You may remember last summer I had a brief fling with a Cricut Maker, which ended badly. I’ve continued working with my aging Silhouette Cameo (too old to even have a number); it’s slow, it’s loud, it’s single-carriage, it probably doesn’t have the pressure capability to cut marine vinyl. I’ve thought about getting a Cameo […]
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You’re never gon’ be president now
Well, I’m never going to be a Cricut brand ambassador, that’s for sure. I have an aging Silhouette Cameo. Silhouette has always been a little vague about the early version numbers, and I think “Cameo 1” covers a couple of slightly different models, but anyway, I have an old Cameo. It’s gotten progressively more noisy, […]
I am not a photographer
I have found something that’s harder to take pictures of than black velvet dragons in a house with white cats: chrome vinyl. I ran across this awhile back and picked up a yard of it, and decided to see how it stitched up. Verdict: pretty well. It’s a soft backing with a stuff surface – […]
Aldi is selling fabric now?
(Totally not a sponsored post; I just found it interesting.) I have liked Aldi since I lived in Wichita; they’ve been making inroads in South Jersey and there’s now one five minutes from my house. If you aren’t an Aldi regular, know this: they are tiny stores with limited selections, but they have a couple […]