Comments on: Me-me-me http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com There are no mistakes, only design opportunities! Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:09:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: cowgirl53 http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5945 cowgirl53 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:56:32 +0000 #comment-5945 aw, once you get used to wearing heavy boots, carhartts, longjohns, mittens 'n hats, the cold is no big deal glad you enjoyed my blog! I will try to do some updating; I have been woefully lax, and really need to get back to it. Lots of projects to show off! Thanks for visiting! aw, once you get used to wearing heavy boots, carhartts, longjohns, mittens ‘n hats, the cold is no big deal
glad you enjoyed my blog! I will try to do some updating; I have been woefully lax, and really need to get back to it. Lots of projects to show off! Thanks for visiting!

]]> By: Bear http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5915 Bear Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:21:10 +0000 #comment-5915 Hi Edie, I love your blog- I found my way here as I was looking to find a set of Carole Samples templates and the search threw your Sporadic Packrat site up- hey I am a nosey Ozzie I had to come look and I love it! BUT girl I couldnt handle that 50 below stuff- U are are amazing Thank you love n hugs Bear xoxoxoxoxoxo Hi Edie,
I love your blog- I found my way here as I was looking to find a set of Carole Samples templates and the search threw your Sporadic Packrat site up- hey I am a nosey Ozzie I had to come look and I love it! BUT girl I couldnt handle that 50 below stuff- U are are amazing
Thank you
love n hugs Bear xoxoxoxoxoxo

]]> By: Barbara http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5763 Barbara Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:15:50 +0000 #comment-5763 Hi, am looking for a size 2x and 3x and possible 4x kuspuk pattern. I am not a small person. Have bought kuspuks before but want to make my own. Have fabric but no pattern or trims yet. Any help with pattern would be most appreciated. Many thank you's in advance. Hi, the only commercial kuspak pattern I know of is Lois Tapp's; I think you might be able to get one from <a href="http://www.northernthreads.net/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=233_235_240" rel="nofollow">Northern Threads</a>, a fabric store in Fairbanks. best of luck, Edie Hi, am looking for a size 2x and 3x and possible 4x kuspuk pattern. I am not a small person. Have bought kuspuks before but want to make my own. Have fabric but no pattern or trims yet. Any help with pattern would be most appreciated.
Many thank you’s in advance.

Hi,
the only commercial kuspak pattern I know of is Lois Tapp’s; I think you might be able to get one from Northern Threads, a fabric store in Fairbanks.
best of luck,
Edie

]]> By: mcart http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5761 mcart Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:17:06 +0000 #comment-5761 thank you for your articles on hats. Very interesting. I make fabric hats and pattens too. Cheers Sue www.mchats.etsy.com thank you for your articles on hats. Very interesting. I make fabric hats and pattens too.

Cheers Sue
http://www.mchats.etsy.com

]]> By: Devra http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5739 Devra Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:30:14 +0000 #comment-5739 I am from California but now I live in Ketchikan. I put "summer kuspuk pattern" in goggle and found you! Any help on where I can find a Barbie summer Kuspuk pattern? I have a ton of the winter parka kuspuk patterns and a summer pattern by Lois but have not been able to find a doll size one. What a great looking dog! You know, I think I've seen Barbies dressed in kuspuks (probably at the Tanana Valley State Fair), but I don't recall seeing a pattern. I don't think it'd be too hard to adapt a pattern, but then, I don't sew for Barbie, so I don't how hard it is to work with those teeny little pieces. Yeah, Giz is the love of my life! He IS a good lookin' boy, isn't he?? Glad you think so too! Where are you from in CA? I grew up in Palo Alto. How did us Sunshine girls make it to the far north?? I am from California but now I live in Ketchikan. I put “summer kuspuk pattern” in goggle and found you! Any help on where I can find a Barbie summer Kuspuk pattern? I have a ton of the winter parka kuspuk patterns and a summer pattern by Lois but have not been able to find a doll size one. What a great looking dog!

You know, I think I’ve seen Barbies dressed in kuspuks (probably at the Tanana Valley State Fair), but I don’t recall seeing a pattern. I don’t think it’d be too hard to adapt a pattern, but then, I don’t sew for Barbie, so I don’t how hard it is to work with those teeny little pieces.
Yeah, Giz is the love of my life! He IS a good lookin’ boy, isn’t he?? Glad you think so too!
Where are you from in CA? I grew up in Palo Alto. How did us Sunshine girls make it to the far north??

]]> By: Jose Guardina http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5734 Jose Guardina Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:48:24 +0000 #comment-5734 50 below! How can you love anything at 50 below? I think the coldest I've been in in the East is maybe 20 below. And that was really not at all manageable. I give you big kudos for living like that. I guess it's great that you have the Internet. you get used to it. and you wear a LOT of clothes! long underwear, jeans, Sorels (boots) w/two pair of socks, undershirt and tee shirt/long sleeved shirt, polar fleece pullover, and a pair of Carhartt bibs and a jacket over all that. Winter temps hover close to zero, so I'm used to it, and colder temps aren't that big a deal. If a cold snap hangs on for awhile, then you get tired of it, but just a day or two is no problem. You guys back east aren't prepared for it, because that kind of weather is unusual, so it feels worse than it really is. Up in Deadhorse, and the Prudhoe Bay oil field, it's much colder, and the wind blows most of the time. So Fairbanks is mild in comparison :-) 50 below! How can you love anything at 50 below? I think the coldest I’ve been in in the East is maybe 20 below. And that was really not at all manageable. I give you big kudos for living like that. I guess it’s great that you have the Internet.

you get used to it. and you wear a LOT of clothes! long underwear, jeans, Sorels (boots) w/two pair of socks, undershirt and tee shirt/long sleeved shirt, polar fleece pullover, and a pair of Carhartt bibs and a jacket over all that. Winter temps hover close to zero, so I’m used to it, and colder temps aren’t that big a deal. If a cold snap hangs on for awhile, then you get tired of it, but just a day or two is no problem. You guys back east aren’t prepared for it, because that kind of weather is unusual, so it feels worse than it really is. Up in Deadhorse, and the Prudhoe Bay oil field, it’s much colder, and the wind blows most of the time. So Fairbanks is mild in comparison :-)

]]> By: cowgirl53 http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5487 cowgirl53 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:23:20 +0000 #comment-5487 Aha! I did find the kuspuk pattern! It's by Lois Tapp; I think you can get one at <a href="http://www.northernthreads.net/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=233_235_240" rel="nofollow">Northern Threads</a> in Fairbanks, AK. Aha! I did find the kuspuk pattern! It’s by Lois Tapp; I think you can get one at Northern Threads in Fairbanks, AK.

]]> By: cowgirl53 http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5483 cowgirl53 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:36:07 +0000 #comment-5483 I might be able to find a kuspuk pattern for you. Are you making a summer kuspuk or a winter one? There is a local woman who has made several Eskimo patterns. Actually the original pattern maker has passed away and her daughter took over the business. But the patterns have been around forever. I'm not sure she did a kuspuk pattern; I might be getting that mixed up with her parka pattern, which is somewhat similar. You could always use a sweatshirt hood pattern; I think that would work. Thanks for commenting on the blog! I haven't been posting much lately; need to get on it :-) I have several projects that are almost ready to post. I might be able to find a kuspuk pattern for you. Are you making a summer kuspuk or a winter one? There is a local woman who has made several Eskimo patterns. Actually the original pattern maker has passed away and her daughter took over the business. But the patterns have been around forever. I’m not sure she did a kuspuk pattern; I might be getting that mixed up with her parka pattern, which is somewhat similar.
You could always use a sweatshirt hood pattern; I think that would work.
Thanks for commenting on the blog! I haven’t been posting much lately; need to get on it :-) I have several projects that are almost ready to post.

]]> By: Jill-O http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-5480 Jill-O Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:49:37 +0000 #comment-5480 Hi, from Michigan. Enjoying your website. I found your Sporadic Packrat Blog when trying to search the internet for a Kuspuk pattern. Ever since my Sister-in-law wore one at our family Christmas, I have been trying to duplicate it. My biggest problem is trying to figure out the hood. Sister doesn't sew, she had someone make it for her, so she is of no help. Brother and Sister-in-law live in Barrow. Hi, from Michigan. Enjoying your website. I found your Sporadic Packrat Blog when trying to search the internet for a Kuspuk pattern. Ever since my Sister-in-law wore one at our family Christmas, I have been trying to duplicate it. My biggest problem is trying to figure out the hood. Sister doesn’t sew, she had someone make it for her, so she is of no help. Brother and Sister-in-law live in Barrow.

]]> By: Colette http://cowgirl53.wordpress.com/about/#comment-3720 Colette Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:49:28 +0000 #comment-3720 Hey-just showing you off to my workmates!! Charge nurse likes the way your website is set up. Told her I could "hook" her up one day if she needed a website or even wanted to blog!! Love ya! Hey-just showing you off to my workmates!! Charge nurse likes the way your website is set up. Told her I could “hook” her up one day if she needed a website or even wanted to blog!!
Love ya!

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