tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34821234195195852422024-03-17T23:36:50.017-07:00A Fool for FabricMargyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-57647921032226910552018-01-02T14:44:00.000-08:002018-01-02T14:44:24.760-08:00HAPPY NEW YEAR!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm back, just to say hello and to thank all you lovely people who have questioned my whereabouts, or asked friends if I'm "all right"!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am all right, but I wasn't for a good part of 2017; I jumped down my hidey-hole and, except for occasional forays on Instagram (mhoutz4) and Facebook, I laid low.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have continued problems with my foot...not life-threatening, but life-changing. I had a complete rupture of the tibialis anterior tendon, resulting in drop-foot and considerable pain. It's not "fixable", so I have to find ways to live with it. I wear a brace a good part of the time. The psychological fall-out was way worse than the physical part...a good part of my identity is wrapped up in how I move and walk, how I present myself, what clothes I wear...none of this will be a surprise to you who have followed me over the years! At any rate, it hit me like a bomb and it took many months to come to terms with it. But I have succeeded in facing it and am determined to "take my body back" and live as I have done for many years! YAY!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have not been sewing since early last year; not only was I distracted, but I haven't been able to keep up my years-long 4 miles a day walk, and my body has reacted badly to that...i.e. I can't wear a lot of my lovely clothes! SO...I am starting to walk again, gradually, and am determined to recreate what I can of the best parts of who I "used to be". I am in the process of cleaning out my studio, getting rid of a lot of excess "stuff", and whether I will sew again will be addressed in the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other than that, Dave, Teddy, Micmac and I are all fine..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and wish you all a happy and healthy 2018.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I DO miss having a place to share what new things, books,meals, etc. I am enjoying...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so maybe I will blog occasionally. I'm not making that decision right now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One thing I would love to share is a new makeup I've discovered (this is my opinion, only) It's <a href="https://www.lookfabulousforever.com/">LookFabulousForever</a>, started 5 years ago by a lovely 65-year-old woman who despaired of finding makeup items suited to an aging face. The makeup itself is fabulous (I've ordered 3 times) but the very best part for me is a series of wonderful videos showing just how to apply the products and what tricks can be used to look better as you age. Most of the videos are done by Tricia Cusden, the founder, who is a beautiful woman. So part of my determination I wrote of above includes looking the very best I can!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a picture of me on a "road trip" with my dear friend <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/">Shams</a> in October as we drove up to Ashland, Oregon, to attend a<a href="http://www.dianeericson.com/teaching/retreats/"> Design Outside the Lines</a> workshop, put on by <a href="http://www.dianeericson.com/">Diane Ericson</a> and featuring <a href="http://www.finesewing.com/">Kathryn Brenne</a>, a wonderful pattern designer for Vogue Patterns, a teacher of couture sewing skills and a leader of workshops in her own right. What a great time we had! Check out <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/2017/11/japan-prep-dol-ashland-2017-and-more.html">Shams post</a> about it if you're interested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Best wishes to all of you...thanks for caring! Till we meet again!</span></div>
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Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com106tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-16655301345929034962017-04-23T14:18:00.000-07:002017-04-23T14:18:19.320-07:00THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF SLOW SEWING!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After too many years to count of speedy sewing, trying to get things <u>done quickly</u><i>,</i> I have become enamored of slow sewing. Why? For one thing, I don't really need many clothes...I have so much and lead a fairly quiet life (Clothes-wise). For another, I have come to appreciate the steps in the process of making something, which includes A LOT of hand sewing, basting, and experiencing the magical process of <i style="text-decoration: underline;">MAKING.</i> And for a third thing, I am able to listen to audible books, music, podcasts for some of the time I'm sewing. When I get to a hard part, I turn off the sound and concentrate on what my hands are doing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, as I mentioned, I have been working on another Koos van den Akker</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pattern, <a href="https://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v1493">V1493</a>, a kimono-styled jacket with "tulip-banded sleeves".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made it in an "embossed velvet knit" in two shades of gunmetal gray from <a href="http://www.emmaonesock.com/">Emma One Sock,</a> trimmed with (LOTS OF) bias binding in a stretch taffeta in metallic gray. This jacket used even more bias binding than my <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2017/04/hello-spring.html">previous one</a>, and was very labor-intensive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After attaching the sleeve band. I probably spent more than 2 weeks on this, but I am very happy with the end result; I wore it out to dinner the other night and received many compliments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm sure you recognize my TNT vest pattern, <a href="https://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v1453">V1453</a>; the fabric is a very interesting Black and Red Abstract Embroidered Lacy Mesh which I got from</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We leave a week from today; we will fly to London and spend a few days visiting the new Tate Modern wing and have a dinner at NOPI. Then we'll take a train to Glasgow for 3 days. After that, we'll go by train to Inverness, whereupon we'll embark on a week-long small ship cruise on <a href="http://www.lordoftheglens.co.uk/">"The Lord of the Glens"</a> to the "Heart of the Highlands". Neither Dave nor I have been to Scotland, so I'm really looking forward to it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We've been escaping the ongoing construction and termite work whenever we can...last week we took a picnic lunch to our old winery and vineyard (now <a href="https://www.beckmenvineyards.com/">Beckmen Vineyards</a>) so I could check out some of the many roses I planted more than 35 years ago...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Those olive trees in the back are part of a gift for my 50th birthday from Dave...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TTYL</span>Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-42134630363430806912017-04-09T14:09:00.000-07:002017-04-09T14:09:48.368-07:00HELLO, SPRING!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have been a busy bee with family and friends, food, deconstruction and sewing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(in great number in my fabrics). The primary fabric, a black and gray parallelogram taffeta, was from <a href="https://marcytilton.com/collections/tafetta/products/parallelogram-taffeta-woven">Marcy Tilton</a>, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was one of the more time-consuming projects I've taken on recently, due to the piecing, and to the making and applying of miles and miles of striped silk bias tape, but I enjoyed it, slowing down and listening to my Audible books. I listened to <u>LaRose</u>, by Louise Erdrich, and the first three of the Tana French Dublin Murder Squad books, <u>In the Woods, The Likeness and Faithful Place</u>...loved them all! I'm on #4 now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite all the work involved, I enjoyed it so much that I am working on ANOTHER Koos jacket, a different pattern, which I will show you next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's by Lauren Vidal. It was in the window of the LV store which <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/">Shams</a> and I passed on the way to a fabric store with the group. When we were finished, we whipped back to the store and I bought the coat immediately. It is gray felted wool with an irregular black splotchy design. The inside is quilted silk, and it is piped with silver leather. YUM!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">THIS gorgeous arrangement was a surprise from SIL David. Among the orchids and roses are half a dozen highly fragrant lilies...Over a week later, they are still perfuming the dining room! Thanks, David! You know how to impress your MIL!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We enjoyed their visit...we took a picnic lunch up the mountain one day, flew their friends's drone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The deconstuction I mentioned is the frightening amount of work we are having done for a serious termite infestation. Among other things, our very large deck has to be replaced, and while they were working, they found some dry rot...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It actually makes a lovely abstract painting, but it has to be repaired...😟</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was honored to be the subject of an article in our local paper recently...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">doggy day care twice a week; he comes home EXHAUSTED from playing with the big guys, which is such a help!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One last picture before I go to roast a chicken for dinner...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dave came in from collecting the eggs the other afternoon and showed me this...it must be a first attempt by one of our new hens. Back to the drawing board, Henny-Penny!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am traveling over to <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/">Patti's Visible Monday</a> today...come admire the Visible</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">TTYL</span>Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-79770409257994923552017-03-12T15:22:00.000-07:002017-03-22T10:53:36.143-07:00SIX WEEK RECESS...<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I didn't really plan to take a break...I've been dealing with a health issue and a few other inconveniences, then I began a BIG studio clean out and finally got back my sewing mojo...so here I am!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I tried out Sandra Betzina's new jacket/vest pattern, <a href="https://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v1540">V1540</a>, in a two-sided</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">quilted poly from <a href="https://www.moodfabrics.com/black-merlot-two-tone-polyester-quilt-306815">Mood Fabrics</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The weight of this fabric is better-suited to my climate than some of the heavier ones I've sewn lately...although, it's in the high eighties this weekend, so I'll</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I also made another pair of my <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2015/09/additions-to-my-fall-wardrobe.html">"Trifecta" pants</a> in a pretty floral print stretch cotton from <a href="https://marcytilton.com/collections/new-fabrics?sort_by=created-descending">Marcy Tilton</a>..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's better with little manilla clams, but this is what my market had.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm hard at work on a somewhat complicated jacket in my studio...I hope it will be finished by the next time I post!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm heading off to Patti's <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/mix-it-up-visible-monday">Visible Monday</a> party...come pay us a visit!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-70774776738042682452017-01-29T14:52:00.003-08:002017-01-29T14:52:25.770-08:00FASHION, FOOD AND FOOTWEAR!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I carved out some studio time over the last two weeks and worked on this;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I returned to <a href="https://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v1510">V1510</a>, Sandra Betzina's vest pattern from last fall. I have been holding on to this verrrrry interesting fabric from <a href="http://www.emmaonesock.com/fabrics/recentarrivals.asp">EOS</a> which I got a long time ago. It's a medium weight black jersey with squares of faux leather glued on. It looks a little like an alligator, but with a lot more texture...and you know me, I'm all about texture!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/blood-orange-margarita-ginger">Blood Orange Margarita with Ginger</a> Beautiful AND Tasty!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Since I had the camera out yesterday, I also took pictures of an outfit I bought in Paris at <a href="http://www.julietteozouf.com/">Juliette Ozouf</a>.I would characterize her clothing as high-end boho...simple shapes, exquisite fabrics, subtle textures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are mostly wool, but so lightweight that I can wear them in my climate at least half the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Dave and I celebrated our 41st anniversary last week...with a fantastic meal and a bottle of good wine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books? I read <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27824826-the-dry">"The Dry"</a>, a debut novel by Jane Harper set in Australia, which I quite liked. I'm listening to <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28664920-mischling">"The Mischling"</a> by Affinity Komar...a very hard book,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">but the writing is gorgeous. I listen to it in small segments. It's about a set of twins in Auschwitz. If you can handle the subject matter, it's well worth reading (or listening to).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And finally, sad news about our Teddy...he is deaf. He was not deaf when we picked him up from the breeder, but he is now, and is proving very hard to train.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here we are, 9:00 pm on New Year's Eve, in a motel room in Pella, Iowa,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">drinking champagne out of plastic glasses to toast the coming year. We were probably asleep by 10...such an exciting life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We were in Pella for our eldest grandson's wedding, held in the afternoon of NYE. Here's the bride and groom with Dave and me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">She's one strong young woman, growing up with 4 brothers! I wore a vintage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The day after we returned from Iowa, our daughter and granddaughter from Salt Lake City arrived for a short visit. As we usually do for our California-born, but now land-locked family, we stopped at the beach in Santa Barbara for a few pictures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Weitzman Zealous Black Platform Studded Oxfords, that's why...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AND I got them for $80 on eBay (orig.$425)!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And who is this, in his trendy ZenCone? Why it's Teddy, recuperating from a little surgery (neutering, hernia repair). He hates the cone, of course, but it's better than the stiff white one he came home with. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm linking over to Patti's <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/checkerboard-eshakti-dress-visible-monday">Visible Monday</a> where the cool women go...come on over and see us!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This was at the large flea market at Clignancourt, which <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/">Shams </a>and I visited to test our Metro skills </span><span style="font-family: "\22 verdana\22 " , sans-serif;">before the </span><a href="http://paristilton.com/" style="font-family: '"verdana"', sans-serif;">Tilton Tour</a><span style="font-family: "\22 verdana\22 " , sans-serif;"> began. A lotta red!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was pretty happy with my choices for the travel wardrobe; I took more clothes than usual, mainly because we were staying in the same room in the same hotel for a little over two weeks. Not having to continually re-pack and schlep a suitcase from place to place was a </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wore everything I took except for <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2016/10/a-bientot-paris.html">the last-minute red pants.</a> I preferred wearing jeans and I had red jeans in the suitcase, added after this storyboard was made, which were better suited for the weather. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wore all the vests (except for the "<a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2015/08/keith-and-me.html">Keith Haring</a>" one, which I pulled out at the last moment), and didn't wear the poncho. I find ponchos a little fussy at the best of times, and it just didn't suit the occasion and the weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, I'm pleased with the wardrobe; again, I wouldn't take quite as much if I was traveling from place-to-place.I took just the right amount of jewelry and scarves, and <span style="font-size: xx-small;">the only reason I had</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I cannot emphasize strongly enough the joy that I experienced on this trip...Marcy and Katherine are the perfect leaders, sensitive to the needs and desires of the group, extremely knowledgeable about where to go in Paris, and a heck of a lot of fun to be with! <a href="http://paristilton.com/">DO IT</a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made a very good potato recipe last night..<a href="http://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/crispy_parmesan_potato_stacks/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+elise%2Fsimplyrecipes+%28Simply+Recipes%29">.Crispy Parmesan Potato Stacks</a>... I halved the</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books? I just finished reading <u>My Name is Lucy Barton</u>, by Elizabeth Strout, and enjoyed it quite a bit. I haven't been spending much time in the studio, so the Audible book I'm listening to,<u> Moonglow</u>, by Michael Chabon, is still being listened to. It's good, so far!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Teddy is growing and thriving...he turns 7 months on the 20th. Here he is in my office...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and this is our usual view of him in the kitchen while we are cooking dinner...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-56210970705229447802016-11-27T14:10:00.000-08:002016-12-01T08:05:07.839-08:00WHAT A TRIP! PART 1<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's taken me more than a month to get back to blogging...I posted some pictures as I went along on Facebook and Instagram, but I needed some downtime after I returned on the 14th.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here I am, in front of my favorite Paris sculpture, by Pol Bury, in the Palais</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Royal. <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/">Shams</a> and I arrived in Paris four days before the <a href="http://paristilton.com/">Tilton Trip</a> began, and managed to do a little retail therapy and learn the Metro system on our own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In our hotel lobby, raring to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But first, a little fuel in the form of escargots, good bread and a glass of wine...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then, off to the Trippen Store (of course)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">her and her husband in their apartment; then Jeanne joined us the next day, took</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">us to the Bon Marche department store, and did a little shopping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here we are, learning our way around Paris on the Metro...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and waiting for the next train...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then, the <a href="http://paristilton.com/">Paris Tilton Tour</a> began!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Thirteen fabulous women and Katherine and Marcy </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tilton</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">...what a recipe for fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After meeting each other and orienting ourselves, we set off for the</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and Indiana (and soon to be Minnesota). Ruth was on the Tilton trip last fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am pleased and <u>highly relieved</u> that my foot is much better and will not slow me down in Paris. I went twice a week for three weeks to my chiropractor who specializes in sports injuries, and he performed the magic!</span></div>
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Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-51202246306397816902016-10-09T10:53:00.000-07:002016-10-10T08:59:47.476-07:00CATCH UP-A NEW TRAVEL TOTE<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's been 3 weeks since I've blogged...busy with puppy, daughters visiting, foot problems, sewing...the usual!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here is the travel tote I've been working on...it's the<a href="http://thecreativethimble.com/shop/professional-tote/"> Professional Tote by Creative Thimble</a>, and I've made it <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-blog-new-tote.html">once before</a>; it was for my very first blog post, 5 years ago! I've had this marvelous black and white <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashiko_stitching">sashiko</a> fabric for a while...I bought it on <a href="http://shop.missmatatabi.com/">Etsy</a>. I added some faux leather from <a href="http://www.emmaonesock.com/fabrics/recentarrivals.asp">Emma One Sock</a>,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">a marvelous stretch cotton dragon print from <a href="https://marcytilton.com/index.php?cid=903">Marcy Tilton</a> for the inner pockets</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The next weekend, daughter Janet flew out from Salt Lake City for a few days...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and, you guessed it, swam with Teddy. That seems to be #1 on the activity list chez Houtz...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">With so much time spent in the studio, I've listened to several good books: <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Commonwealth-Audiobook/B01IDROIOA/ref=a_hp_c3_1_1_i_pbsnn?ie=UTF8&pf_rd_r=0NREW03BXBMA6DCT7PVZ&pf_rd_m=A2ZO8JX97D5MN9&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=5000&pf_rd_p=2575561962&pf_rd_s=center-3">Commonwealth, by Ann Patchett</a>, <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/A-Gentleman-in-Moscow-Audiobook/B01E08EG84/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1476034281&sr=1-1"> A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles</a>, <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/Nutshell-Audiobook/B01JJSTLZI/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1476034477&sr=1-1">Nutshell, by Ian McEwan</a> and just finishing up <a href="http://www.audible.com/pd/Mysteries-Thrillers/The-Life-We-Bury-Audiobook/B00YNT5JO6/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1476034338&sr=1-1">The Life We Bury, by Allen Eskens. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My favorite was A Gentleman in Moscow; Nutshell is beautifully written, but weird!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">trouble...we have a fountain in one of the gardens and the combination of water and mud is irresistable!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made a pair of pajama pants in a pretty knit from <a href="http://www.girlcharlee.com/magenta-gray-ethnic-diamonds-on-black-single-spandex-knit-fabric-p-13133.html?cPath=90_136">Girl Charlee</a> and paired it with a tee from <a href="http://www.uniqlo.com/us/product/women-supima-cotton-henley-neck-long-sleeve-t-175598.html#12~/women/tees-and-tanks/supima-cotton/long-sleeve/~">Uniqlo</a>...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I used my TNT <a href="https://butterick.mccall.com/b5572">B5572</a> for the pants...for those innocent people who think a lifetime of sewing precludes foolish errors, my first attempt at pajama pants</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">(which are ridiculously easy to make) came out like this... (super high rise, super short legs)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think I'm almost done with Paris Wardrobe sewing...I have a pair of pants to make with a yummy cross-woven silk blend from <a href="https://marcytilton.com/index.php?cid=903">Marcy Tilton</a> called "Ruby Begonia"...and then the decision making/culling begins! I waterproofed my boots yesterday, so I am ready for whatever weather Paris has to offer!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That's it for catching you up...I will be joining <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/10917-2">Patti's Visible Women</a> later this afternoon...providing she has power. She's in the path of Hurricane Matthew and </span></div>
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Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com43tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-2855921663601642072016-09-18T14:47:00.000-07:002016-09-18T14:47:17.889-07:00MOTO MASHUP<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I fell in love with <a href="http://www.moodfabrics.com/wine-black-crinkled-floral-brocade-311987.html">this</a> wine/black crinkled brocade from Mood Fabrics</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and decided to make a jacket with moto influences. I didn't want to use my TNT <a href="https://kwiksew.mccall.com/k3764">Kwik Sew 3764</a> again, so I went hunting for a suitable pattern. I made a muslin out of the <a href="http://www.paulinealicepatterns.com/quart-coat">Quart Coat</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pattern by Pauline Alice, thinking I could modify it to my liking. I couldn't...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I liked aspects of B5822 (OOP) <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2013/01/manteau-1.html">which I used</a> when I was making "manteaux"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">so I put on my thinking cap and came up with a frankinpattern using parts of the Butterick pattern and parts of the Kwik Sew. And this is what I made:</span></div>
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Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-36253270172292587332016-09-04T14:02:00.003-07:002016-09-04T14:02:20.912-07:00SEWING, BOOKS AND PUPPY---WHAT A TRIO!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That's how I've spent my time since the last post...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This vest is Sandra Betzina's new pattern, <a href="https://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v1510">Vogue 1510</a> and the fabric, which is a wool mix with shiny dots woven in it, is one from several seasons back via <a href="https://marcytilton.com/index.php?cid=903">Marcy Tilton</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I love this fabric...but it didn't behave very well, so I learned a new-to-me </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">technique from a tutorial written by Bunny at </span><a href="http://lasewist.blogspot.com/2011/03/flat-lining-part-one.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">La Sewista</a>, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">flatlining with seam finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It involves sewing a layer of fabric, in this case silk organza, to each pattern piece before any sewing takes place. The resulting double fabric is treated as one piece, so the unsightly parts of the interior are masked, and the hems are</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made another iteration of the <a href="http://papercutpatterns.com/collections/chameleon/products/rise-fall-turtlenecks">PaperCut Rise and Fall Turtleneck</a>, using a lightweight Ponte knit, also from Marcy Tilton. Unlike <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2016/07/teddy-and-turtlenecks.html">my previous attempts,</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And here I am with Teddy, who is growing up fast! He had his final puppy shot this week, so he is safe to go "out in the world", he got microchipped, AND</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Here he is in the kitchen last night, trying very hard to trip Dave and me up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the books...<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Underground-Railroad-Oprahs-Book-Club/dp/0385542364/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473015029&sr=1-1&keywords=the+underground+railroad">The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead</a>...I had a little trouble getting into this, but I persevered and am glad I did. Quite an insight into slavery and the attempts to end it, and very well written.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Called-Ove-Novel/dp/1476738025/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473015180&sr=1-1&keywords=a+man+called+ove">A Man Called Ove</a>, by Fredrick Backman. Enjoyable and quite a good character study of a difficult man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I just started listening to Louise Penny's new book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Reckoning-Novel-Inspector-Gamache/dp/1250022134/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1473015318&sr=8-1&keywords=louise+penny">A Great Reckoning</a>, another chapter in the life of Three Pines and Armand Gamache. I haven't tired of this series yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These 3 books were on Audible, which I listen to in my studio. As far as my Kindle books go, I have discovered a new mystery series by <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IEJZVA/ref=oh_aui_d_detailpage_o02_?ie=UTF8&psc=1#nav-subnav">Inger Ash Wolfe</a> which features a 63-year-old female D.I. in Port Dundas, in</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> a Canadian county. I'm on #2 and enjoying it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There are 7 ½ weeks till the <a href="https://marcytilton.com/pages/paris">Tilton Paris Trip</a>. I THINK my travel wardrobe is in</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Other than enjoying the amazing fruits and vegetables available right now, I haven't spent much time in the kitchen. Except for this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He was eager to get in the pool...she held him the whole time, as he's too little to be able to get out by himself...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Isn't he a handsome boy? His coloration is "Blue Roan with Tan" and his face</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And here is the third one in that black and claret stripe...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Interesting to note is how different the collar is in each top...I wanted the high neck of number 1, but the different fabrics (all rayon/lycra) translated differently, 2 and 3 being <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2011/10/droopy-or-drapey.html">more droopy.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Being a parent to a new puppy has curtailed my studio time a little...but I've done some listening...Richard Russo's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nobodys-Fool-Richard-Russo/dp/0679753338/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469987168&sr=8-1&keywords=nobody%27s+fool">Nobody's Fool</a> and the sequel <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everybodys-Fool-novel-Richard-Russo/dp/0307270645/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469987203&sr=8-1&keywords=everybody%27s+fool">Everybody's Fool</a>.,,very good, I do love his writing. Also now listening to <a href="https://www.amazon.com/House-Edge-Night-Novel/dp/0812998790/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469987254&sr=8-1&keywords=the+house+at+the+edge+of+night">The House at the Edge of Night</a>, set in an island off Sicily during WW2. Also enjoyable. I read <a href="https://www.amazon.com/No-Mans-Nightingale-Inspector-Wexford/dp/1476744483">No Man's Nightingale</a> by Ruth Rendell...love her Inspector Wexford novels, and gave up in the middle of Ethan Canin's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Doubters-Almanac-Novel-Ethan-Canin/dp/1400068266">A Doubter's Almanac</a>, mainly because I didn't care for the major character and didn't want to spend any more of my time on him! I read the latest Daniel Silva book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Widow-Daniel-Silva/dp/006232022X">The Black Widow</a>...I am hooked on his</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I make it exactly according to the recipe, except I double the fruit. I halved and pitted 200 French plums to freeze so we can enjoy this several times more. It's that good! Don't eliminate the candied ginger as it really adds to the flavor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What fun I had, sewing this silk duster! The pattern is the <a href="http://www.sewingworkshop.com/shop/all-products#!/Fillmore/p/60022229/category=9765081">Fillmore</a>, by Sewing Workshop, and the gorgeous fabrics (plain silk taffeta and matching pleated silk taffeta)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> coke bottle glass (it's true, the silver and green large beads I found in a market in Mali!)So now I have something to wear them with! Although the pants are not terribly flattering, they ARE very comfortable and I could imagine wearing them on a road trip or plane ride.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If these turn out ok, I have SIX more chairs and FOUR more ottomans (ottomen?)but I will probably farm those out to a professional.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pattern is my old friend <a href="https://butterick.mccall.com/b5526?page_id=875">B5526</a>, with added pockets and a stand-up ruffled collar. Shams from <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/">Communing with Fabric</a> chose the fabric for me, a textured synthetic from Fabrix several years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It enhances many of the fabrics in my Paris Wardrobe-to-be, so I made it so that I could use it as a layer, as well as on its own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">After I finished that, I went to work on my "Franken Pant" pattern, which is </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It gets better every time! While I was doing all this sewing, I listened to the</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">final two books of Stephen King's <u>Mr. Mercedes </u>trilogy, <u>Finders Keepers</u> and <u>End</u></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u> of</u> <u>Watch</u>. They're pretty good...I've not been a Stephen King fan in the past, but I enjoyed <u>Mr. Mercedes </u>so I decided to follow through on the last two. After those, I started </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Barkskins</u>, Annie Proulx's new book. It's loooooong and fabulous. I'm about ⅔ finished. All these audio books are available on <a href="http://www.audible.com/">Audible Books</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before I bring you up to date on the puppies (I know some of you are mostly interested in them....!) here's a RTW outfit from <a href="http://evielou.com/shop/all/sun-kim">Sun Kim </a>that I had to have...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a spool of thread, a button, a dress form, a measuring tape, a thimble and a pair of scissors with a rose. Love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And one more thing...there were quite a few questions after my last post about my raincoat...here are some answers...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I didn't line it or add inside pockets as I wanted it to be as lightweight as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The top in "the wineglass picture" was the top of <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2015/05/oregon-love-part-2.html">this Alembika outfit </a>that I bought in Oregon</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And HERE are the latest pictures of the puppies...(they are English Cocker Spaniels, blue roan, and we're only getting ONE although Dave has been wondering if we should get TWO</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">gorgeous to look at, a bear to sew on. Because it's nylon, it doesn't take a nice press, so crisp edges are not possible. But....I'm very pleased with it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I was working on the raincoat, I listened to <u>The Atomic Weight of Love</u>, by Elizabeth Church, which I loved, and Don Delillo's newest book, <u>Zero K</u>, which was just ok. Both are on <a href="https://www.audible.com/">Audible</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I drove down to Los Angeles for the day, to celebrate both Maggie's birthday and Mothers' Day. We enjoyed lunch at a new restaurant downtown and caught up on news...(and took selfies)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">who gave birth to SEVEN little boys a week ago...6 of them blue roan, one blue roan and tan...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and I get a picture every day of the pups and see how they're growing...ANNNNNNNND</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">one of them has our name on it...stay tuned!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana", sans-serif;">I'm off to <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/9090-2">VISIBLE MONDAY</a> to join up with the highly visible women who frequent Patti's site...come take a look!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While I was making this, I listened to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sympathizer-Novel-Viet-Thanh-Nguyen/dp/0802124941?ie=UTF8&keywords=the%20sympathizer&qid=1462125444&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1">The Sympathizer,</a> written by Viet Thanh</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nguyen, which just won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. It is beautifully written, somewhat difficult to listen to, due to the subject (the war in Viet Nam), and especially interesting to me, as I lived in Saigon for two years during the war, so many of the descriptions of places, and names were familiar to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Big news in our family...our granddaughter Stephanie gave birth to our first great-grandchild,</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Our next-door neighbor's farm stand is bursting out in all its glory...I made <a href="http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/white-beans-with-broccoli-rabe-and-lemon">White Beans with</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between Dave, me and our housekeeper, we keep Paddy's grave decorated with flowers all the time....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How we miss that beautiful boy...Thank you for all your kind wishes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After I finished the vest, I dove into my stash in the studio and managed to cull at least 20% of my fabrics (and that's A LOT) and found an additional way to organize them, my left brain being in the ascendant last week! Now I have to deal with all those discarded fabrics...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This week, I am visiting BOTH <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/">Visible Monday</a> AND <a href="http://stylecrone.com/2016/04/30/hat-attack-34/">Hat Attack</a>...thanks to Patti and Judith for being such wonderful hostesses!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This outfit was inspired by my new Trippens...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The style is called Union, and it is in one of my favorite Trippen colors...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The pants are V8712, an OOP Marcy Tilton pattern...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made View C, added a band at the bottom, and made sure to use these cute</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fabric is a woven stripe in shades of gray on white, from <a href="http://marcytilton.com/index.php?cid=903">Marcy Tilton</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The top is <a href="http://www.stylearc.com.au/stylearc/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=859&category_id=8&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=45">Style Arc Daisy</a>, without the extra hems. The fabric is from the mists of time (i.e. I don't remember where I got it). It's a very drapey smocked rayon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So we made the <a href="http://www.saveur.com/sicilian-seafood-stew-with-almonds-and-couscous-recipe">Sicilian Seafood Stew with Couscous and Almonds</a> (although we</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and we also made Sicilian Caponata, from the same issue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And on to the sad part...we lost our beautiful Paddywack 5 days ago...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'll be showing up at <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/8526-2">Patti's Visible Monday</a> later this afternoon, so pay us a visit!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Margyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530078687246891396noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3482123419519585242.post-15989226226855374022016-04-03T12:51:00.000-07:002016-04-03T12:51:00.861-07:00POSSIBLE PARIS PIECES #1 and #2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I've mentioned before, I am going to <a href="http://marcytilton.com/pages/parisfall2016">Paris in November with Marcy and Kathrine Tilton</a> (squeal!)My friend <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/">Shams</a> is going, and possibly my friend Joan.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you and I know full well, I could simply use <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2015/12/portugal-wardrobe-review.html">the wardrobe from my recent trip to Portugal...</a>it worked well, I loved it, it was fall-in-Europe, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would miss out on one of my favorite parts of travel...<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u>MAKING A NEW</u></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">so here is the first key element of the wardrobe...it's the <a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/minoru-jacket/">Minoru Jacket by Sewaholic</a> which I auditioned <a href="http://fool4fabric.blogspot.com/2016/02/meow.html">here</a> 6 weeks ago. You will notice I am changing</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my color scheme a <span style="font-size: xx-small;">little </span>by using a claret red. I fell in love with this French</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">bought the last yard on the bolt and generously let me have it! THANKS, SHAMS!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Isn't that a gorgeous color? The fabric was quite light weight, so I interfaced the whole thing with a medium weight fusible from <a href="https://www.fashionsewingsupply.com/">Fashion Sewing Supply</a>. I will still need a heavier coat/jacket but this was the fabric that sparked my creativity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I also made the turtleneck top, a modification of <a href="https://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v8691">V 8691</a>,an OOP pattern by Katherine Tilton. The fabric is a silky double knit from JoAnns.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have been blessed here in our valley with a really superb year for wildflowers...the first in several years. Friday, Dave, Paddy and I took a</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is known locally as "Grass Mountain" and right now, it's glowing neon orange from the poppies (and lupines, which you can't distinguish here)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Such a beautiful place...Dave and I spent the New Millennium Eve here,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the weekend, as my eyes had been looking just like my friend from Papua New</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">luminous, and I love the characters so much that I am hooked. I have come to love listening to Audible Books while I'm sewing; it encourages me to do a lot more hand sewing (good). When I come to a tricky bit in my sewing, I turn the book off, then start up again when I am ready. (I don't multi-task very well)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My first item was part of an ongoing attempt to find a very high scrunch turtleneck that doesn't collapse. I'll post about that later (it's pretty, and I'll wear it, but the neck isn't what I'm looking for).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Then, I made long OOP <a href="http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/v8192-products-5440.php?page_id=954">V8192</a>, as a vest; I learned why there are only two reviews of this pattern on <a href="http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/readall.pl">Pattern Review</a>, both somewhat negative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, I was well-warned. I love the collar and decided to try it anyway. The main problem is that, in order to hang properly, I needed to add SIX sets of snaps to the interior. The top is essentially a double breasted vest without the necessary "buttons".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And here it is, on me (with background of emerging wisteria) The fabric is a </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next, as I was rummaging around in my studio, I found an almost completed knit top which I had totally forgotten about. It's <a href="http://butterick.mccall.com/b5954-products-47647.php?page_id=147">B5954</a>, adjusted somewhat to take advantage of a paneled knit with a border from <a href="http://www.emmaonesock.com/">Emma One Sock</a>. So I added a neck finish, hemmed the sleeves and bottom, and voila!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I might be doing, by the way she dressed, and by the love which she carried within her that was unmistakeable and available to all.</span><br />
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And last night I made <a href="http://barefootcontessa.com/recipes.aspx?RecipeID=1002&S=0">Roasted Mustard Chicken</a> by The Barefoot Contessa...</div>
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I'm sliding in under the wire at the beautiful Style Crone Judith's <a href="http://stylecrone.com/2016/03/01/hat-attack-32/">Hat Attack</a>...</div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This lightweight jacket is<a href="http://www.sewaholicpatterns.com/minoru-jacket/">The Minoru Jacket</a>, by Sewaholic Patterns. My friend Shams recently <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/2016/01/green-minoru-with-wool-interlining.html">made this</a> and I fell in love with the pattern, particularly the collar. This is an audition for a pattern to use for a Paris Coat; I used a cotton</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> One of the joys of using Cutting Line Designs patterns is the written instruction, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Truly a Paradise on earth, and we have been fortunate to visit for the second time. This time we went to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. It was the</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and ate fabulous meals, 3 times a day. The fresh fruit was exotic,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I finally got into my studio, after the usual post-trip activities, and managed to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The pattern is from <a href="http://webstore.quiltropolis.net/stores_app/Browse_Item_Details.asp?Store_id=516&page_id=23&Item_ID=1317">Cutting Line Designs, the vest from "Light and Shadow'</a> and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the fabric is a beautiful striped dupioni I b</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ought from </span><a href="http://www.emmaonesock.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Emma One Sock</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at least</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">four years ago. The stripe is red, black and silver, and goes with so many of my</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am in the (pleasant) throes of planning a wardrobe for <a href="http://www.marcytilton.com/index.php?cid=179">my trip to Paris in the fall</a>...I am skewing the color scheme a little...instead of the true red I have been wearing, I have chosen some fabrics and RTW items in a claret tone, which has a little more blue/brown in it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I found this <a href="http://www.oliveandcocoa.com/product/sangria-fringed-poncho/accessories-for-her">lovely alpaca poncho</a> and fell in love with it...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is perfect for travel, light and airy! The hat is by <a href="http://www.kangolstore.com/litefeltr-diva.html">Kangol</a>, I have</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Based on <a href="http://communingwithfabric.blogspot.com/2016/01/friday-miscellany.html">Sham's recommendations</a>, I enrolled in Marcy and Katherine Tilton's </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">newest Craftsy class, called <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/classes/sewing">"The Artful Teeshirt".</a> In their inimitable way, they have made another winner. Their instructions are so clearly spoken, and as always, I learn something new every time I watch it. Highly recommended!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will pay a visit today to <a href="http://notdeadyetstyle.com/visible-monday-reminder-where-the-cool-cats-gather-2">Patti's Visible Monday...</a> come on over and see the highly visible women! Thanks, Patti....</span><br />
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