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Man I miss bright sunny clear days. You can count them on one hand in London, even in summer. Today it's beautifully clear, and just around 0. Gorgeous.
On cheery topics, the Cranach gown is getting my undivided craft attention, because it's the only craft thing I have here.
I got the chemise neckline knife-pleated into a band, and both sleeves cartridge-pleat-gathered into a cuff, leaving a big frill on the other side of the cuff band. The rolled hem on the cuffs (I figured out rolled hems! hurrah! with a tutorial online) makes the frill really stand out, because the linen is still rather stiff. I think it'll soften with washing.
As a general gathering method, I think cartridge-pleating isn't much better than regular gathering stitches. It's only worthwile if you're going to stitch down every pleat. The shirts in the new PoF are very precisely pleated, but they probably had finer linen and more of it!
My current flight plans bring me back 3 days before Crown, so if all goes well, I'll still be back, and in time to finish the bustband, hang the skirt, and hem it.
If visiting my folks tells me anything, it's to keep on top of your clutter. They've lived in the same house since 1966, and rather than dealing with their stuff, they've built a new shelf or cupboard to store it: for books, for papers, for old tools, clothes, camping gear, hunting kit, and god knows how much archery kit. I'm terrified of having to clear out the house, without knowing what on earth is important, and to whom.
Mum has kept her notes from nursing college in the late 1950s - they're practically worth returning to the college as historic research material now.
If you can: go home today, and throw out a bag of stuff. Doesn't matter what it is - just deal with it.
Off to make soup with mum for delivery to the drop-in centre, then to hospital to visit, then possibly some shopping - top-grade maple syrup and the toiletries I can't find in the UK. Hoping to hit MEC at some point to see what's available. My current MEC jacket is pretty tired out and is wearing through at the cuffs.
On cheery topics, the Cranach gown is getting my undivided craft attention, because it's the only craft thing I have here.
I got the chemise neckline knife-pleated into a band, and both sleeves cartridge-pleat-gathered into a cuff, leaving a big frill on the other side of the cuff band. The rolled hem on the cuffs (I figured out rolled hems! hurrah! with a tutorial online) makes the frill really stand out, because the linen is still rather stiff. I think it'll soften with washing.
As a general gathering method, I think cartridge-pleating isn't much better than regular gathering stitches. It's only worthwile if you're going to stitch down every pleat. The shirts in the new PoF are very precisely pleated, but they probably had finer linen and more of it!
My current flight plans bring me back 3 days before Crown, so if all goes well, I'll still be back, and in time to finish the bustband, hang the skirt, and hem it.
If visiting my folks tells me anything, it's to keep on top of your clutter. They've lived in the same house since 1966, and rather than dealing with their stuff, they've built a new shelf or cupboard to store it: for books, for papers, for old tools, clothes, camping gear, hunting kit, and god knows how much archery kit. I'm terrified of having to clear out the house, without knowing what on earth is important, and to whom.
Mum has kept her notes from nursing college in the late 1950s - they're practically worth returning to the college as historic research material now.
If you can: go home today, and throw out a bag of stuff. Doesn't matter what it is - just deal with it.
Off to make soup with mum for delivery to the drop-in centre, then to hospital to visit, then possibly some shopping - top-grade maple syrup and the toiletries I can't find in the UK. Hoping to hit MEC at some point to see what's available. My current MEC jacket is pretty tired out and is wearing through at the cuffs.
