Category: butts

Bookbinding (And Buttcheeks)

Karen

I got my first taste of sciatica over the weekend, when my right buttcheek started hurting and all the usual places I sit made it worse. I guess this is what I get for getting into the habit of working from the couch or a hard kitchen chair? (My buttcheek is a lot better today, though, and I’m sitting on the yoga ball instead of the couch.)

But yesterday, even sitting for sewing was rough, so I pulled out my case binding kit and stood at the counter and got the signatures folded and pressing–shoutout to the flower press my dad made for 12-year-old me and the bone folder I took from the worst job–and made the case.

Next up is sewing the signatures into a text block and then casing it in (look at me learning terminology!) but I really think I like the “folding and gluing pretty paper” part the best. This new hobby might veer off into another new hobby if I’m not careful:

I Did A Thing!

Karen

Back at the beginning of 2018 I made some undies for myself and was (rightly) very excited about them. I never talked about it here, but by February of 2018 I had a business license, a Big Cartel account, and an idea to make undies for sale.

Then, of course, Mom got sick, I stalled out a little on getting my tester pairs made, and before I knew it a year had passed. Then Mom passed, and we had to figure out how to go on without her–but I renewed my business license anyway and finally, in the last couple of months, I’ve put the site together.

They’re something I’m calling “Open Source Undies” (since I didn’t draft the pattern or design the fabrics) and honestly, I’ve never had as much fun writing anything as I did writing the product descriptions for these.

I’m not sure the business will go anywhere but it feels really good to finally have this out in the world. Check it out! Hold On To Your Butts: Handmade Undies