So.....
What is my definition of a Bohemian? Well I don't live in Bohemia. “Having informal and unconventional social habits” is one dictionary's definition. I think the most apropos definition is the one from the Urban dictionary... “somebody who leads an alternative lifestyle, they are not hippies because they can have an extremely wide range of different tastes in music, fashion, art, literature etc they are usually very creative people. they are above all optimists, even if they can be very cynical too(it does make sense...sort of). they like wearing a mixture of weird clothes and mix different fashions together just for the heck of it. they like weed. Generally very laid back and relaxed. “
That's me for the most part. I have never smoked weed... but let that shit become legal in Georgia... I will have a new hobby.... I'm alternative and unconventional. I read a lot. I listen to different types of music... though my favorite is HipHop...I am not a xian.... I have pagan tendencies but not truly religious pagan.... I'm a 5%er..... I observe 3/4th which includes a headwrap.... and I celebrate alternative holidays. All sounds very bohemian to me. But to look at me or my lifestyle you wouldn't think so.
So a question I'm developing is.... am I hiding? I'm not sure. Like I said previously, I don't like folks in my business, but I want it out there that I'm not like most folks... but I also want it out there that I'm not down to play in the reindeer games. So... I'm going to work on adjusting my outside to suit my insides.
And this blog is going to be a REAL reflection of who I am. Not a politically correct me. I'm a curse here. I'm a use ebonics over here. I'm a be me here. I keep a few other blogs. I have my righteous blog in Serenity's Cipher. I post builds there striving to show 5%ers as educated thoughtful individuals. I think I'm rather successful at it. I post only the truth. I have my sewing blog, the refine-ista. I showcase my sewing talents there and my 3/4ths of it all. I have my healthy blog at Within/Without where I showcase all the healthy stuff I do for and to myself But no place to I have to just sit down... chill... and drink some brown liquor. I'm a do that at this site. So if that is too much for you to handle... or if you some eavesdropping... agent type individual looking to accuse me of some shit... You need gwan on someplace else. I'm a be me here. And if I need to lock the doors.... I'll do that too.
I'm a go as I came.....
Peace
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
This Is It!
Peace!
This is it. Really it. I'm not playing. You hear me????
I tried starting from seed. FAIL!
I waited until it got warm and did a direct sew. FAIL!
Now.... I finally gave up and bought plants.
Let's see how this is gonna go....
Peace
This is it. Really it. I'm not playing. You hear me????
I tried starting from seed. FAIL!
I waited until it got warm and did a direct sew. FAIL!
Now.... I finally gave up and bought plants.
Let's see how this is gonna go....
Peace
Monday, April 29, 2013
This is still zone 7 right? Doesn't feel like it....
Peace Y'all,
“Serenity, Serenity quite contrary how does your garden grow?”
No damn clue!
This weekend, despite the rain… despite the God… I put on my big girl panties and dug in… literally! I went on and began my garden… again! this time directly outside and from seed. It’s almost fucking May and this is Georgia. It’s zone 7 (some say 8) for Pete’s sake. Why is so dame cold? Normally it's in the high 70's during the day and low 60's at night. Not so much this spring. I have awoken to 40's and yesterday didn't break 70. There really isn’t a reason why I should not be able to do this.
I got the God to dig me some cucumber room. That was a lot of work. Also, lettuce, celery, zucchini, and the 1st round of corn was planted. I’m planting corn in succession. And I’ve never planted corn before so I wanna screw it up in increments.
So here are some pics of my humble garden…
This is celery grown from a store bought celery stalk. they said you could regrow them and apparently you can! I have another stalk in the refrigerator. Just those two. I don't like celery, but the 7 does.
This is the Cucumber area. Lemon cukes are planted from the right to the mailbox lid (Way to repurpose some junk!) Regular cuke seeds are planted from the lid to the buried watering jug. The other side will get store bought seedlings. I haven't bought the seedlings because I don't want to keep them in the house since the other seedlings didn't take. I want to buy and plant same day. Maybe something in the house is holding them back.. IDK I just want to get them in the ground the day I get them.
This is my corn... just keep your fingers crossed.... I read everything I could find and even went out there with a ruler to make sure I was doing things right.
Here is the lettuce.... also another successive planter.
Here is the zucchini. I am only planting 4 plants. I don't really like zucchini and I heard they spread out. Why am I planting it if I don't like it? I don't like the taste of zucchini but it goes well in a lot of stuff I cook. So why not. the plants are big, and the flowers are pretty. I could freeze or dry the excess and I wouldn't have to buy any.
That's it for now. I still have Cabbage(not bought), kale(nb), cantaloupes, tomatoes (Some seeds left, mostly nb), peppers (I still have a few seeds....) and black eyed peas to plant. The BEPs are sprouting in the kitchen. I should be ready to plant those this Friday. I want EVERYTHING in the ground by Friday! That means somebody has to go out there and get this ground worked while I am at work writing these posts.
Be mindful that I am essentially growing this in my front yard. I am employing the concept of permaculture. To make it look more ornamental yet still yield the amount of food I am looking for. I have a large yard, It should work. And if it doesn't ... Oh well! Technically… my home is on a corner lot and my address is on the side so… I am really planning in my side yard and not my front!
This is slightly addicting. The more I plant, the more I want to plant! Kale and cabbage are a new additions after getting some questionable store bought kale.
In 60 days I should have some food!
Peace
“Serenity, Serenity quite contrary how does your garden grow?”
No damn clue!
This weekend, despite the rain… despite the God… I put on my big girl panties and dug in… literally! I went on and began my garden… again! this time directly outside and from seed. It’s almost fucking May and this is Georgia. It’s zone 7 (some say 8) for Pete’s sake. Why is so dame cold? Normally it's in the high 70's during the day and low 60's at night. Not so much this spring. I have awoken to 40's and yesterday didn't break 70. There really isn’t a reason why I should not be able to do this.
I got the God to dig me some cucumber room. That was a lot of work. Also, lettuce, celery, zucchini, and the 1st round of corn was planted. I’m planting corn in succession. And I’ve never planted corn before so I wanna screw it up in increments.
So here are some pics of my humble garden…
This is celery grown from a store bought celery stalk. they said you could regrow them and apparently you can! I have another stalk in the refrigerator. Just those two. I don't like celery, but the 7 does.
This is the Cucumber area. Lemon cukes are planted from the right to the mailbox lid (Way to repurpose some junk!) Regular cuke seeds are planted from the lid to the buried watering jug. The other side will get store bought seedlings. I haven't bought the seedlings because I don't want to keep them in the house since the other seedlings didn't take. I want to buy and plant same day. Maybe something in the house is holding them back.. IDK I just want to get them in the ground the day I get them.
This is my corn... just keep your fingers crossed.... I read everything I could find and even went out there with a ruler to make sure I was doing things right.
Here is the lettuce.... also another successive planter.
Here is the zucchini. I am only planting 4 plants. I don't really like zucchini and I heard they spread out. Why am I planting it if I don't like it? I don't like the taste of zucchini but it goes well in a lot of stuff I cook. So why not. the plants are big, and the flowers are pretty. I could freeze or dry the excess and I wouldn't have to buy any.
That's it for now. I still have Cabbage(not bought), kale(nb), cantaloupes, tomatoes (Some seeds left, mostly nb), peppers (I still have a few seeds....) and black eyed peas to plant. The BEPs are sprouting in the kitchen. I should be ready to plant those this Friday. I want EVERYTHING in the ground by Friday! That means somebody has to go out there and get this ground worked while I am at work writing these posts.
Be mindful that I am essentially growing this in my front yard. I am employing the concept of permaculture. To make it look more ornamental yet still yield the amount of food I am looking for. I have a large yard, It should work. And if it doesn't ... Oh well! Technically… my home is on a corner lot and my address is on the side so… I am really planning in my side yard and not my front!
This is slightly addicting. The more I plant, the more I want to plant! Kale and cabbage are a new additions after getting some questionable store bought kale.
In 60 days I should have some food!
Peace
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Minor Setbacks
Peace,
So far my garden is a bust. None of my fancy organic GMO seeds grew past the germinating stage. Not even the basil. I have been growing basil for years and never had a problem with it. I suspect the starter soil is the reason behind my problems. I bought it because the store didn’t have the brand I normally get. This was all they had and it was cheaper. The baggie method didn’t work either and left me with a lot of moldy paper towels. All is not lost though. I still plan to move forward. Just gonna switch gears a bit.
First…. I finally got the god to cut the grass in the lawn where I will put the garden. It was harder than pulling teeth! Now I have to get him to dig the trenches where the plants will go. Why does it have to be like this? He’s home all day and will be eating the food too. I want him to take an interest in the garden. Maybe he is waiting for me to help. I only have 1 shovel and a full time job. This is a life skill that everyone needs to know how to do. Like sewing on a button or patching a hem. I can check my own oil and change a tire.
Next…. I purchased some mushroom compost and have collected limbs and twine for the garden supports. The compost isn’t for the support. It is for soil amendments. Once the God digs my trenches, I will sow and transplant a variety of seedlings. I have seeds I was gonna grow directly in the ground initially anyway. And the seed company sent extra cantaloupe seeds as a gift. Those will get sown. And I will pick up a few tomato and cucumber plants. I only have precious few of those seeds left. And they were expensive! No Black tomatoes for me this year.
The weather has been questionable these days. It will be really warm like in the 80’s then drop to 40 something in the morning with a high in the 60s. I’m just not comfortable getting started when the weather is so swift and changeable. I have containers to protect the seedlings from the cold but I just rather not start until things even out. But it is April… And late April at that. Other bloggers have plants already growing in the ground in cooler places. And every time I go out there to do something it rains. ***sigh*** I know brown sugar melts when it gets wet, but I’m a have to brave these elements and do what I know I have to do. I said I wanted to be closer to nature. Put on my big girl panties, my poncho and man the eff up.
I’m hoping the nag method works with the God. If not the full moon is Thursday and I’m on it my damn self!
Peace
So far my garden is a bust. None of my fancy organic GMO seeds grew past the germinating stage. Not even the basil. I have been growing basil for years and never had a problem with it. I suspect the starter soil is the reason behind my problems. I bought it because the store didn’t have the brand I normally get. This was all they had and it was cheaper. The baggie method didn’t work either and left me with a lot of moldy paper towels. All is not lost though. I still plan to move forward. Just gonna switch gears a bit.
First…. I finally got the god to cut the grass in the lawn where I will put the garden. It was harder than pulling teeth! Now I have to get him to dig the trenches where the plants will go. Why does it have to be like this? He’s home all day and will be eating the food too. I want him to take an interest in the garden. Maybe he is waiting for me to help. I only have 1 shovel and a full time job. This is a life skill that everyone needs to know how to do. Like sewing on a button or patching a hem. I can check my own oil and change a tire.
Next…. I purchased some mushroom compost and have collected limbs and twine for the garden supports. The compost isn’t for the support. It is for soil amendments. Once the God digs my trenches, I will sow and transplant a variety of seedlings. I have seeds I was gonna grow directly in the ground initially anyway. And the seed company sent extra cantaloupe seeds as a gift. Those will get sown. And I will pick up a few tomato and cucumber plants. I only have precious few of those seeds left. And they were expensive! No Black tomatoes for me this year.
The weather has been questionable these days. It will be really warm like in the 80’s then drop to 40 something in the morning with a high in the 60s. I’m just not comfortable getting started when the weather is so swift and changeable. I have containers to protect the seedlings from the cold but I just rather not start until things even out. But it is April… And late April at that. Other bloggers have plants already growing in the ground in cooler places. And every time I go out there to do something it rains. ***sigh*** I know brown sugar melts when it gets wet, but I’m a have to brave these elements and do what I know I have to do. I said I wanted to be closer to nature. Put on my big girl panties, my poncho and man the eff up.
I’m hoping the nag method works with the God. If not the full moon is Thursday and I’m on it my damn self!
Peace
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
NOTHING!
Peace.
It’s been a while since I planted from seed. I’ll admit it. Normally I by seedlings from Home Depot. But I wanted to be excessively natural so I ordered seeds from a non-GMO company and started them myself. 11 out of 32 have sprouted. I’m not happy. I planted more than 3 weeks ago. I should have something by now; not just damp dirt. I have been hitting them with the light, warming them up, spraying them. There isn’t much more I can do other than take them to bed with me.
So the almanac said March 11th and 12th were good seed planting days. I did the germinating thing of putting the seeds in wet paper towel and then in a baggie and then on top of the refrigerator.
I also reseeded some of the cups of basil that didn’t come up yet. I have a lot of basil seed to I’m ok with that. What I don’t have a lot of is pepper seeds and tomato seeds. It hurt to use them. These are the expensive rare seeds that took a week to come and have shipping and handling….
I will buy seedlings if I have to……
Peace
It’s been a while since I planted from seed. I’ll admit it. Normally I by seedlings from Home Depot. But I wanted to be excessively natural so I ordered seeds from a non-GMO company and started them myself. 11 out of 32 have sprouted. I’m not happy. I planted more than 3 weeks ago. I should have something by now; not just damp dirt. I have been hitting them with the light, warming them up, spraying them. There isn’t much more I can do other than take them to bed with me.
So the almanac said March 11th and 12th were good seed planting days. I did the germinating thing of putting the seeds in wet paper towel and then in a baggie and then on top of the refrigerator.
I also reseeded some of the cups of basil that didn’t come up yet. I have a lot of basil seed to I’m ok with that. What I don’t have a lot of is pepper seeds and tomato seeds. It hurt to use them. These are the expensive rare seeds that took a week to come and have shipping and handling….
I will buy seedlings if I have to……
Peace
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