How the Grinch...Became a Pillow!?!
My hero, the Grinch. At least he WAS my hero back in my retail days, when trying to get through overlapping Hallowe'en and Christmas...
2020: The Year of the Mask
It's been almost a year since we chatted here. What has life been like since I retired in November 2019? First, the holidays came and...
Finding A New Rhythm
Dan the Fabric Man is Retired! I retired from my position as Merchandise Manager, Retail, at Springs Creative on October 31 after 46...
Crossroads
It's been three months since my last post, so it's time for an update on my latest project. During my summer hiatus there was not much...
Suits Me Just Fine
It's Been A Long Time. Since I made a suit, that is. Tailoring takes time and focus, and until recently. I haven't had much of either to...
Avoiding Being Run Over By A Semi
There are a lot of semis out there, and I don't want to be run over by any of them, especially semi-retirement. The thought of any form...
Panting for a Change
Regular readers know that I have a lot of fun making shirts. I've been using the same Burda shirt pattern since the early 1990s (it's...
Bedsheet or BedSHIRT?
You'll never catch me wasting fabric. Which sort of explains the size of the scrap fabric stash in the sewing studio. Textile waste is a...
Stole'n Again!
With a couple of stoles under my belt (not literally), I recently created a third, this time a Lenten stole for my senior pastor, by...
BECOMING A GOALIE
With the calendar turning to 2019, it's a good time for each of us to take a quick look at where we are and where we want to go in the...
