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Posted by IMS on February 18, 2007, 9:57 am
Saw your post Kate; hope this means you're feeling better and things are
calming down for you!
-Irene
On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 12:26:13 +0000, Kate XXXXXX
>zski wrote:
>> I know I pretty much dropped off the map for a while. I have =
basically=20
>> had bronchitis since October, and it took 3 courses of antibiotics to=20
>> clear. The most recent one was one of the ones they give you if =
you've=20
>> been exposed to airborne anthrax. By this point, there shouldn't be =
any=20
>> bacteria able to survive in the same ROOM with me!
>
>Eek! Poor you! I hope this last lot has finally knocked it dead!
>>=20
>> As a result, I've been totally lacking in sewing momentum. I cut out =
a=20
>> couple of things over the holidays - a Folkwear Bolivian Milkmaid's=20
>> jacket in black wool as well as some kirtle bodices out of The Tudor=20
>> Tailor I got for giftmas. All the bits have been marinating nicely in=
a=20
>> basket on my sewing table for months now.
>
>I have projects like that...
>>=20
>> But I started back up today. I was given a bowed psaltery, and I=20
>> decided to cover the plain black cordura case in tapestry scraps so as=
=20
>> to blend better at faires. I hand-stitched the bits onto the existing=
=20
>> case, and added a couple of simple outer pockets for my whistles and=20
>> bodhran tipper. My fingers are quite sore but I'm pleased with the=20
>> results.
>
>It sounds good to me! :)
>>=20
>> I'm also working with a friend who is going to be trying out for Stan=20
>> Lee's 'reality' show "Who Wants To Be A Superhero?". He is filming =
his=20
>> process, interviewing fans, costumers, propbuilders, writers, etc on=20
>> what makes a good superhero. We shot some good footage, and I'll be=20
>> working on his coat - it's a white hooded robe lined in black with red=
=20
>> piping accents. We're doing it on the cheep so I'm using some black=20
>> woolblend I was gifted with when a friend cleaned out her stash, and =
the=20
>> white will be whatever I find on sale.
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>A 'stash-buster project! Those are sometimes the most satisfying of all=
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>to do.
>>=20
>> I've also been reading, and today finished an interesting book called =
_A=20
>> Perfect Fit_ but Jenna Weissman Joselit. It's mostly about the=20
>> early-to-mid 20th Century and how clothing was seen as a way to "fit =
in"=20
>> - when "proper" clothing was "moral". But the thing I found most=20
>> interesting was how little some things have changed. There was a =
quote=20
>> from 1896 about some commercial paper patterns with instructions so=20
>> complicated that "none but students of higher mathematics could =
possibly=20
>> master them". Also mentioned was a 1918 critic of ready-made clothing=
=20
>> who said that it "ignored the varied proportions of the human body in=20
>> favor of a mannequin's doll-like dimensions and threatened to lower =
the=20
>> nation's self-respect in the process", and several articles from 1926=20
>> about how askew retail clothing sizes were. *Giggle*
>
>Plus a change and all that!
>
>Glad to see you back and with at least *some* sewing energy! It has=20
>taken an emergency shirt situation for young James to get me really back=
=20
>at it! Now the sewing room is such a tip I have to clear that before I=20
>do anything more constructive!
>
>And the sewing machine herd is growing!
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