The Woman of 1,000 Hobbies

The insanity of diets

admin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:38:59 +0000

I’m a big fan of Matt Schifferle over at Red Delta Project. He has a very no-nonsense approach to fitness and is a great resource for instructional videos on bodyweight exercise techniques. My opinion of Matt jumped even higher when I read this article by him: When Healthy Diets Attack! In this article Matt has [...]

Miranda’s Capelet

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:15:19 +0000

Next in the series of designs that Miranda has requested is the rose capelet. (See also the Bunny Express Vest). This is another design that she saw in a Happy Happy Clover manga.

Here is the design drawing I found on my table. It was followed by several others, but this one I think captured [...]

Miranda’s Bunny Express Vest

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:15:13 +0000

Miranda frequently leaves little drawings around of designs she’d like me to make. I can tell its time to do something about it when she keeps showing me alternate views of the design. I can get a hint.

Here is a recent item I made for her that was inspired by her favorite manga Happy [...]

Pattern Weights Tutorial

admin — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:25:13 +0000

I’ve created a tutorial over at Instructables, showing how to make these decorative and functional pattern weights. I hope you enjoy it.

Dragon Coloring Page

admin — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 06:17:50 +0000

One of my kids asked me to draw them a coloring page of two dragons fighting. Here’s the result. I’ll try to post some more coloring pages, as this is a regular thing for them.

Halloween Costumes

admin — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:22:20 +0000

In 2008 they were Princess Mononoke, a cat, and a spider.

In 2009 they we have: a butterfly fairy princess (not wearing her wings yet), a wood-elf warrior (who refused any costume makeup), and a rather suspicious-looking purple pumpkin (without her stuffing in yet, so she looks deflated).

And we were rained on [...]

Mascot Accessories

admin — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:07:47 +0000

Here’s a set of ponytail ties has a bear face attached that I made for my youngest. Basically its a felt-mascot face attached to a tie.

And here is a set of Hello Kitty Hair ties. I made the pattern for these. I got a picture from the web of Hello Kitty and [...]

Covered Magazine Holders

admin — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:11:47 +0000

So I decided my magazine holders were just too ugly. I had those cheap cardboard, faux-wood ones…I mean, does anyone seriously think faux wood grain is a good idea rendered in cardboard? I selected some fabrics form my stash, used spray glue and a little Sobo, and covered all my magazine holders. 27 of them. [...]

Free Mascot Patterns

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:14:49 +0000

Kirby

My daughter recently got a Kirby game for her DS and asked me to make her a Kirby mascot. I based the pattern on the Kirby on the cover of the video game. It was a pretty simple pattern.

You can download the pattern for this mascot.

Girl Mascot

Download the [...]

Felt Mascots

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:02:01 +0000

I’ve become obsessed with making felt mascots. They are hand-sewn, stuffed and embellished animals and other creatures. Typically they are small enough to fit into the palm of your hand: 2.5 to 3 inches at most. I’m not normally into “cute” much, but I just can’t seem to get enough of these things.

I first [...]