This is my first completed garment since relocating to Santa Cruz. I adore skirts and dresses and swear that I could wear them everyday, and figured I was long overdue to start sewing again. The pattern instructions were easy to follow and the project went together very quickly. I will definitely sew this one again, [...]

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Santa Cruz ♥

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Learn-to-Row Day came and went this spring, reminding me that the rowing club that I belonged to last year would soon be starting its 2008 summer season. Of course, as soon as the ice broke and the raging water from the snow melt had passed, there were scullers and crews rowing up and down the [...]

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To celebrate Cliff’s accomplishment of taking closed circuit rebreather diving to the next level, I created him a pair of boxers to wear under his dry-suit while exploring his first caves. I lovingly called them “No-Bends Boxers” in the hopes that my hand-made talisman would bring him back to the surface safely, and that all [...]

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I found this recipe tucked away on a card in my recipe box, and recently traced it back to an old issue of Vegetarian Times. I can take no credit of my own for it, but I swear it is the best ‘slaw you’ll ever taste. A more accurate name for it is: Asian-Inspired Napa [...]

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