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The Little White Dress Goes to the Beach!
Notice how beautifully the bodice fits, and how trim I look, this is the real me! I have worked hard to get to this point. White is the presence of all color. I love white, and I love color.When I wear white I feel peacefully alert. White clothing is luxurious because it needs more care. White…
Jungle January A Subtle Savage on the Way to Being Svelte
Jungle January, a subtle addition to the wild things, and a celebration of my commitment to my health. There comes a time when one must say: ” Enough is enough!” that could be enough work, enough suffering, enough alcohol or enough chocolate. And in my case, I had enough of being overweight, sluggish and…
Susan Finally Makes Progress on Her Mini-Wardrobe
What a spectacularly awful sewing week. I broke the deadlock today, finally. I drafted the patterns for the denim dress, the denim skirt with contrast panel and the silk blouse. Based on my normal sewing speed, I should have had the blouse and skirt done by today. This is the blouse and skirt I am…
A Look at the Inside of a Common Sewing Tool
Sew, have you seen the TV show Sliced? It has just arrived here in La Paz, and we watch it once in awhile. It is interesting to see things from the inside out. Last week I was sewing, and I dropped a common sewing tool. It shattered on the tile floor. It was old, , much used, and…
Susan Receives a Wonderful Sewing Gift
Susan Receives a Wonderful Sewing Gift! Sew, MissMeliss has been here for ten days without her beloved, and we have had a wonderful time having pedicures, long leisurely lunches, and coffee with some of my friends. She even overcame her childhood trauma of going fabric shopping with me. Well she was choosing fabric for friends.…
Special Order: Patricia’s Cow Pillows!
Sew…My friend Patricia loves cows! She is a city girl born and raised in Mexico City. Now she lives here in La Paz. We have been friends for years. And she is a true individual. She keeps balloons and ribbons in here purse, when she sees kids she stops to blow up a balloon, ties…
Susan Sews a Pareo Dress, the First of Many
The weather Is warming up, and soon it will be too hot to move. I will swim before sunrise. Retreat to my sewing room with the AC cranked and sew and write. After lunch and before my siesta I will take another swim. Since the heat of the day keeps everyone inside, I can swim…
Susan finishes and Wears Black Linen dress to A Wedding
Here I am in the linen dress I made for Dhorea’s wedding. The ceremony was in the Cathedral on the square in downtown La Paz. As the wedding party was posing for a few photos on the alter, a young man with a camera sauntered down the aisle and asked us (and others) to pose…
