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totchipandaWater ban was lifted on Friday (I think) and the stats I saw were awesome. Overall, the city and area reduced enough to keep supply going and fix the pump ahead of schedule.
On Saturday morning I woke up feeling fine, and I think something to do with the twisting to get the toilet paper out of the cabinet (the kittens cannot be trusted with it on the holder) and washing my hands/the disc set something off and my back seized up in a band across my ribs. It's mostly gone now, but when it first happened any kind of reaching was painful enough to take my breath away.
That did not stop me from going out with a friend! The antique mall had a sewing show on, and the last time we went we just had a lovely time browsing all of the things, so if nothing else we were just going to do that. I bought a Mary Brooks Picken sewing book from 1944-45 for $2 and nothing else lol. Then we went to Michaels and Indigo (the bookstore) before parting ways, it was a lovely day <3
At Michaels I bought a ball of grey yarn to knit up a WWI-era nurse doll, which I have now mostly finished (I'm in the stitching-it-up phase). I debated for a moment on what yarn to use for the skintones, since I have nothing really flesh-coloured in the weight I was using. I wound up going with some leftover sock yarn in "spiced pecans" to go with my ulterior motive of making dolls for my friend's WWI AU fic that is still living rent-free in my head. (And I just found a companion soldier doll! Joy!)
1914 book on cutting and making hospital garments for the sick and wounded (approved by the Red Cross). While no patterns are included, it does give enough information about fabrics used and the making of to get a good grasp of common elements. Of particular interest to me: nurse uniforms were made of grey cotton, and skirt widths were firmly given as 2.5 yards (90"). I had to look so hard to find a definitive hem width to put into my original drafts so I am very happy to now have a period source to say YES THIS IS IT. I plan to use this to make doll clothes for all my favourite scenes :D
On Saturday morning I woke up feeling fine, and I think something to do with the twisting to get the toilet paper out of the cabinet (the kittens cannot be trusted with it on the holder) and washing my hands/the disc set something off and my back seized up in a band across my ribs. It's mostly gone now, but when it first happened any kind of reaching was painful enough to take my breath away.
That did not stop me from going out with a friend! The antique mall had a sewing show on, and the last time we went we just had a lovely time browsing all of the things, so if nothing else we were just going to do that. I bought a Mary Brooks Picken sewing book from 1944-45 for $2 and nothing else lol. Then we went to Michaels and Indigo (the bookstore) before parting ways, it was a lovely day <3
At Michaels I bought a ball of grey yarn to knit up a WWI-era nurse doll, which I have now mostly finished (I'm in the stitching-it-up phase). I debated for a moment on what yarn to use for the skintones, since I have nothing really flesh-coloured in the weight I was using. I wound up going with some leftover sock yarn in "spiced pecans" to go with my ulterior motive of making dolls for my friend's WWI AU fic that is still living rent-free in my head. (And I just found a companion soldier doll! Joy!)
1914 book on cutting and making hospital garments for the sick and wounded (approved by the Red Cross). While no patterns are included, it does give enough information about fabrics used and the making of to get a good grasp of common elements. Of particular interest to me: nurse uniforms were made of grey cotton, and skirt widths were firmly given as 2.5 yards (90"). I had to look so hard to find a definitive hem width to put into my original drafts so I am very happy to now have a period source to say YES THIS IS IT. I plan to use this to make doll clothes for all my favourite scenes :D
