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I've been sewing facemasks.
Not the super dooper ones that keep everything out, just the ordinary, 'don't touch your face, protects you from basic heavy spatter' ones, with space for an insert. They're not great, they won't last very long, and so long as proper clean practise is undertaken for using them, then we can do this.
Other than that, the 'old lady sewing group' (they'd have my head if they knew I'd described them like that, but honestly, they're all older than me by ten to forty years) has taken to sending pics of their weekly work to the main organiser who puts them up on the quilting blog. Tech only goes so far with these ladies.
My 'mod squad' has started Zoom sewing sessions where we're all on Zoom but sewing at our own tables. This is pretty much what we do when we meet to sew, but we're usually all in the same room, so it totally works. And yeah, it's harder to wander over and take a look at people's stuff, but it's still the social chatting and interaction that we crave from each other.
Apart from that, my local group had a Frocktails event that was supposed to take place last Saturday, but was turned virtual - you were encouraged to take a photo of yourself and your dress with a drink. So many of us did! #virtualfrocktails is the instagram tag if you're interested - and it was worldwide!
I actually posted a few photos, because I had a few dresses that I hadn't had much of a chance to show off. A hot pink 'tea dress', a silver-grey cocktail dress (that I barely fit into), and a knit that could be 'business casual' if made out of a less fancy material.
And a glam profile photo!
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Oh, and I dipped a bunch of truffles that were leftover from Christmas. And then some marzipan.
And while dipping them, I realised the spatula head looked a bit like Elvis hair. So I and my sister made Spatula Elvis. She did the outfit, I did the guitar and the photography...
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Anyway, more sewing today: I'm going to sew together a bunch of squares that have been sitting around forever. Just sew them together into a quilt top and then decide what to do with them, if anything.
Oh, and finish off those facemasks. *sigh*
Not the super dooper ones that keep everything out, just the ordinary, 'don't touch your face, protects you from basic heavy spatter' ones, with space for an insert. They're not great, they won't last very long, and so long as proper clean practise is undertaken for using them, then we can do this.
Other than that, the 'old lady sewing group' (they'd have my head if they knew I'd described them like that, but honestly, they're all older than me by ten to forty years) has taken to sending pics of their weekly work to the main organiser who puts them up on the quilting blog. Tech only goes so far with these ladies.
My 'mod squad' has started Zoom sewing sessions where we're all on Zoom but sewing at our own tables. This is pretty much what we do when we meet to sew, but we're usually all in the same room, so it totally works. And yeah, it's harder to wander over and take a look at people's stuff, but it's still the social chatting and interaction that we crave from each other.
Apart from that, my local group had a Frocktails event that was supposed to take place last Saturday, but was turned virtual - you were encouraged to take a photo of yourself and your dress with a drink. So many of us did! #virtualfrocktails is the instagram tag if you're interested - and it was worldwide!
I actually posted a few photos, because I had a few dresses that I hadn't had much of a chance to show off. A hot pink 'tea dress', a silver-grey cocktail dress (that I barely fit into), and a knit that could be 'business casual' if made out of a less fancy material.
And a glam profile photo!
--
Oh, and I dipped a bunch of truffles that were leftover from Christmas. And then some marzipan.
And while dipping them, I realised the spatula head looked a bit like Elvis hair. So I and my sister made Spatula Elvis. She did the outfit, I did the guitar and the photography...
--
Anyway, more sewing today: I'm going to sew together a bunch of squares that have been sitting around forever. Just sew them together into a quilt top and then decide what to do with them, if anything.
Oh, and finish off those facemasks. *sigh*
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I have to get past my issues with makeup.
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& I love Spatula Elvis :D
Thanks for sharing, it brought a smile to my face.
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I really like the style of the dress though, and have an emerald green dupion silk that I really want to use for that pattern though. I need a reason, though...
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I love spatula Elvis, too.
I'm glad the Zoom meetings work well with your group. It's cool to be able to still connect with people.
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Thanks!
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I do love those dresses, they really suit you.
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Thank you!
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Seconding what other people have said about the knit dress, it's amazing. I have something that would likely fit you and tone down the colour if that's a concern, do you want photos? It's never going to fit me again (this is not a complaint - I just like bench pressing) and someone gifted it to me years ago.
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I think the red is the best colour on you, but I also love the grey dress.
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spatula elvis (spatulelvis? spatulvis?) is adorable. fun in quarantine!
my writing group has been meeting on google hangouts, mostly for critique sessions but so far we've had one writing session. which is kind of the same as your sewing group - we're all writing together, just not in the same place. altho we don't normally chat until the end of the meeting. i kind of like it. since we normally meet at my house, meeting online means i don't have to move all my chairs, and the folks who live like forty minutes away don't have to drive anywhere.