If it were, I would buy this and put it on the wall next to the Bernina:
(The larger size is still for sale on 20×200.)
Friday Unrelated Information
1. Sorry I didn’t post yesterday–the internet was down at the apartment and I was busy at work (!), talking to clients (!!) and being creative (!!!). (Seriously, I would have liked this job just for the paycheck. But it’s actually really fun!)
2. Kottke.org linked to the origin of “steal my thunder” this week:
In 1704, playright John Dennis invented a new method of producing the sound of thunder during a play. Dennis’ play was unsuccessful, but his thunder technique was soon borrowed by another production, leading Dennis to exclaim:
Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder.
3. Look, it’s the alpaca Easter bunny!
My Easter plans include listening to Bach’s St. Matthew Passion tonight. I have a friend who always listens to Parsifal on Good Friday for the “Good Friday Music” in it, but it’s Bach for me.
Reading The Writer’s Almanac Again
I got caught up on The Writer’s Almanac site yesterday and saw this poem from last week, which suits the weather and the sort of watery, in-transition feelings from the last few months that are not quite dispersed yet:
Larry Smith, “In Early Spring”
Road catkins, russet and tan, let the
wind sweep over them as dusk
seeps in along the lake,
and I pass road puddles
swelling to ponds, mirroring
the sky’s own silveriness.
At the railroad tracks seven geese
veer off and set down in a field
so that only their necks
speak for them, telling us all
to go on while they rest
by the barn. Today a man
asked me if I were depressed,
and I looked up and smiled.
No more than these geese or catkins
as light falls around them, no
more than those pine boughs
lifting in the wind—just so,
life goes on.
Tuesday Project Roundup: "You’re Just Happier In A Dress"
My first week of work was notable for lots of friendliness and busyness–and for not knowing what the hell to wear every day. It’s a little dressier than the the last place and the weather was not cooperating, so I tried the t-shirt and blazer combo for four days. But Friday I said to myself, “This is bunk, I’m wearing a dres,” and Mr. Isbell said, “You’re just happier in a dress. There’s a sparkle in your eye when you wear one.” And it’s true.
So I finished a new one over the weekend and wore it yesterday and I was indeed happier. It was also a lot easier to get ready.
I used the fabric from Japan (finally), and this pattern, which looks to be from the’60s. I made the left version but without any sleeves, because the weather has to warm up someday. And I’m trying to have the right version with the neck ruffle finished for next week.
Tuesday Project Roundup: "You’re Just Happier In A Dress"
My first week of work was notable for lots of friendliness and busyness–and for not knowing what the hell to wear every day. It’s a little dressier than the the last place and the weather was not cooperating, so I tried the t-shirt and blazer combo for four days. But Friday I said to myself, “This is bunk, I’m wearing a dres,” and Mr. Isbell said, “You’re just happier in a dress. There’s a sparkle in your eye when you wear one.” And it’s true.
So I finished a new one over the weekend and wore it yesterday and I was indeed happier. It was also a lot easier to get ready.
I used the fabric from Japan (finally), and this pattern, which looks to be from the’60s.
I made the left version but without any sleeves, because the weather has to warm up someday.
And I’m trying to have the right version with the neck ruffle finished for next week.
It’s Monday
And sometimes Toby has a hard time getting up an hour earlier with me. He usually has to have a quick nap around 8:00, which he’s doing here on the back of the couch in the sun.
Updated after morning internet reading to add: Iowa, you rock. I haven’t been getting the paper daily or reading my news sites at work, so this was a happy surprise.
Friday Unrelated Information
1. Did you know that you can watch all of the Carl Sagan Cosmos series online for free? I discovered it on Hulu while searching for episodes of The A-Team (also available online).
2. Did you know the actor who played the leader of the A-Team, “Hannibal” Smith, was George Peppard, aka the male lead in Breakfast at Tiffany’s? I missed these things in 1985.
3. Behold, via Married to the Sea:
Not Appropriate For Client Meetings
I bought this shirt when it was on sale a few weeks ago and I really, really want to wear it today. That would probably be frowned on, though.
Feel Free To Start Any Time, Spring
Now that it’s April, I can post the part from The Wasteland that everyone knows and uses to complain about the weather:
APRIL is the cruelest month, breeding | |
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing | |
Memory and desire, stirring | |
Dull roots with spring rain. |
Tuesday Project Roundup: One Out of Three
The three projects I wanted to finish last week didn’t go so well–in my rush to get the knit dress done in two days so I could wear it to drink an Old Fashioned Friday night, I didn’t measure the skirt when cutting it out, just trusting it to stretch. Um, it didn’t. And the woven floral dress languished all week because I couldn’t decide whether to put sleeves on it or not. (The weather has been very confusing lately!) But I did get the t-shirt finished.
The fabric was only $4, it only took about 2.5 hours to sew, and there were no tan stripey t-shirts in any stores, so this was deinitely a winner. As long as I know the pattern fits me (ahem), I think I can say I can sew knits with no problem now.
I threw in a label in the back, too. That’s how you can tell I really like it.