Robin(happilyever)'s Profile

Total tromp l'oiel (or however that's spelled). What a delight! Kudos!

Marmarplay! Excellent question! I don't have quite such a fantastic cat (though we're getting 2 in January), but I do have an armless couch and am on the look-out for a slipcover. Anyone have anything useful to say about slipcovers?

This is not a knit pillow. This is a hooked pillow. Completely different techniques.

Yes! Here! I'm in! I'm on! I'm ready!

I was trying to come up with some prize-worthy story about my proudest sewing moment (it had to do with running the Featherweight needle through my thumbnail at age five, a piercing that -- given my life-long passion for sewing -- could only have come from the stitch-faeries themselves), but then I looked at Lori's quilt for her friend's difficult-to-conceive baby. It is by far the most eloquent of these many colorful comments. She should win this week's prize package, hands down. In fact, she could teach Amy Butler a thing or two! What a work of beauty and love. Brava, Lori! And bravo, Johnny and Johnny's mom!

Yo! Yo, Dwell! Over here!

I moved to Harlem last year, too! My space (a 2 br co-op apt., more or less 900 sf) is much smaller than this gorgeous brownstone and like your banner says, Smaller is Smarter -- so it would give you *such* a wonderful opportunity to showcase your fine taste and lovely editorial/design choices in a compact locale. Right? C'mon down! or rather, up!

I never use soap when I wash my cast-iron skillets, and I dry them on a stove top burner on high heat until the remaining water droplets sizzle. Soap (even gently eco-friendly dish soap) strips the seasoning pretty quickly. Maybe you need to wash it hard in a good dish soap -- even Brillo, maybe -- then rinse it very thoroughly and then re-season it?

Archie, that tip is goofy -- but really good. Thank you.

These are wonderful, but I'm even more charmed by the embroidery hoop swatches. Maybe it's their unlikely roundness for framed color, but those are the pictures on her blog that most delight (of a host of delightful images!). Hers look even better than the ones at Purl.

eriberri and Laura -- My bed fits what's called a three-quarters mattress -- wider than a twin but 4" narrower than a full. I use full sheets and queen sheets. Nothing bunches or rides up or slips off. [though it just occurred to me -- maybe I'm totally weird and never move while I sleep -- ?]

eriberri, have you tried Garnet Hill online for sheets? They ain't cheap, but they sure is pretty, and I've never had trouble finding full size. Not that I've bought them except on serious sale, mind you, but even then they haven't been hard to find.