in which our plucky heroine thinks ahead...
really, what I want to sew is more patterned/print fabric tops and dresses than the tentative concept would "allow", assuming that we use a similar plan to SWAP 2018. I already have enough solid color pinafores and knit tops in my wardrobe. Here is a plan that would be suitable, and would also fill in some of the gaps I do have, while not requiring any fabric shopping other than notions, and only requiring one new pattern to be trialed. This will allow time for adding interesting detailing to garments, and time for at least one time consuming garment technique (the hand-knit jacket sleeves)
BROWN
corduroy pinafore
woven oxford cloth blouse
? or RTW turtleneck
DENIM
already made dk denim pinafore
indigo pinstripe dress
jacket
ACCENTS
turquoise pinafore
navy floral print blouse
horses print blouse
WILDCARD
brown wool jacket multicolor knit sleeves
brown indigo teal knit top
ACCESSORY
either a new hat, or a new linen gauze cowl
(could be brown or denim)
This will require serious effort of knitting the sleeves, and serious effort fitting a woven blouse pattern. I recommend self to be starting on the sleeve knitting as soon as the actual rules are posted. I strongly recommend starting on the blouse muslin process ASAP, if that pattern development process has been dealt with, then the whole SWAP will have a chance of actually being finished, which hasn't happened in several years. Not to complain, mind, since every garment made this year or last year has been in constant steady wear. I am feeling pleased that, at least for now, I have a good handle on what I like to wear, what suits my life activities, and a gradually expanding but limited palette of chosen colors. Wardrobe planning works!
Thursday, October 4, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
wishful Wednesday
IN which our plucky heroine wants what isn't there...
this has always been my dream, sometimes seemed almost close enough to touch, but never actually true in the bright world. Some wounds we just learn to live with...
After adding my SMART goals for September to the year chart, it seemed really interesting to me that this year I am well into the stretch goal section for "things made", but still really struggling with the "things gone" category. Not that there is not a lack of things to remove still from Acorn Cottage, but I suspect that the combination of not having online coaching, and not as much company from Blue Cedar House has decreased the time I spend actively decluttering. Not sure how to shift that, but surely being cognizant of it is a good first step.
finished repairing my Ironrite chair. It turns out to look more like "visible mending", since I decided to use an elevator bolt instead of a step bolt, at least for now. The difference being that an elevator bolt has an entirely flat head, rather like a thin steel disc, and the step bolts available at Parkrose had the correct slightly domed head, but with raised letters/numbers on the surface. While that would not be a problem in construction applications, I though it less than ideal on the seat of a chair. Since my chair is not in pristine mint condition anyway, I figure that prioritising function and comfort would be the best course.
this has always been my dream, sometimes seemed almost close enough to touch, but never actually true in the bright world. Some wounds we just learn to live with...
After adding my SMART goals for September to the year chart, it seemed really interesting to me that this year I am well into the stretch goal section for "things made", but still really struggling with the "things gone" category. Not that there is not a lack of things to remove still from Acorn Cottage, but I suspect that the combination of not having online coaching, and not as much company from Blue Cedar House has decreased the time I spend actively decluttering. Not sure how to shift that, but surely being cognizant of it is a good first step.
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finished repairing my Ironrite chair. It turns out to look more like "visible mending", since I decided to use an elevator bolt instead of a step bolt, at least for now. The difference being that an elevator bolt has an entirely flat head, rather like a thin steel disc, and the step bolts available at Parkrose had the correct slightly domed head, but with raised letters/numbers on the surface. While that would not be a problem in construction applications, I though it less than ideal on the seat of a chair. Since my chair is not in pristine mint condition anyway, I figure that prioritising function and comfort would be the best course.
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October SMART goals (x=extra)
October SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | Laurel tablet weaving | Ironrite chair | old tourney seat |
| 2 | x | x | bag to Goodwill |
| 3 | x | x | bag to Goodwill |
| 4 | x | x | - |
| 5 | x | x | - |
| 6 | x | x | - |
| 7 | x | x | - |
| 8 | x | x | - |
| 9 | x | x | x |
| 10 | x | x | x |
| 11 | x | x | x |
| 12 | x | x | x |
| 13 | x | x | x |
| 14 | x | x | x |
| 15 | x | x | x |
Monday, October 1, 2018
Monday musings and a bit of music....
IN which our plucky heroine grasps at meaning...
well that sounds better than grasping at straws, but am reminded that there are cultures that build boats from straw (reeds), which work quite well. But rather than actual straws, girl has been thinking about how making things of beauty, delight, and amusement can seem both highly privileged, and socially irrelevant. Talking with others, sometimes being put in a most defensive mode, and othertimes, being lauded for adding brightness in dark times, it is a challenge. I recently read two essays about the importance of handcraft and art-making and those writers comments ameliorated my spirit. Terry Windling had this to say about "Dark Beauty", and Bernadette had this to say about "Why making things matters". Helpful to find others travelers in the same countryside...
Today I finished the tablet weaving that is my elevation gift to Marya, just over five feet of wool weaving with the pattern of Laurel leaves done in her favorite colors. I loved doing the weaving, as it is soothing and meditative, work that can be picked up and set down easily, and a good way to wind down at the end of the day. I started on the 23rd of September, so it took about a week and a half of intermittent effort.
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well that sounds better than grasping at straws, but am reminded that there are cultures that build boats from straw (reeds), which work quite well. But rather than actual straws, girl has been thinking about how making things of beauty, delight, and amusement can seem both highly privileged, and socially irrelevant. Talking with others, sometimes being put in a most defensive mode, and othertimes, being lauded for adding brightness in dark times, it is a challenge. I recently read two essays about the importance of handcraft and art-making and those writers comments ameliorated my spirit. Terry Windling had this to say about "Dark Beauty", and Bernadette had this to say about "Why making things matters". Helpful to find others travelers in the same countryside...
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Today I finished the tablet weaving that is my elevation gift to Marya, just over five feet of wool weaving with the pattern of Laurel leaves done in her favorite colors. I loved doing the weaving, as it is soothing and meditative, work that can be picked up and set down easily, and a good way to wind down at the end of the day. I started on the 23rd of September, so it took about a week and a half of intermittent effort.
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October SMART goals (x=extra)
| # | THINGS MADE | THINGS FIXED | THINGS GONE |
| 1 | Laurel tablet weaving | - | - |
| 2 | x | x | - |
| 3 | x | x | - |
| 4 | x | x | - |
| 5 | x | x | - |
| 6 | x | x | - |
| 7 | x | x | - |
| 8 | x | x | - |
| 9 | x | x | x |
| 10 | x | x | x |
| 11 | x | x | x |
| 12 | x | x | x |
| 13 | x | x | x |
| 14 | x | x | x |
| 15 | x | x | x |
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