I’m always scrounging through people’s leftovers. I blame my mother (don’t we all?). She started taking me to thrift shops when I was a baby. I never learned to be embarrassed.
I also blame my grandmother and even her mother. They didn’t even know they were recycling. Why would anyone waste a perfectly good single sock [...]
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 by Susan, on July 30th, 2009 by Suzanne, on July 28th, 2009Today I was well sidetracked from the ongoing business of editing alternaCrochet. by Susan, on July 24th, 2009I miss Toronto’s thrift shops. Come to think of it, I also miss its garbage days. For the past decade or so I’ve lived in eastern Pennsylvania. True, the city of Easton—the home of my yarn and fabric stash—has thrift shops and garbage days, but they aren’t the same. Toronto has neighborhoods with so many [...] by Susan, on July 20th, 2009Usually, my precious sidewalk and thrift shop finds sit in the basement until my husband (a.k.a. The Boy) gets mad about all the junk. Then I hide it in my studio. Under the bed. Inside pillows. At the back of filing cabinet drawers. Truthfully, though, a lot of it gets used up. I like to [...] by Suzanne, on July 19th, 2009Part 1 of Suzanne Tourtillott’s review of Asheville’s 2009 The Big Crafty. by Kat Prawl, on July 16th, 2009Suzanne and Susan have done the self-introduction thing, so I guess it’s my turn. You won’t be hearing much from me for awhile, although I do plan to work on some craft designs and instructions as we go forward. For now, though, I’m slaving away in the hot (type) forge, working on formatting ebooks and [...] by Susan, on July 6th, 2009About ten years ago I quit working. Wait—let me rephrase that because it’s something that only my mother-in-law says. Let’s try this: Since the fateful day that the division I worked in at a large publishing house was eliminated, I’ve rarely worked harder. I just don’t work for The Man anymore. by Suzanne, on July 5th, 2009AlternaCrafts.com is the bright, shiny face of a new approach to the craft book. |
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