My ability to read books comes and goes, but definitely spends more time in the “gone” category! At least compared to the regular nightly reading I used to accomplish with ease. Two books I completed sometime last year were Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman and Doing Harm by Maya Dusenbery. Both books were about women’s experiences of chronic illness, written by women with chronic illness. They approached the topic from entirely different angles, which made for little overlap between them. Continue reading “Book review: Ask Me About My Uterus & Doing Harm”
Tessuti Patterns Ruby Top
Hello! This project was largely a trial to see if a certain garment shape (cut out shoulder tank top) worked on me. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t, but I still ended up with a top I like and will wear over summer.
Style Arc Elle / Airlie Pant
Hello! It’s been a while between projects. I have been sewing, albeit sparsely, but I’ve largely been doing alterations – too boring for even a quick Instagram snap. I’m glad to finally have a finished project to share with you, even if it is a (multiple) pattern repeat.
More “cripping up” – The Upside
It seems little has changed since I first wrote about cripping up in 2017. Hollywood still makes movies about, but not with, disabled people, and non-disabled actors are still cast in disabled roles as a fast-track to winning an Oscar.
Top 5 (3?) misses of 2018
Last time I shared my top 5 hits of 2018, part of Gillian’s annual top 5 series. Today I’m sharing the projects that didn’t go quite so well. My misses of 2018 are: Continue reading “Top 5 (3?) misses of 2018”
Article published on Independent Australia: Horse racing kicks sand in the face of Levy’s Beach
Hi folks! I’m pleased to announce that after a long hiatus, I’ve had another article published on Independent Australia: “Horse racing kicks sand in the face of Levy’s Beach”. Continue reading “Article published on Independent Australia: Horse racing kicks sand in the face of Levy’s Beach”
Top 5 hits of 2018
Happy new year everyone! I’m kicking off the year with my belated entry to the annual blog series started by Gillian of Crafting a Rainbow, the top 5 of 2018.
To start off, the top 5 hits: Continue reading “Top 5 hits of 2018”