Alice's House

I just heard that Laurel Burch died on Septmber 13. I may be the only one in the world that didn't know that but, for some reason, I ha...

A couple of months ago I read about a site called Ravelry that was starting up for knitters to post information on their projects, store rat...

I've not been posting for the last few days but I have been fighting my ragweed allergy that turned into a huge sinus infection that bor...

I just spent two days in a machine embroidery seminar hosted by Anita Goodesign ( http://www.anita-goodesign.com/ ) and Brother sewing machi...

The Austin Maker Faire is coming up on October 20 and 21 at the the Travis County fairgrounds. I have been intrigued by this concept ever si...

I just got back a little while ago from seeing Stephanie Pearl-Mcphee, aka The Yarn Harlot ( http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/ ). She is a deli...

I mentioned previously that while I was in Canada I picked up a bunch of used wool sweaters. I felted them up and got mixed results. The chu...

A couple of months ago I ran across the Craft Leftovers blog ( http://craftleftovers.blogspot.com/ ) by Kristen Roach. Since then I have rec...

While I was away in Canada my son's girlfriend's grandfather passed away. Born in Viet Nam in 1921 he left behind a huge number of f...

I returned from checking on my Dad in Canada this morning to torrential rains and a nasty cold. My Father is looking at months of rehab bef...