Events - Kirsten Hammerstrom

Buttonholes Made Fun

Posted on October 11, 2012 by kittycalash

For a time, I worked with a young man who sang at work. It wasn’t “Old Man River” or railroad work songs, but simpler, more repetitive phrases...

Clothing/Events/making things

Weather and Wardrobe

Posted on October 9, 2012 by kittycalash

What to wear for 55-degree weather? Suddenly, “red and black and white calicoe” seems…foolish. The Cursing Sewing Mommy may have words for not having gotten her...

Clothing/Events/making things/Museums

History Dress-Tease

Posted on October 6, 2012 by kittycalash

What Cheer! Day is a week away, and exactly a week from now, at 6:30 AM, I will get into my B&G guy’s truck and head into the site. We’ll measur...

Events/History/Museums

Just Keep Stitching

Posted on September 18, 2012 by kittycalash

It is going to take a long time to finish, and longer because I’m doing it alone, have little room for the frame in our apartment, and have a family to sew garm...