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All the elements for the projects can be whipped up with a few measurements and possibly an existing garment for reference. Fudging is allowed and encouraged. Mistakes are part and parcel of the process, and the seam ripper will become your
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This is my favorite kind of sewing. I learned to sew by pattern, but just as I learned to cook from recipes, I enjoy dumping and going by feel when cooking something familiar. In her tutorials, she teaches the reader how to sew without a readymade pattern, and she does so in such an accessible and non overwhelming way.
“Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them.”
― Gaudy Night
― Gaudy Night
“I’m not who that guy says I am. I’m not who that girl says I am. I’m not who social media likes and comments say I am. I’m not who the grades, to-do lists, messes, and mess ups say I am. I’m not who the scale says I am or the sum total of what my flaws say I am. I’m going to stop flirting with the unstable things of this world so I can fall completely in love with You. I am loved. I am held. I am Yours. I am forever Yours.” The more intimacy like this that I have with God, the more secure my true identity is.”
― Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
― Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely
“I was doing the wrong of never wanting or trying to better. And now I see that I have been letting things go as the would for a long time. Whatever came into my head I did and whatever didn’t come into my head I didn’t do.”
― The Princess and Curdie
― The Princess and Curdie
“More smiling, less worrying. More compassion, less judgment. More blessed, less stressed. More love, less hate.”
― The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life
― The Light in the Heart: Inspirational Thoughts for Living Your Best Life
“It was after I first began to uplift my thoughts a bit that my cravings for junk food started to dissipate. I did not connect the two at that time. First, I simply noticed that I didn’t need to sleep so much. It took a while before I realized that in addition to my improved energy level, there was a direct correlation between chewing on mental garbage and putting garbage in my mouth.”
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