post 1000 - mr b makes stuff.

This is post number 1000. Though I should probably celebrate all of the little projects I've made on the journey to this milestone, I instead want to celebrate what I'm most proud of. I want to give a big shout out to the guy who has made all 1000 of these posts possible. My wonderful husband, Mr B.


I've been outbid multiple times on some Mattel Modern 1958 doll furniture for Smith. Mr B to the rescue. He said that if I could draw the exact plans to scale for him; he would cut, glue and sand some furniture for me. My choice to take shop class and general engineering has finally came in handy. I drew him some plans based on the Mattel Modern Easy Chair. Then he set to work.

Obviously, I still need to make seat and back cushions for it and it could do with a coat of paint. Isn't it great though? I've explained to him that a few ladies have already placed orders for his furniture. Then he pointed out that he had a day job too... Sorry ladies, you might have to keep waiting?

After making the chair, Mr B still had some leftover creative energy. I went to the market on Sunday morning. When he stopped by to bring lunch, he mentioned that he was making himself a small carry tote for the beach. He wanted something durable and synthetic, so he used the rubberized ripstop and nylon that I picked up for him ages ago in Japan. I'm not sure if you've ever worked with rubberized ripstop, but its very tough to sew with and even more difficult to photograph. I'm not even sure I would trust myself to get a straight line with it. I was wowed when I came home and saw his bag strap complete with reversible pockets sized perfectly to fit his iPhone and bus tickets.

With pride, he told me that he even used "the number 5 foot to make that even stitching". I spit out of my coke laughing, walked into the sewing room and looked at the machine. Sure enough, he'd managed perfect topstitching on a very difficult fabric using a blind hem foot. Boy's got talent.

He was looking a tiny bit befuddled, so I offered just a few hints about the proper order to sew things and how to turn things inside out. I even taught him to box his corners, but he decided it didn't work with his design. So he went for a straight forward tote with a funky strap. For a guy who rarely sews, makes or builds; I think he's a natural.



That's my Craig. The very best thing about these 1000 posts is that he's been by my side the whole time. I'm one lucky girl.