in which our plucky heroine appreciates progress...
Though we have our own terrible difficulties to find a way to coexist with and to move forward from, hard times, disease and disaster are more the norm of human existence than many perhaps realise. Every increment of help and hope have been hard won, whether by activism or by activity, and it doesn't do to forget that, lest those gains be lost...
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time in the tinyworld:
Emilia thinks that hawthorn apples are probably her very favorite of the seasonal fare. They are so very easy to gather this time of year, even though they don't store well. (I am also thinking it may be time to do some miniature basketry again, and weave an autumnal fruit platter...)
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today's gratitude -
Labor Day here, not just a shopping opportunity, but a holiday off from
everyday work, created by the labor movement, (and gradually officially
adopted) towards the end of the nineteenth century, as a day to honor
the contributions of the working folk, all who labor to get the work of
the world accomplished, and to remember that together we are strong.
in which our plucky heroine does her best, even though it isn't over yet...
Cliff Mass says that "Meteorological Fall is Here" and I have to believe it. Last night it cooled off again in the evening, and not just because by this time of year one adapts to the heat. Saturday day was fairly awful, the light was peculiar, the afternoon was hot, and the whine from PIR was unrelenting.
They get noise variance permits for these events, which would normally be a good way for the city to gain extra funds, since the permits cost thousands of dollars, but since the city also owns the track, that doesn't compute. The noise makes being outdoors on racing days really unpleasant, the noise is loud enough to be heard indoors with the windows closed, and all I can think of is how very wasteful it is to use up petroleum like that and how much worse it is for those who live closer than two miles away.
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time in the tinyworld:
They aren't quite done, these tiny sunflowers. I need to still cut out and attach more leaves, and paint the stems, and maybe add a wee circle of tiny yellow dots to the dark centers (as this is a characteristic of the sunflowers I've observed on my sanity strolls). But I went ahead and photographed them anyway, bundled into an orange colored vintage wooden thread spool. There is a "spookyseasonSeptember" challenge over on Instagram, and while I don't plan on religiously playing along, it will be fun to join in when the things I want to make anyway match up with the daily prompts...
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am grateful that I first encountered U Utah Phillips (decades ago when I
was an impressionable 17 year old student working as a dishwasher and
cooks assistant) telling his stories in the back room at Smokey Joes
Cafe, and had the great delight of hearing him perform several times
over the years. Story and song are a place where history is kept alive,
and education doesn't only happen in a classroom...
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~ creativity challenge ~
Not exactly colorblocking, but what to do when there isn't quite enough... Back in 2010 there was a collaboration between Liberty of London and Target, and I managed to acquire one of the cotton shirts in the tone on tone blue colorway. However, even a deconstructed shirt doesn't yield enough fabric for one of my blouses. I do, however, have a small piece of much older Liberty cotton lawn (floral in soft blue, dusty pink and tan) a gift from my sister after a trip she took over there, and a very tiny piece yet different print (that also included some blue with darker more saturated companion colors) acquired from a remnant bin in a now closed upscale fabric shop. I began to wonder if there was some way to put these together without looking like the Patchwork Girl of Oz, and create something I would actively enjoy wearing. Time for sketching out various ideas in my journal; my current thought is using the blue on blue for the sleeves and upper bodice of a blouse, with cuffs and collar of the lighter floral, and flat piping of the darker print. Whatever remained could be used for the rest of the body and peplum, with other fabric filling in as needed. When I wear a blouse, only the sleeves and the upper bodice ever are visible, as the rest is covered by my pinafores, so that portion need not match exactly.
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today's gratitude -
I know how to sew, and how to mend, and for those who are my friends I am happy to be able to help.
sorted out the details for the wedding rings I am making for two friends getting married next month. It will be good to get back to the workshop again after so long, and particularly for such a happy reason.
I've finally begun making scribal progress on the Scythian scroll, the one in my own list that is furthest back in the An Tir backlog queue. Taking advantage of zoom time with other crafty friends, I've transferred the design motifs to the Bristol substrate, and have inked the guidelines with a .005 Pigma Micron pen which will make the eventual painting a lot easier. Next up will be some practice with Roman Rustic calligraphy, before I add the scroll text as an outer border around the pictorial design. I always always do the calligraphy first.
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time in the tinyworld:
this months SCA Miniaturists challenge is "Art...specifically art in
mini scale. Perhaps a tiny painting? A minuscule scroll? A little
sculpture? A wee portrait? An itty bitty embroidered piece? Imagine a
tiny museum, and make something a tiny person might find in it."
Inspiring and tempting... my first thought is a book with a jewelled
cover, tiny gems and cloisonne. Also tempted to make a museum glass case
with artifacts inside...
I'm considering pattern hacking a new hat... I have always made the Green Pepper "Norwester" hat albeit a pretty heavily modified adaptation of that useful pattern. I love the size and shape of the brim, but rather want to try a different hat crown, which should be a fairly easy hack...
With that in mind, I went ahead and bought, and downloaded this PDF vintage hat pattern, which I had saved in my Etsy wishlist for quite some time. I am quite enamored of the folded pleated bias crown of the hat.
I then realised that my new printer here does not handle 11 x 17 paper. Now I am perhaps foolishly thinking about riding my bike to the local copy store, except it is almost 90F outside, ugh.
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today's gratitude -
It was cool again in the morning, even if it doesn't last, it is a reminder that soon the hot yellow daystar will not dominate the sky...
