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Judith Proctor ([personal profile] watervole) wrote2024-04-19 03:52 pm

Stuff

 Sorry for posting so little of recent.  Mostly due to what is probably Irritable Bowel Syndrome, it isn't as bad as it was, but it still tends to affect my sleep, and makes it a bit harder to focus on anything.

 

also, I'm busy making waistcoats for the sword dance team.  Some of our kit did not come out well in photos, especially from the back (the backs of most waistcoats tend to be dark colours). So, I'm using a batch of bright yellow fabric (from the Dorset Scrap Store - which sells unwanted fabric, etc) and a another team member is printing the team logo on to the backs.

Fabric for the fronts is different for each team member, and is coming from left over fabric bought for other tasks, or stuff that team member 3 picked up as end of roll discounts.

It's doing good things for my sewing ability.  I can now do a reasonable job of adding interfaces to a garment, sew bias binding onto armholes, and bag out the front of a waistcoat.

Three down, quite a few more to go.  I'm focusing on the members who dance out most often, and the children.  In a few cases, I may be able to add a new back to an existing waistcoat, but I'm trying to make the all to the same basic design, just to give ta unified feel in spite of the different fabrics.

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[personal profile] kotturinn 2024-04-19 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Ugh, as bad luck on the IBS - a fellow IBS-er.

Would love to see photos of the new waistcoats when done.
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[personal profile] kotturinn 2024-04-20 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
I've not found a consistent food trigger. Like pretty well all my health issues the most consistent negative element is stress/anxiety. I wonder, given the last few months (on top of the last few years!) if this was the final straw for yours?
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[personal profile] vera_j 2024-04-19 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Again, I admire you. No matter what, you still do useful things! Of course I hope you will get rid of that health trouble.
Sewing ability is something I really don“t have. Really!
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[personal profile] eledonecirrhosa 2024-04-20 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry to hear about your health problems. Hope you track down the guilty foods.
The waistcoats sound cool and kudos for thinking about how to make your group's photos better.
I've been teaching myself to darn gloves and have discovered needle threaders - one of the world's most awesome inventions. Why did I not know about these before now?
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[personal profile] msilverstar 2024-04-21 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Good luck on all counts!

I've started hemming my pants, and just realized I could get a needle threader and learn new ways to knot the tail, which should help.
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[personal profile] msilverstar 2024-04-24 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
My old roll-it-until-it-knots didn't work with looser knits