Debbie's Blatherings

Timov: cranky but honest

Sat, 17 May 2008 12:50:39 GMT

( Will Write For Chocolate comic updated. Naming my dressmaker form. Why I love my serger. Holiday weekend. More Babylon Five Virgin updates. Six days to Balticon! )

Balticon, gardening and dressmaker forms

Fri, 16 May 2008 17:01:51 GMT

( Gardeningstuff, congrats to Seanan McGuire on her MULTI-BOOK deal (!), Balticon anticipation, my new dressmaker's form, my first attempts at sewing a dress and sewing with knit fabrics, Babylon Five updates. )

Escape Pod and an audio podcast survey

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:07:45 GMT

( Virtual walk update, Escape Pod, audio podcasts. )

What about the rest of you? What audio podcasts do you regularly listen to these days?

Vanity sizing

Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:05 GMT

( My encounter with vanity sizing. Babylon Five updates. )

Happy Mother's Day!

Sun, 11 May 2008 11:26:01 GMT

( Mom's Day, Naomi's Tree, gardening, walking, quillows, Babylon Five updates. )

Books, walks and dressmaker forms

Sat, 10 May 2008 11:28:10 GMT

( Doing lots of reading. Buying a dressmaker's form at Fabricland's mega-sale. Megalomaniac wine! )

Dear Toronto, easing, and B5 update

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:07:25 GMT

( Posterchild and Dear Toronto, sleeve success (sort of!), fabric sales at Babylon Five. )

Urban Tapestry on Dear Toronto!

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:55:19 GMT

Check out today's Dear Toronto video! Recognize the background music? Thanks so much to Ryan Couldrey for supporting Urban Tapestry's music. :-)

Serging, a plant question and graphic novels

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:41:16 GMT

( Using my new serger in an actual sewing project (!), easing question, plant question, working with a new artist! Update: Urban Tapestry on Dear Toronto! )

Beamsville and Life As We Knew It

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:01:22 GMT

( Walking to Beamsville, fitness and walking (and repeated thanks to Brooke!), survival stories and Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer )

Dreamhost woes

Tue, 06 May 2008 19:56:21 GMT

In case any of you are trying to reach Inkygirl, Will Write For Chocolate, or B5 Virgin, the sites are down because my host is having major outages right now. Thanks to sffilk for alerting me to this problem. Hopefully the issue will be fixed soon!

Cartoonists, herbs and serging (and B5 updates)

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:41:18 GMT

( Some pics from Ryan's photo shoot. My mini-nursery and gardening. Re-threading my serger from scratch again because I'm CRAZY. B5 Updates. )

Cartoonist Photonotronic Sunday

Mon, 05 May 2008 15:44:41 GMT

( Cartoonist photo shoot in Bloor West Village. Baby Blue Cthulu Ninja Doll. )

Sergers and greeting cards

Sun, 04 May 2008 13:15:44 GMT

( My Blush cards arrived. Re-threading sergers. )

Serging Ahead (plus B5 updates and a gaming comic)

Sat, 03 May 2008 13:24:32 GMT

( Trying out my serger for the first time. Signed up for a beginner sewing course! Cartoon caption challenges. B5 updates. )

This Cake Is So Delicious And Moist

Fri, 02 May 2008 10:49:04 GMT

( A new Will Write For Chocolate comic strip, the face on Sven's t-shirt, Urban Tapestry practice for Balticon, Portal Song, 1-900-NERD-GIRL. )

And a question for those familiar with Portal: any suggestions for what I should draw on signs I hold up when we perform this song at Balticon?

Technonerdboys, A Curse As Dark As Gold, and virtual walks

Thu, 01 May 2008 16:17:46 GMT

( Macintosh Portable, eating at Cluck, Grunt and Low, A Curse As Dark As Gold by Elisabeth Bunce, plus a virtual con walk update. )

Sergers and media survey

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:43:19 GMT

( Picked up my new serger! New sewing projects. Dr. Who and other shows. Media survey. )

Survey: How many hours of entertainment media (including tv shows, movies) do you watch per week, on average?

Dr. Who, aging and my first sewing cartoon!

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:46:04 GMT

( More details about how I won a serger, serger info, the 'Blink' episode and Dr. Who, aging follow-up, and a Dave Weingart comment inspires my first sewing cartoon. )

I just won a serger! What IS a serger?

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:36:56 GMT

So on my first visit to Fabricland for my first sewing project, I entered a prize draw. The box and the slips were sitting beside the cash, so I filled out a form while I was waiting for the clerk to ring through my credit card. It was for a serger - I had no idea what a serger was, but I figured it was probably something good. :-)

Anyway, Fabricland just called and I won the prize draw! I tried Googling "serger" but I'm still confused. Could someone out there explain in layman's language: what would I use a serger for? I take it that it doesn't replace a sewing machine, but is used with a sewing machine?

(Update: I think it's a Janome Model 9102D Serger)

Illustration Friday: Wrinkles

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:16:50 GMT

( Illustration Friday assignment. Stan Rogers and 'Lies.' Thoughts on getting older. Discovering Dr. Who. )

For those following my B5 Virgin posts...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:08:51 GMT

If you're a filker and have written (or know of) a song related to any of the episodes I post about, I encourage you to post about it (lyrics, link to your lyrics, etc.) in the comments section of that episode in my B5 blog. Please make sure it doesn't have spoilers about any upcoming episodes, for both my sake and the sake of anyone one else watching the series for the first time.

I have about 4500 unique visitors reading my B5 Virgin blog so far, and this might be a good chance for filkers to promote some of their B5-related material. If the lyrics aren't appropriate for minors, I'd appreciate you posting a link with a warning instead of the full lyrics, thanks!

Debbie

Zipper feet, sewing and B5

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:02:10 GMT

( Learning through mistakes. Making six tank tops in a week (including the disaster I ended up scrapping). My FIRST zipper, zipper foot, and first skirt project! Plus more B5 Virgin updates. )

- URL corrected, sorry -

Post-FKO Davevisit

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:26:00 GMT

( Sold out of my letterpress cat cards. Vixy and Tony's CD now available on CDBaby! Dave Clement visit post-FKO. Thinking of volunteering as a braille music transcriber. Helping Marilisa loom-knit a sweater. Sick. :-( )

Will Write For Chocolate

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:53:28 GMT

( A new Will Write For Chocolate, a new sewing project, and Balticon prep with Urban Tapestry. )