Our first real cold front blew in last night bringing us lows in the 40s and 50s and highs in the 70s for the next week and another clear blue sky day today. It’s still very breezy out there. Did I say breezy? It’s windy out there.
Sorting through stuff. Went over to the studio to get my gold and metal leaf and the box of acrylic and oil paints I have but never use. Might get rid of the oil paints, probably will since I have no desire to use them, too messy, but the acrylics can be used in the art journal along with the metal leaf. Haven’t started another page yet so I’m trying to decide if I want to take care of some other small projects as long as I have my sewing stuff out, one of which is making a new curtain for my little closet.
When the house flooded after Harvey and I had to remodel the two rooms and the little bathroom, the configuration of which is a short hall (about 5' which opens into the bedroom) with the bathroom on the left and a storage closet of all shelves on the right and the back wall of the room was a closet the width of the room and only one window to let in light. That room was dark and claustrophobic even though it is a large room. So when Rocky was working back there I had him take out the large closet and rebuild that back wall to accommodate the etched glass panels that used to be the entrance to my old shop and turn the storage space into a closet. The only way to put a door on the new closet though was to install a bi-fold door which because of the off size of the opening would have to be custom made so I just hang a curtain on a tension bar there instead. Right now I’m using a shower curtain but I have three saris that I’m thinking using one for a new curtain.
Back between my first and second marriage I was involved with a guy for a short time who went to India and brought me back the saris for which to sew something for myself, something I never did.
Part of the problem is I don’t know what they are made of or how to wash/clean the item once made. I’m pretty sure the green one with the gold threads is cotton and the purple with the now tarnishing silver threads I think is maybe silk, the third one on the right I have no idea, silk maybe, but it is so light the whole thing (approx. 4’ x 7’) probably doesn’t weigh more than a large feather and that’s the one I’m thinking of using.
Another project is making a small pillow out of the cross stitch piece that Pam did that I have.
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You can skip the next two paragraphs if you don't want to read about some of the current fuckery.
Fucking Ken Paxton, Texas’ Attorney General, is once again wasting our taxpayer money on one of his frivolous lawsuits. Now he is suing the makers of Tylenol claiming they hid the risk of autism and ADHD to fetuses when taken by pregnant women, another one of “we’ll get (manufacture) the proof ” RFK Jr.’s brain worm fever dreams. There is zero proof or credibility to that claim but that doesn’t stop our Kenny and of course Trump bought into it. What makes this particularly ridiculous is that republicans don’t believe in consumer safety, constantly slashing oversight and consumer protection regulations.
And in just a few days, SNAP payments will be suspended, not just reduced but suspended. The republican excuse is because of the government shut down they refuse to negotiate an end to, preferring to blame the democrats for not caving on taking healthcare away from many Americans by allowing the ACA tax credits, which make it affordable, to expire so that they can give bigger tax breaks to the rich, people that obviously don’t need it. The USDA, the agency under which SNAP falls, has about $6 billion in reserve for this very contingency and they also have the power to transfer already allocated funds from one program to another but they are not going to use that money. Why? Because Trump told them not to. They are fine with children, the elderly, the disabled, and our veterans and active duty personnel of the armed forces going hungry in a bid to force democrats to fold. So basically republicans are saying you can have healthcare or food but not both. Federal workers suspended from getting paychecks because of the government shut down are already straining the resources of food banks. It’s going to get much much worse. Explain to me how this is making America great.
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And so to end on a better note, more October skies, 24th - 27th.
I used to have a silk sari of brilliant pink silk with gold threads along the hemline. I washed it in cold water, though lots of pink bled out, it stayed very pink! It was ironable too. Can't remember what I made out of it, but I didn't have much reason to use a sari, so I may have just given it away. I think my next one which was gifted to me was that very lightweight material...and I made a sort of scarf out of it...or shawl. I wouldn't recommend it for a closet hanging.
ReplyDeleteCodex: You could use the impressive cross stitch in the middle of a larger pillow?
ReplyDeleteSari. Nods. Thread. Needle. My contribution to sewing, which I know little about.
Do you want to write in your art journal?
Being a Northern Maritime Barbarian, resettled in a freshwater equivalent of the North Sea environment, I am in heaven right now
ReplyDeleteI Love Sari Material and the Hand Work of a lot of East Indian Fabrics and Accessories. As for the fuckery coming out of this regime, I am at a loss for Words.
ReplyDeleteI skimmed the fuckery because I’ve read all about this and my blood started to boil again. Thanks for sharing the beauty. The cross stitch is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteI recommend luke warm gentle hand wash for the sari fabric, just to be on the safe side. Your pillow projects reminded me just now that I have something a bit similar I wanted to tackle ages ago. So maybe now is the time.
ReplyDeleteThe news here this morning is that German taxpayers are picking up the pay of all non-combat US military employees at US military bases in Germany thanks to the shut down scenario in the US. When the newsreader said that hopefully the US government will reimburese once the shut down has been resolved, we joined in the hollow laughter across the country.
Also. Tylenol is literally the only safe medicine for pregnant women when they run a high fever, which can be life threatening to the unborn child. Clearly they hate women.
DeleteThose saris are beautiful. I still have some cloth I brought back from Liberia, and not a clue what to do with it. It's actually damask, or at least a very heavy cotton; some is tie dyed and some is wax print. I really like that cross stitch piece; it would look great framed. I have an unframed piece of needlework my mom did that ought to be framed, but I just haven't. It probably should go to a professional framer who could stretch it properly.
ReplyDeleteWe could use more rain, but who doesn't like these temperatures? It looks like another lovely week or so coming up.
I have a couple of chitenges that I brought home from Zambia. Since I would of course never wear them here I should think of something to do with them. Hmmm. And yes, the fuckery just keeps fucking along. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteI would frame that pretty cross stitch and hang it in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised that Tylenol hasn't sued RFKJr. for spreading false information.
I also suggest framing the needlework! Those veggies belong in the kitchen!
ReplyDeleteYou might check with a dry cleaners as to the best way to clean the saris!
I was hoping someone in China or Japan would gut the Orange Bastard but the greasy slug is still alive!
I was so excited to wake up and find it was only 58 degrees this morning here in Central Florida! As for SNAP payments, the shutdown, and all that "fuckery," I am flabbergasted by the hatefulness of the Republicans in government.
ReplyDeleteThe fuckery is disheartening. Every time I find something encouraging, like AOC or Gavin Newsome standing up for what should be common sense, the big buffoon does something else to make me despair for future generations. Seems like so many have their head in the sand and say things like, "oh, he only has 3 more years and can't run again, it is illegal" like the legality of anything matters to anyone in the current administration. I doubt that Trump will even make it to the end of this term, as his heath is in a spiraling decline. Nobody has routine MRIs. But that would leave us with Vance, who is equally evil and then if anything should happen to him ..... that is really frightening! My granddaughter is married to a man from Burma and they have left the country with their child. The only way we will be able to see him is on Facetime. I have always had the opinion that apathy is the biggest problem in our country faces. If people would simply make an effort to research the candidates, life would be better!
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