some Tuesday tidbits

on Thursday last, my friends from Olympia came down here for the East West : Hammered Object show; Cathy wore the pomegranate tee shirt I made for her...

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The show, in two locations, has ever-so-many spectacular hammered metal artifacts, and it is well worth your time, for them what like that sort of thing, which our plucky heroine definitely does... First we went to the part of the show that was in the downstairs of the Museum of Contemporary Craft:

Upstairs at the museum was the interactive sculpture Soundforge, and it was a great deal of fun, if rather noisy, to play with the various wooden hammers upon the forged metal pieces. The museum rarely has hands-on interactive exhibits, and the sounds created as assorted folks hammered away were most reminiscent of gamelan music, if much less precise and elaborate!

a wide assortment of wooden hammers
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We all took a break for dinner at the nearby Sushi Ichiban, then headed over to Waterstone Gallery where the majority of the artifacts, and many of the artists were as well. There were many beautiful things to see (and unusual Japanese agar based tidbits as gallery snacks)

One of the oddest comments was from a woman who, on seeing the case full of Western and Eastern metalworking tools and hammers, asked her companion if those were "musical instruments"! I suspect that she had been to the other half of the show previously, but really folks, hammers are usually tools, and these were labeled clearly as such.

remember, the stars are always there

...afterwards, there were/are tears. Because I miss what was once me and is gone...

In the wintertime, clouds obscure the sky. In the city, when you look up, there are a few stars, the brightest ones that can get through the lighthaze. In the faraway, the stars are so many and so vivid that the nightsky is afire with starlight. In the wintercity, in the summerheat, allways, I shall remember that the stars are always there, even if unseen...

and bearing that in mind, this is also good to read: How to Fall Forever into the Night Sky

swine all round the house

... in which our plucky heroine just discovered a new descriptive acronym: PIGS (meaning Projects In Grocery Sacks)which is rather the description of one aspect of Acorn Cottage; I crave cupboards and shelving galore, but grocery sacks are free. Unfortunately they do not stack very well...

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This song made me cry...
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This seems like a very interesting attempt to re-create a Roman spiced wine

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I didn't end up sewing anything at all for the summertime 6PAC, but with luck will end up with at least something to show for the autumn... I have an abundance of tops already from my leap into the land of Alabama Chanin style, so will probably substitute basic dresses with a 3/4 sleeve for the tops, since that will give my wardrobe a boost.

My intention is to look at my current wardrobe and see what pieces are looking the most worn, and make new things to fill in. Many of my dresses are wearing out, they last about three years before they really start looking a bit sad. I have considered giving some of them a second life as slips, by cutting off the sleeves and cutting down the neckline, and re-binding the edges. While it seems far too warm to think about keeping the chilly wind at bay, adding a second layer will help keep me warm in the wintertime, since there is no way to store the summer's heat till it would be welcome.

It would be splendid to have at least two new pinafores and two new dresses... I think brown and grey for the pinafores, since I have brown twill and grey corduroy. Will have to see what else is in stash for the dresses, I know there is a black with blue and grey stripe... other options are to try making a few dresses from jersey fabric, and to make progress on generating a buttonfront option.