Non-Newtonian fluids. The second video actually made my jaw drop. Didn’t they do it once on Big Bang Theory? Regardless, that looks WICKED COOL.
Broiled Mussels from Smitten Kitchen. These look good. I’m still more of a mussel fan in my head than I am in reality, but I think I’ll get there.
@that_alison Oops. I use it all the time. Perfectly relevant in software development industry!!
@randomknits SNICKERDOODLAGE! Excellent. Probably just that mine sat overnight. 😀
@randomknits Wow, awesome! Ooh, pretty fabric. Will definitely visit! 🙂
Zumbo is great… but Snook got me macarons from La Renaissance, which are EVEN BETTER. http://bit.ly/hTdXHt (Salty caramel = THE BEST)
Check out the 10.12 km run I did with RunKeeper… YESTERDAY (since it appears not to have posted).
Just completed a 8.29 km run with RunKeeper – Pretty good, but I think I need to ice this rt leg or it’s going to fall off.
Just completed a 10.12 km run with RunKeeper – Great! Did 6K w/ Snook then 4K by myself. 3:1 R/W whole way. Legs felt okay!
Current total for 2010: 970.4km. That leaves me 10 days to go another 29.6km to meet my goal!
Awww, nice! My sock monkey tutorial is a featured friend link on Sock Monkey Sisters.
Everybody who visits or moves to Australia ends up being astounded by how much books cost here. I always just chalked it up to transport costs and local profiteering. That’s why I was interested to read former NSW Premier Bob Carr’s blog post this morning: “Protectionism Means You Pay More for Books”. So it sounds like there’s some rule that local bookstores can’t import stock from overseas if there’s an Australian publisher carrying the same book (inevitably for a higher price). The justification is that by propping up local publishers, we’re ensuring they’ll continue to publish Australian literature. Huh! I had no idea. THAT SUCKS. I guess that’s why most people I know get their books from Amazon or The Book Depository.
I sewed another skirt!
Saturday I finally decided it was time to start sewing some of the skirts I’d planned. I’d bought a couple different fabrics over the past months, and last weekend I prepped them (basted the edges, pre-washed and dried, and ironed) and cleaned out my sewing machine. So I dug out the pattern from my class a few months ago and got stuck in.
This is the one that I managed to finish (since it’s the only one I had a zipper for). The fabric is a very fine wale corduroy (light blue with dark blue paisley) that I got on Clearance at Lincraft. It was so cheap that I didn’t have high expectations for the finished product, but I figured it would be good for practice. To my surprise, it squared up nicely and didn’t give me any trouble at all. I laid out all my pattern pieces and remembered to make sure the nap all ran the same direction. The sewing was fairly straightforward, though I did have to refer back to my old skirt a few times just to double-check the order of operations. Sewing in the zipper was probably the scariest bit, and I played around with several different techniques (including sticky tape!) before settling on basting it in by hand just to make sure it didn’t shift around. I only made one tiny mistake in the whole project, when I forgot to leave a seam allowance to turn back at the opening of the facing near the zipper. (That’s the final step – to turn back the raw edge and tack it down on the underside of the zipper. I managed to get it to work, but it may fray a bit at the top edge. I might put some clear nail polish on it.) Here’s a bigger picture so you can see the true colour a bit better.
I wore the skirt to the barbecue on Sunday, and needless to say I’m THRILLED with it. The cord feels very soft and lovely to wear. My only disappointment is that the waistband seemed to bunch up by the end of the day. I had the same problem with the original skirt though too, so it may be a fit issue. Any sewers want to advise me? Or do you think I need thicker interfacing for the facing pieces?
Storm at Sea (with Babies)
I think this might actually be the highlight of my brief career as a quilter. Yesterday we were at a barbecue with many of the Snook’s college friends, a group which for the first time included two actual babies. (We’re all growing up!) Nick went to get a blanket for Chloe and Seraphina to play on, and as he shook it out, he said, “Do you recognise this?”
That’s the quilt I made them for their wedding seven years ago! I was so happy. “You actually use it?” “We use it just about every day!” I think that’s probably the highest thing a handmade quilt could hope for. To be given in love and friendship at the start of a life together, and many years later to be spread out for the babies to crawl on. Isn’t that lovely?
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