Readers, Being a largely from-scratch cook and baker (I have made my own crackers--not worth…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 20, 2013
Readers, What a wonderful way to enter New York: through Grand Central Terminal! I was…
Paula DeGrandSeptember 7, 2013
Readers, It's late August, the Minnesota State Fair is underway, and tomorrow's forecast is for…
Paula DeGrandAugust 24, 2013
Readers, This 1952 pattern has a contemporary feel. Yesterday I finished a really nifty pattern…
Paula DeGrandAugust 21, 2013
Readers, When is a sewing project done? I kept thinking the shoulder pads were just…
Paula DeGrandAugust 16, 2013
Readers, This floral stretch cotton, at ease. It was a cheap and cheerful fabric of…
Paula DeGrandAugust 13, 2013
Readers, A longtime reader of this blog wrote me recently, "Getting Things Sewn is all…
Paula DeGrandAugust 8, 2013
Readers, Scribble, scribble: a few of my idea cards. Sitting in my planning corner a…
Paula DeGrandAugust 6, 2013
Readers, The sewing space is 90 percent done. It sure feels good to be back…
Paula DeGrandAugust 3, 2013
Readers, Before: My sewing library was in this corner, which was darker than it appears…
Paula DeGrandAugust 1, 2013
Readers, Jack painted the stairwell a Benjamin Moore color called Gerbera Daisy. Some improvements just…
Paula DeGrandJuly 30, 2013
Readers, The west end of my sewing domain readied for a fresh coat of paint,…
Paula DeGrandJuly 27, 2013
Readers, A carpet remnant and baseboard finished off the cedar closet. For 73 years the…
Paula DeGrandJuly 25, 2013
Readers, The storage space is being insulated, which will help the main space retain heat,…
Paula DeGrandJuly 23, 2013
Readers, Before concrete was poured. Progress continued yesterday on the sewing space. The twelve ceiling…
Paula DeGrandJuly 20, 2013
Readers, A shop light suspended over my work tables was my main source of task…
Paula DeGrandJuly 18, 2013
Readers, Moisture-retaining shrubbery, begone! I've been waiting impatiently for our builder to finish the storage…
Paula DeGrandJuly 16, 2013
Readers, These celluloid buttons, most likely from the 1930s, were purchased from a button collector's"poke…
Paula DeGrandJuly 13, 2013
Readers, Jack prepares to take down the pegboard and pull off the grass cloth wallpaper.…
Paula DeGrandJuly 11, 2013
Readers, A dress Kristin Chenoweth wore in a production of Babes in Arms at the…
Paula DeGrandJuly 8, 2013