Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Ladder Series


This wonderful ladder was left in the apartment when we moved in. Gertrude loves to climb up the ladder, but has some trouble getting back down. I am dedicating this series of baby quilts to her. I spent a bit of Monday timing myself making this quilt top, the back (not pictured here) is actually pretty cute. I love the little iguanas. My plan is to make this for our Etsy shop because I was supposed to put something on there Sunday.

The Ladder Series. To be cont...

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Happy Earth Day

Shouldn't everyday be Earth day? (cue the patchouli and mood rings), but no seriously, I try to be conscientious about how I am using my space on this planet, and it might be a bit easier for me because I don't have a car, but I am still wasteful. So...
I don't normally show off my underwear, especially when my dad is reading this blog... but when I made them myself using one t-shirt, who can argue with such a great earthy, idea? I took a class on Saturday at Etsy Labs and all I had to bring was a t-shirt, it was fun, and informative, and I got to use a serger for the first time, awesome, I want one.
About a year ago, shortly after I turned 29, I tried to go for a year not buying any new clothes, with the exception of socks and underwear, but now that I can make my own? I think I should start knitting socks too.
Paul gave me this t-shirt cause he felt guilty, I think it said, "For every animal you don't eat, I'm gonna eat 3"...cruel


I learned with this pair that you almost want the same shirt size that your butt is, in other words, do not use a small shirt if your butt is medium.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Sunday Night Roller Derby

When Paul invited me out for some late night roller derby, I said yes. Who can't resist roller skating babes in short pants and fishnets? It was the New Jersey Dirty Dames vs River City Rollergirls and believe it or not we were rooting for River City. They hail from Richmond, Virginia and put on a good bout, the ladies should be proud (even though the final score was not in their favor).


Some of my favorite roller girl names: Maliciously Delicious, Don't Care Bear, Jheri Kill,
Sue-age Spill

Behind Paul you can see a home made roller skate wheel sign. I love roller skating rinks and if I had time I would travel across country with my 4x5 photographing these relics before they go away like they did here in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the Bronx (I don't know about Queens or Staten Island...I can only guess that Long Island has some rinks, it's a bit more sprawling there).

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Erwin's in the Spotlight

I don't really have much to write about today cause I worked while Paul stayed at home and lived out some drama with the landlord. Here are some recent photos of Erwin, the non featured cat, who surprisingly loves to be photographed.



Erwin likes to help out with my crafting as well.
Erwin dominates.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Sunday, Monday Happy Days...

Sunday is a work day for me. My commute is sometimes delayed by the weekend subway changes, this weekend the 2 was running on the 5 train line, but then stopping at Atlantic Station, in all my confusion I found an N train and made my way to Union Square. To my surprise, Broadway, the street I normally walk up to get to work was closed for a fair? Street vendor event? I don't know what they are called, but this is one of the tell tale signs that spring is here, when these booths are set up selling sheets, socks, sweaters, earrings, at wholesale discount prices. Its actually kind of nice to walk down the middle of Broadway on a Sunday morning.


Monday I worked my first shift at the Co-op. On my way back I passed the Brooklyn Museum, and I thought this was a nice sign of spring. I have been dreaming of spring.
When I got home I had some of Paul's homemade seltzer water. It is so good. Some of the first experiments didn't work out so well, cause the water from our taps tasted bad, but he is now filtering the sediments and the chlorine, and it is tasty.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Look at my first quilt

The finished product.

Gertie helped me sew on my binding.

She's just a helpful cat in general.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Saturday at the Landfill

Driving over the Verrazano Bridge we thought we were crossing from Brooklyn to San Francisco.

There were about 5 or 6 rows of 20 cars on each side of the compost heaps. New Yorkers love free compost.

Shoveling compost is fun.

Sharing the fun.

Muddy Shoes.

Some seepage.

Clean shoes.

Bountiful buckets of moist compost.