(cue the Ramones to play Needles and Pins)

I'm pretty sure I've called a dozen of these blog entries "needles and pins" but then again, my today-off was about acupunture and sewing and so it seems fitting (unlike the garments I've made recently which seem un-fitting, but close).

My acupuncture treatments and my obsessive straight stitching of ill-fitting tops and bottoms are helping. Each needle, each thread, each relaxed moment of pre-occupation has me not thinking about all the stuff we cannot control in this world-- from the safety of our loved ones to the longevity of the planet. Sure, sure, we can try but...

Better, for me, at least, is to trust the needles and continue to explore the every expanding world-o-sewing... my two favorites today.

There are the sewing divas and their layers of knowledge, ideas and couture-tricks. Prompts me to think I could maybe even make something that fits!

And if I do, I will endlessly walk down the street and hope someone takes my picture. But for all the photographers in Rochester, it isn't the same as watching fashionable strangers walk by on The Sartorialist. Lovely.

take care, troublemakers,
Rachael