Month: August 2025

A Little Crafting

by CZeitler

My library, where I work, is closing our doors for a month while new doors are being installed. This will really only effect the presence of the public in our building, we will still be working however patrons will not be allowed in. This is going to be a great time for me to get my personal space organized, and a lot of work done on projects that tend to fall by the wayside while focusing on patrons and other things. I just came off of a vacation where I mostly spent my time trying to rest and recharge my social batteries. This worked out really well. Prepping for the closure is going to take a ton of time, energy, and social battery next week. Next Saturday I will also be holding a spinning class, this again is going to take a ton of my social battery.

The second to last day of my vacation was spent with the Weaver’s Guild I belong to making cord wraps with handwoven fabric, these will be given out during a fiber conference in October. I found out that the type of buttons I have been buying, with the little teeth, is not going to work with any of my presses (despite the fact that some came with one of my presses.)

I also found out that I needed to add some extra width to my shirt pieces, I cut out a triangle of fabric to add to the seams on the sides. I have them pinned together and hope to finish sewing them soon.

These small crafting projects have been great for me to dip my toe back in. I have also been doing a lot of cleaning, organizing, and getting rid of items that I do not need/use.

I hope that the weather continues to be good, and that you remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract!

Tips and Tricks

by CZeitler

I am still very much on my cleaning kick. Thanks to some help from my family. I was able to get my kitchen completely scrubbed clean so that has set me off to wanting my entire first floor where I mostly live to be as clean and tidy as I can get it. Because of this, I have not done a lot of crafting however, I have started utilizing some tips and tricks to make my house a little bit more tidy.

The top photo shows my first trick which is using scraps of furniture cushion, purchased from the store to elevate the second layer of paperbacks. This can be used with any sort of shorter book to ensure that you have plenty of space that you can also see all of your books.

My second and final tip and trick for right now is to add L brackets to any wooden furniture that you assemble as some kind of bookcase. This is an IKEA shelf and relatively stable on its own however, with the addition of the brackets, it becomes a lot more stable.

OK, so I did get a little crafting done. While sorting and organizing, I found a linen shirt that I had cut out, but never sewn together. Here you can see the back with the center seam that I plan on hand French seaming I believe it’s called, to hide the same as well as the front with the collar turned under twice which I also plan to hand fell.

Until next time, I hope that everything that you do goes wonderfully and that you remember to live life a little more abstract