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More Shalwaars?

Fahim’s brother spent a few days in India – his last holiday sans wife since he’s getting…

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The jewellery store called

Twice. To tell us that my jewellery is ready. It’s due Friday. As in, three more days….

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Sewing Introspection

I stopped sewing for two years after moving halfway around the world (Canada to Sri Lanka). My…

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Jewellery, pour moi.

But we still needed jewellery. The short version of the long and drawn out reason I need…

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Sewing Tips

There are some things I (almost) ALWAYS do when I’m preparing to sew something. They are… Zig…

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Interfacing Woes

I’m getting ready to sew me another shalwaar. Or, actually, according to my post on the 14th,…

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Clothing definitions

Because I’m easily confused, it makes sense for me to have this all in one place. So,…

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Sewing hints and tips

Don’t pull your fabric through your machine as this will cause a pulling and gathering of the…

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There’s a squirrel hanging from my roof!

I’m getting dressed after taking a shower and staring out the window. This particular window looks out…

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Lou and Ike are on their way to the Maldives

The two week vacation with Lou and Ike is up – they’re to fly back to the…

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Mind Your Language!

I hadn’t heard of Mind Your Language until we bought it. It’s a British series from 1977-1979…

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Ike is edumacatin’ me

Ike is glued to the television, watching a Pooh movie – and no, sorry, I don’t know…

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Fabric shopping

Again. Kim and I chatted – over the internet, of course – and we talked about the…

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On the way to the fabric store…

I forgot to mention this earlier, and it was kinda funny, so I had to add it……

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Sewing Lessons

Lou has a pair of old capri pants that she got from, uh, Le Senza that she…

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Today, I wore a shalwaar to church

The pink one with aqua and purple embroidery that Fahim’s mom gave to me. And I got…

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Why’d the Chicken Cross the Road?

(None of these are mine. Sorry, I’m not that funny. :P) PAT BUCHANAN To steal a job…

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Shalwaars!

After Majestic City, we headed to the seamstress to pick up my shalwaars. This particular seamstress is…

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Shopping!

Lou, Ike, Fahim, and I went shopping at Majestic City today. Lou wanted to get some DVDs…

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Lost!

So. We’ve now watched the entire first season. And we’re seriously addicted. Seriously. Season 2 part 1…

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Lost!

We bought Lost! season 1 on DVDs a while ago and started watching it on Thursday. We’d…

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Lou and Ike!

Lou, my niece – 15 – and Ike, my nephew – 5 – arrived today from the…

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My first shalwaar fitting

Fahim, his mom, and I head back to the shalwaar place around the corner from Rasi Silk….

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Perception is everything

Or is it? We’ve probably all heard by now that the photos used on magazine covers and…

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GoogleFight!!!!!!

Me against Fahim. Who will win?