Electric mangles (antique ironers) like the one shown here from the 1950's, are an excellent tool for quickly and effortlessly ironing large volumes of fabric. The rotating arm is useful for flat pieces of fabric, and the rotation can be turned off to press garments as well.I started using a mangle when I had a hand-dyed fabric business where I had to press hundreds of yards of fabric pieces a week. I found my first mangle by placing an ad in the local buy and sell. I paid $50 for a cabinet mo...
A demonstration of painting cotton fabric with Procion MX fabric dyes and shaving foam to create one of a kind pieces for quilting and sewing. Video accompanies complete step by step instructions from http:fabricdyeing101.blogspot.com2 minutes 46 seconds
Scenes from the gardens at Canning Perennials near Paris, Ontario, Canada.July 2006 (3 minutes 40 seconds)
Learning to ride a bike. Learning to balance while Mom learns to let go. Part One. (38 seconds)
I edited together all the odd bits of footage I found on my camera during videoblogging week, some of it courtesy of my 8 year-old daughter. Highlights include: vacuuming a cat, the kid running...and running...and running, painting a 15 foot high ceiling without a ladder, giving the Himalayan cat a haircut, riding a tracker-pulled wagon and more.(3 minutes)
My daughter is happy to play chess with anyone she can beat.... (37 seconds)
Clips from our visit to the local Children's Museum. (54 seconds)
Some favourite weird things from our visit to the Ontario Science Centre.Ontario, Canada. (1 minute 19 secs)
Last summer seven year-old K.T. shot this footage of her pet grasshopper, Jumper.