I think it’s incredibly cool that I’ve learned enough about bag making and pattern drafting that I can say “I want a bag that’s shaped like a lime wedge” and just sit down and make a pattern and have it actually work (This is just a muslin/proof of concept, I didn’t bother with a strap)

I think I basically only post here now when I made a thing but here’s a bag I finished today! It’s a mix of two Klum House patterns, it’s basically an Alberta bag but modified to use a Fremont style strap, and I added extra pockets.

Hi friends, my amazing friend indi is figuring out what her life is going to look like after having been full-time caregiver for her mom for the last 13 years. If you have anything to spare, she and her sweet dog Josie could use some help. ❤️

I made a watch band! There are about 100 things wrong with it but I'm still really happy with how it came out.

So recently I got this device called the Instruo Pocket Scion. It takes electrical signals from plants and passes them through a sound engine. I hooked it up to this calla lily in my garden and here's what happened:

Went on an impromptu bookstore crawl with some friends, forgetting it was St Patrick's day weekend and that the rest of the city was also out on a crawl

Finished weaving in all the ends on this knit blanket yesterday (picture was taken before all the ends were woven in)

Sewed leather on my home machine! This is a victory for two reasons, 1) leather on home machine but 2) the cats mostly left me alone while I was doing it!! This was my first time using the sewing machine since we got the cats!!

My cats are one year old today(!!!) & one decided to get wild and figured out 1) how to get on top of the shower stall/bathroom cabinet and 2) how to open the fridge door. (And how to move the brick. For now the door is held shut with two 10 lb dumbbells.) The other one just wants second dinner.

A friend of a friend was abducted by ICE at a routine immigration check-in. I know we're all stretched so thin but if you can contribute at all to the GoFundMe it will help get Daniela home!

Started working on another bookbinding project and it’s 11 pm now???

Lord, I see what you’ve done for Ashland and California/Dodge and I want that for me too

Walking home, missing her (the 11 bus)

Once I get to day 3 of a weekend I finally have energy and initiative for Projects. We were not made to have only two days for ourselves each week.

It is FIFTY-EIGHT degrees out and I am going to go hang out on a PATIO in FEBRUARY

I can feel patio season drawing ever closer and I am so desperately ready for it

Some favorites from the Yoko Ono exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Look at that sky

Got myself tickets to the Yoko Ono exhibit at the MCA for my birthday, just in time bc it's only there for two more weeks!

This was a rare treat - they're brothers but they mostly just coexist.

Toy camera update: Trying some new Camp Snap Pro filters. Downloaded a filter pack here: codesthings.com/campsnap/ Currently loving Golden '92 (the second photo) which is meant to emulate Lomochrome Color '92 film.

You know what to do

Heads up if you, like me, keep meaning to find out what happens at the end of Destinos Annenberg Learner is shutting down on July 1 (You can still watch Destinos on archive dot org but I'm using this as motivation)

Clearly I was not the only one who decided to hit the grocery store at lunchtime “to beat the crowds”

I'm in my toy camera era right now, I'm obsessed with my Charmera blind box keychain camera which is so tiny and lightweight and takes pictures like my childhood 110 camera. It weighs nothing, I can throw it in my pocket or purse every time I go out.

I finished my book! With enough time left to do some other things today too!

I put off reading this month's book club book till even later than I usually do and now I'm stuck spending this entire day doing nothing but reading it

This was the scene when I went to bed last night. Neither one budged. I had to squeeze in between a cat butt and the wall.

The best book I read in 2025 was Little Blue Encyclopedia (For Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante. Other standouts: Prairie Edge by Conor Kerr Woodworking by Emily St. James A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander My Real Children by Jo Walton Blood Sweat Glitter by Iona Datt Sharma

Thought about starting 2026 with a tea I already knew I loved but decided to go with a tea I was curious about but a little afraid of, golden flowers/fu zhuan cha which is an aged tea that has tiny mushrooms growing in it. It turned out to be delicious, very smooth and sweet!

Turt alert

Got bored, signed up for a genealogy website, and was able to coast back far enough on other people’s research to finally find a plausible original version of my weird, obviously-anglicized last name

Delightful new development

I re-subscribed to AVCX crosswords after a long break and I'm actually keeping up with solving them and am having a lot of fun with it. The AVCX+ one they just sent out is super clever!

I’ve been making little guys

Grey day does not make for good photos but at least I got out with my camera for the first time in ages

I did it I finished all my holiday cards AND got them to the mailbox in front of the post office in time for the last pickup of the day. With minutes to spare!

34 more holiday cards to go. I can do this.

Bought a can of this because it reminded me of good times with @eamondaly.bsky.social and @vinegarmike.bsky.social

Check your LinkedIn notification settings, I just got an email claiming an unrealistic number of my coworkers are playing LinkedIn Games which is how I learned LinkedIn a) has games and b) had opted me into dozens of emails that I don't want (e.g. Games Newsletter wtf).

The only good thing I can say about having to go into the office today is: At least it isn’t windy

You don't think we'd forget our ANNUAL HOLIDAY SALE do you?!? All our backlist print titles are 25% off and as a bundle altogether... EVERY E-BOOK WE HAVE OUT FOR A $10 BUNDLE!! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! WE ARE BASICALLY GIVING YOU MONEY WE 💜 DOING THIS www.littlepuss.net/shop/25-holi...

I have filled my winter calendar with classes at the leather school I'll probably regret the part where I have to keep leaving the house in the cold and dark all winter But I'm excited for making more things!

If you're in Chicago and want to join me taking classes at the leather school, all their classes are 40% off this weekend (code is on their Instagram, it's CLASS40). Start with Leather Work 101, after that you can take whatever you want chicagoschoolofshoemaking.com

I finished making my leather-bound book! Made the spine too tight though so it doesn’t open as well as I wanted, but at least I know what I did wrong and how to fix it next time.

I took a leather bookbinding class at the leather arts school and now I’m making books at home again I think this was my first time using my punching cradle, it makes things much easier! I’ll make and attach a cover tomorrow

One of our cats loves to splash and tip water bowls. I bought one that’s supposed to resist splashing and tipping but he took that as a challenge. It’s now known as “the splash pad” and lives in our tub. He taught his brother to love splashing all the water out of it too

⭐️WHISTLE REQUESTS⭐️ If you or someone you know would like whistles, please email [email protected] Let me know how many (multiples of 50) and if you’d like to pick up or have them shipped (and where to ship). If shipped, I’ll only ask for actual shipping cost. TIA!

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX