Not feeling inspired?

by | Sep 25, 2015 | Inspiration

Now that fall has officially arrived, time to reflect on the summer.  The past few months have not been as productive as hoped.  This has many causes – low energy, limited inspiration and the usual glut of distractions.  Whatever the reason, my output was not as...

Hacking Becksvoort

by | Sep 14, 2015 | Design, Inspiration, Woodworking

Today’s post is written by Stephen Parsons. In the August edition of Fine Woodworking Christian Becksvoort presented an article on making a traditional Shaker laptop writing desk. His version uses dovetail joinery and features a small drawer at the side of the...

Bag Blitz

by | Sep 5, 2015 | Repurposing, Sewing

I’ve been focusing  on making bags the past week, trying out a few new patterns and techniques.  It felt like a good time to do a number of smaller and relatively quick projects and bags fit the bill since they gave me a chance to do some experimentation.  Here...