tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24335391918061886952024-03-05T00:37:12.411-05:00Another Sewing ScientistAnother Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-54650631383666385552017-07-12T08:51:00.001-04:002017-07-12T08:51:55.565-04:00Ease Into Motherhood: Get Yourself a Thing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6c6e; font-size: 17px;">"Ease-in to motherhood is a sewists’ celebration of motherhood and the changes it brings to our lives. </span><strong style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #6a6c6e; font-size: 17px;">During the month of July we invite you to share your experiences of the physical and mental changes of pregnancy, childbirth and/or any other way a child comes to your life.</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #6a6c6e; font-size: 17px;"> We invite you to share how you embrace yourself throughout motherhood, to appreciate all the physical and mental energy it takes, to accept and love the changes in your body, your mind and your life. We invite you to share how you still dedicate time to care for yourself. We invite you to share how sewing is a part of your life through the journey."</span></i></span><br />
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invited me to contribute because she knows me and knows I have a lot to say
about motherhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I will
probably be repeating some of what is said by the other contributors, I am a
bit further removed from having babies and toddlers, so hopefully can give a perspective
from 10 years in the future for those of you in the trenches of early
motherhood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I was
always a crafty kid, and carried all my supplies with me through various
apartments and houses, and would occasionally make something. I always had some fabric and a machine, and
rarely did more than some alterations or curtain making, but every few years I
would pick up a pattern or a Burda magazine and go through a sewing phase again. It was a skill I could draw upon, but I
didn’t consider it a hobby… because I didn’t need one. I took night classes. I gardened. I travelled all over the world. I ate at a lot of exotic restaurants. I went out with friends, and spend a happy
amount of time alone reading and doing creative things. Then I decided I wanted kids. (I waited to have children until fairly late
in the game; I was 35 when I had my son, and 39 for my daughter). There are drawbacks to having kids late, but
also great benefits: financial stability, emotional maturity and confidence,
and a stable career with excellent maternity benefits. </div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">***American readers should skip the next paragraph
if they want to avoid reading about the shocking reality of living in a socialist state ;) ***<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">I was lucky
enough to have both of my kids at a great hospital here in Montreal, where I
was basically left to my own devices until I called for a nurse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were uncomplicated births (despite both
kids being OP…those of you who’ve had posterior presentations know what I’m
talking about, but I’ll leave out the details for those who haven’t). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think I got a bill for $50 for each birth
because I asked for a private room rather than sharing with another mom. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I took a year off with full pay after each
birth, had breastfeeding and postpartum support from public health nurses who
would come to my house, then had a CPE for my kids just down the street when
they turned 1 year old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Centres de la Petite Enfance </i>are our
subsidized child care centres, that have trained Early Childhood Educators and
charged $7/day, including chef-cooked meals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think the cost has gone up to $9/day now).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Needless to say, I had lots of support and an
easy transition into motherhood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><i>And yet.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">It’s
difficult to go from being able to spend each day as you please:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To wake and sleep when you want.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To work until the work is done and then
leave, no matter the time of day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To
pick up and travel to the wildest corners of the world, and then come back with
complicated medical mysteries that only made the stories more entertaining when
you share them over late night drinks with friends.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To spend a few hours each Saturday cleaning
your home, and then having the rest of the time free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To work on projects uninterrupted from start
to finish.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">To have just five g-d damn uninterrupted
minutes to think.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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months or so with a new baby are like one long day that never ends: baby wakes
crying, you change them, nurse them, wash them, sometimes change them again,
hold them and play with them a bit, then they fall asleep again (if you’re
lucky). Repeat every 2-3 hours. You do whatever you have to do during that
unpredictable amount of time the baby is sleeping, although everyone will tell
you to rest during that time, but then you never leave the house or get
anything done. So: if you sleep, you
feel that you got nothing done, and if you do work, you feel exhausted. Being an efficient, goal-oriented person is
impossible with a newborn. This is the
time to put any projects on hold, read all those books piled up on the bedside
table while you feed or hold the baby, drink 5L of water a day, and try to grab
1 hour snatches of sleep when you can. This
stage will end, even if it feels <i>interminable</i>. </div>
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Then they
get older, start sleeping longer, and you gradually emerge from the sleep
psychosis and regain the ability to think again. This is usually the point where moms get
frustrated and wish they could have some time to themselves. This is the time to get a Thing. Maybe a Thing that gets you out of the house
(like going to the gym), but if that’s not your cup of tea, a crafty Thing is
perfect. You can tell your partner (and <i>yourself</i>) that you need 1 hour to work
on your Thing, and don’t let yourself get interrupted. The satisfaction that you feel for starting
and finishing your Thing is hard to explain to someone without kids, but
believe me, the Thing can be immensely important. The Thing gives variety to a day that is like
every other day. The Thing gives you
something to think about when you’re at the same playground that you’ve visited
1000 times before. The Thing gives you
something more interesting to talk about with other moms than sleep schedules
and weaning and hockey lessons and who is walking / talking / reading / getting
early acceptance to Harvard. </div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"><o:p> </o:p></span>I stumbled
onto my Thing when my daughter was 1-year old, and I had both kids at the
CPE. The director stopped me one day and
said, “I need someone to sew some new sleep mat covers for the groups. You have a sewing machine, don’t you?” She gave me the cut fabric and I whipped up
30 covers in a couple of days, and thought, “That wasn’t as hard as I
expected.” (Turns out that the fabric
hadn’t been prewashed, so they all shrunk and couldn’t be used, but that’s
another story.) I decided to dig out
some old patterns and make myself a few things to fit my Mom Bod. I had some trouble with fit, and thought, “I
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">I found
Burdastyle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I downloaded all the free
patterns (OMG there were so many free patterns back around 2009-2010).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a whole world of patterns and
tutorials and fabric shops there to inspire.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even if I only had 10 minutes until naptime was over, I could take a
quick look at vintage patterns for sale on Etsy and study the pattern pieces to
learn about construction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could look
at the independent pattern companies and see what I could make to fit my new
(and constantly changing) post-partum body.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I had never been able to buy a fitted dress off the rack, but it was a
simple thing to print a Sewaholic pattern that would work for my size 6/10/12
body!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If going shopping at The Mall</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;"> with a post-partum body makes you
feel frustrated and powerless, making a personalized article of clothing gives
you back your power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had found my
Thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sewing blogs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I followed along with The
Sew Weekly, then went to NYC in 2011 when Mena arranged a meetup.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought it would be weird and awkward to
meet strangers from the internet, but it turns out that sewists aren’t
perverted old men in greasy trench coats waiting to kidnap me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surprise!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We all had the same Thing, and we could talk about the Thing while we
shopped for fabric and ate and drank and showed off our beautiful makes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You don’t
usually learn this until you are an adult, but the unfortunate truth about
friendships is that they are usually based on proximity. You become friends with people because you
live in the same neighbourhood, or your kids go to the same school, or you work
together. You may not have much in
common aside from that physical proximity, but you make do. When
you make friends because of the Thing, you start off with a shared passion, and
skip past all the what-do-you-do-where-are-you-from-where-did-you-go-to-school
polite cocktail conversation and skip right to the important stuff: OMG-your-ass-looks-so-good-in-that-pencil-skirt-which-pattern-did-you-use?! We are almost without exception an open
minded, interesting, passionate group of people. (I say almost without exception because there
must be a rotten sewist <i>somewhere</i>, but I’ve yet to meet them.) Now when I travel, I have a premade set of
friends that can show me corners of their cities I would never otherwise find.
I’ve had beds offered, drinks bought, and free patterns given to me by the
best gang I’ve ever been part of. The
conversations rarely start with talking about our kids, but when they do, it’s
not in a competitive Mom Olympics type way; it’s a genuine curiosity about
how each of us fits kids into our lives. I apologize
to any sewists I’ve met over the years who I may have scared off having kids,
but I don’t sugar coat it – there is enough sugar coating to the mythology of
motherhood without pouring more on. It’s
wonderful for those of us who chose it, but it isn’t compulsory (unless certain
people in charge of drafting health care acts have their way, but that’s
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">So here I
am, almost 12 years after becoming a mother, and I’m finally able to catch my
breath and look back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve been pregnant
for almost 2 years with 3 pregnancies; I’ve breastfed for 4 years; I’ve gained
and lost countless kilos; I’ve visited the ER covered in blood and vomit, or carrying
a barely breathing child; I have a lot more grey hair; I’ve been mortified in public more often than I
imagined possible….but I’ve survived. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those
little 10 minute vacations from motherhood that my Thing provided have expanded
over the years into hours, then days, and now I take the whole summer off and can work on projects whenever I want. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You’ll have some bad times and you’ll have to
put your Thing aside until life gets back to a new normal, but your Thing will
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This will be my 5th Me Made May! (I actually typed 4th, but then went back and checked. Time is accelerating or something.) Last year's pledge to take my photo every day with someone and explain the concept of MMM went over quite well; it got people talking about clothes and creativity and fast fashion, and I've already had a few people ask if I'm doing it again this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't think I will "up the ante" by wearing only 100% me made, because frankly, since I've started teaching, I don't have the free time that I used to, so I haven't made much in the past year. More than making new things, what <i>really</i> needs to happen soon is facing the not-quite-right things. I have several makes from 2010-2012 that don't fit (I didn't know how to deal with all that extra ease in the Big Four patterns). There are also some damaged favourites that need more than a quick patch-up so I can put them in rotation again. So, here goes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> 'I, Vicki of Another Sewing Scientist, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '16. I endeavour to wear a me-made item of clothes each day for the duration of May 2016, and to alter / repair / rework one old item per week'</b></span><br />
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I don't mean the comfort of well tailored clothes; I mean real comfort against the skin. I haven't read any blog posts about this, but it's a <b>major</b> factor as to why I sew. I hesitated to write about this because few people understand exactly what I mean, and when I try to explain it, I often get called out for being a little bit odd. Well, bear with me and my little bit of oddness:<br />
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Most RTW clothing can be uncomfortable to me, and some can be downright torturous. I'm not talking about the usual scratchiness of a label on the back of the neck, although all trace of those are painstakingly removed by me. I'm talking about fiber content and thread itself. I've had people laugh incredulously when I say that a linen or acrylic garment is too itchy. I've had to turn garments inside out because the seam thread is irritating my skin so much that I'm scratching myself raw. And wool is just straight out of the question, even cashmere, and even if the garment is fully lined. <br />
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First up are my crazy pants. Yup, they've been dubbed crazy pants by my 5-year-old, who keeps telling me to take them off.</div>
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They give me a delightfully flat Mom Butt, but the rayon challis is soft and warm, the fit is pyjama-esque, and the print is awesomely '70s. Who cares what anyone else thinks?</div>
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The pattern is see&<i>sew</i> 4810, but frankly, this is like any other pyjama or elastic-waisted pull-on trousers, of which I probably have 10 or more patterns. I have no idea where I got this pattern, but I'm assuming I bought it when it was new (1996). And I was drunk and/or pre-menstrual.</div>
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Next up is my pleated mystery fabric skirt. My daughter snapped this photo of my Mom and I while we did some boxing day shopping at Ikea. It's blurry, but it's quite a nice photo of the two of us I think!</div>
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I picked up this soft, peach skin surfaced twill in the remaindered section of Fabricville. You know that section, where everything is labelled 100% unknown fibres and costs $3-5/metre. I LOVED the graphic print: kinda folklore, kinda graffiti, kinda Haring. <br />
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I'm heading into a new, quite demanding job this winter, so I expect not to make or blog anything for the next few months. Don't worry, I'll be back in the spring. After all, I have this beauty of a fabric to use, and it may <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/qpvfl91qf9qx94v/Screenshot%202015-01-02%2012.50.38.png?dl=0" target="_blank">pop up on a couple more blogs</a> in the near future…..keep your eyes open!</div>
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<br />Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-50634535039002605172014-11-19T15:42:00.001-05:002014-11-19T15:42:28.064-05:00Blog Hop <a href="http://fivemuses.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Clio from fivemuses</a> nominated me for the blog hop, and it was probably a good idea: I just don't blog that much anymore, for reasons that I'll explain a bit below. But perhaps this will get me back into the swing of things. <br />
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Record keeping -> Community.<br />
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I started off writing only for myself, as a way to keep track of what I was thinking, what I was doing, and what I wanted to learn. I didn't link to my blog anywhere else because I thought of it as a private diary of sorts. Then I realized that there was so much interaction going on within the sewing community and I wanted to be part of it too. <br />
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I think I started sharing my blog when I decided to enter the Burdastyle "Party Through the Decades" contest in 2010….*goes digging back in time*…..ah yes, here it is:<br />
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I tried to copy the dress that Julianne Moore wore in A Single Man, and did a fairly good job for a beginner, I must say! I got some good feedback and a few blog readers, which encouraged me to continue. <br />
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(It's so funny to look at this photo now, 4 years later, and remember the circumstances: my cousin and his friends are commercial photographers and had just rented a studio, so I popped in to get them to take a few free photos for me - as one does with family. We had bought this shag rug from Ikea to mimic the set from the film, and it kept getting fur all over the dress, so one of the people assisting kept lint-rollering me. My 5 year old son and 1 year old daughter were running around in the background, and I was terrified that they would break something expensive. The spotlights were blinding me, and all their assistants were staring at me……and I just froze. I couldn't think of how to pose! And the photographer kept trying to encourage me to move a bit, but I felt like a rusty robot! My face in most of the photos was bright red and my eyes were closed, but luckily he managed to get a few good ones.)<br />
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<i><b>2. How does my blog differ from others in its genre?</b></i><br />
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Does holding on to the same old blog design from 2010 make me different? Does my infrequent posting make me stand out in a sea of active bloggers?<br />
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*heh heh*<br />
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I think it's pretty obvious from the frequency of my posts and the outstandingly stellar graphic design of my blog that I'm not out to make money; I'm not giving up my day job; I'm not trying to attract a wide readership or increase my blog traffic. <br />
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Don't get me wrong: most of my favourite blogs that I started reading years ago have evolved into some kind of business, and that's part of the reason I still love them: they are dynamic and give back and are evidence that a creative passion can become your profession! However, I don't have the time, talent, or inclination to do that: I'm just here in my little corner of the world, talking science and sewing.<br />
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<i><b>3. How does my writing process work?</b></i><br />
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Procrastination. No, seriously. I usually only make time to blog when I should be doing something else. In fact, I should be writing an SOP for a new drug testing protocol now, but my mind is wandering, and I figure that blogging is a better way to distract my brain than looking at the latest photos of whatever celeb we are supposed to all think is important this week.<br />
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I promised myself that this year I would start tackling my alteration pile. While participating in The Sew Weekly in 2011-2012 was great to get myself motivated and try new things, the weekly format meant that if something wasn't right on the first go, it got thrown in the alteration bin under my sewing table. And they've been there since. There are a lot of things that were just a tiny bit too big or small, and an afternoon of work would put them back in rotation, but it's hard to go back when new patterns tempt you, isn't it? <br />
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Case in point: <a href="http://anothersewingscientist.blogspot.ca/2012/12/my-hollyburn-skirt.html" target="_blank"> This Hollyburn skirt</a> that I made in 2012 is now about 3 inches too big in the waist. (In fact, now that I look at this photo, it's riding a little lower than I usually like, so I guess it was always a bit too big.) It's a great basic skirt, and the fabric is a gorgeous brown and gold shweshwe from Gaborone, so I don't want it to languish in the bin any longer!<br />
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So I made myself a deal: for every two UFOs or alterations, I could sew a new project. So far I've stuck to it. This also means that I don't have a lot of things to show or blog about this year, but it's certainly helping me get rid of the physical and mental clutter. <br />
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<b><i>5. Nominations</i></b><br />
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I'm going to break this chain letter and not nominate anyone, but please take a look at some of the blogs in my blogroll that you aren't familiar with, especially the CanCon!Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-41530356586793065332014-09-19T16:46:00.002-04:002014-09-19T16:46:42.303-04:00You should probably be following me on twitter and instagram...…because I've been so hella busy over the last few months that I've resorted to microblogging on those platforms. My big research project, the one that takes me to Africa for occasional <strike>fabric shopping</strike> research collaboration came to an end recently, so there was a big push to get as much data as possible. Then I was supposed to go down to part-time work this month, but was offered two part-time jobs, so I'm essentially working 1.5 jobs now. Hmmm. Strange how that worked out. And tiring.<br />
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Anyway, I also managed to fit in not only a visit to NYC in August, but a visit to Toronto last week, which of course involved fun with sewing ladiez. It feels a bit weird to blog about those trips, because they are no longer "meet ups with new sewing people", but weekends with friends. It seems odd to blog about hanging with friends, doesn't it? <br />
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HeatherLou and I drove well above the speed limit, trying to make it from Montreal to NYC in time for our dinner date with a few people that managed to get together to welcome Lauren to town. I'm sure by now that you've read all about that weekend from <a href="http://closetcasefiles.com/whats-vol-9/" target="_blank">Heather</a>, <a href="http://lladybird.com/2014/08/22/another-weekend-in-nyc/" target="_blank">Lauren</a>, <a href="http://workroomsocial.com/category/blog/" target="_blank">Jen</a>, <a href="http://puusdooroftime.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Devra</a>, <a href="http://sownbrooklyn.com/" target="_blank">Nettie</a>, <a href="http://sewinintherain.com/" target="_blank">Amanda</a>, <a href="http://mybeaubaby.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Suzanne</a>, <a href="http://fivemuses.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Clio</a>, or someone else's blog/instagram/twitter, so here are just a few photos I've stolen from others.<br />
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The Toronto trip was kind of a last minute impulse trip. A film buff friend of mine was going to TIFF14 (Toronto International Film Festival), and when I saw the lineup he was going to see, I got itchy to go too. Work + being the sole child care provider for 4/7 days a week made it tricky, but I managed to patch together enough help to make it work! <br />
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There was no fabric shopping involved this time around, and the last minute nature of my trip made a meet up impossible, especially on a school night, right <a href="http://craftingarainbow.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Gillian</a>? ;) <a href="http://gjeometry.com/" target="_blank">Catja</a> and I did manage to get together and saw the premiere of Pride. <br />
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A bit of a tearjerker, but a great flashback to 1984 for those of us who were teens in the '80s, and thought that London was the coolest possible place to be on the planet.<br />
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And now some photos of the less famous people I saw at TIFF: <br />
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One of these days I'll post something about sewing again. In the meantime, go check me out on <a href="http://instagram.com/anothersewingscientist" target="_blank">instagram</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/VMuise" target="_blank">twitter</a>, because that's where I tend to hang out during my coffee breaks. I'm just living vicariously through all your sewing until I'm out from under my work load!<br />
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<br />Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-26060303914384266282014-07-20T20:36:00.000-04:002014-07-20T20:36:39.581-04:00Chabanel mysteries unlocked<div>
One good thing about having summer Fridays off is that I didn't have to jealously read about the latest Montreal meet up online; I got to go. Well, of course I did. I have to uphold <a href="http://seamstresserin.com/overeducated-seamstress-vicki-another-sewing-scientist/#comment-25246" target="_blank">my reputation as the Sewing Blogger with the Most Meetup Miles</a>. </div>
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This time, we decided to tackle the Chabanel district of Montreal, which is a semi-industrial area on St. Laurent, north of the Metropolitan. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It ain't a Canadian meet up unless it starts at Timmies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We all know <a href="http://www.sewdixielou.com/" target="_blank">who</a> would be all shook up over this fabric, don't we?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perusing the summer/fall samples at SuziSpandex</td></tr>
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I'm going to leave it to <a href="http://igloovert.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Cosmic Caro</a> to do a full summary with the list of places visited, because I just can't remember, and because she is awesomely organized. Caroline has been building upon her <a href="http://igloovert.blogspot.ca/p/fabric-shopping-in-montreal.html" target="_blank">Montreal Sewing Directory</a>, and I can heartily recommend this as <b>THE</b> premiere resource for all things sewing in Montreal. She has created a PDF of the directory, that not only contains names, addresses, hours, description of goods, parking/transport, and maps, but also nearby eats and drinks in order to reenergize for more shopping. There is also a list of sewing-related shops, museums and ateliers. Whew! I've lived near Montreal for almost 17 years now, and I didn't know about a lot of these places. Excellent. </div>
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I hadn't planned on buying anything this time around except some cotton/lycra jersey for underwear, but HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Yeah, right. You know how it goes. Here's the damage:</div>
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Quilting weight batik cotton. And it isn't blue batik! (only because Anne-Marie bought the whole bolt of blue batik. *shakes fist*) This is 1.7m @150cm, so there is enough to make pretty much anything, and even though I love love love this grassy colour, is a bit bleck next to my face. Any suggestions?</div>
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Three scraps from the bin at my new favourite fabric store, StretchTex, sold for 2$/lb. These were ~1.5m each, 2lbs in total. The two outer fabrics are cotton/lycra blends, and are destined to become basic kimono sleeved Ts. The centre fabric is spandex, and may become a 2-piece bathing suit? Maybe next summer….</div>
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Shops started closing around 16h30, so we make our way over to the resto/bar for liquid refreshment and what turned out to be a huge pattern swap. Well, when I say swap, I mean that Renée brought the mother load of gorgeous vintage patterns that she snatches up as soon as they are dropped off for donation at her workplace (St. Vincent de Paul, I believe). I showed tremendous restraint by only taking these 3:</div>
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Future projects, future shopping expeditions, future museum visits, and even future career changes were discussed (keep an eye out for more patterns from <a href="http://closetcasefiles.com/whats-vol-5/" target="_blank">Heatherlou's new business</a> venture). </div>
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Hey everybody! I'm sure you've all read it by now, but if not, go to Erin's blog for<a href="http://seamstresserin.com/overeducated-seamstress-vicki-another-sewing-scientist/" target="_blank"> my contribution to her Overeducated Seamstresses series. </a><br />
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(I have actually finally finished that 1hr skirt I was talking about. It only took me about 1 month.) <br />
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<br />Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-30295358028626410002014-07-04T17:27:00.000-04:002014-07-04T17:28:20.733-04:00The Juuuust About Right TopI'm in Nova Scotia on holiday, and after an unusually lucky week of warm, sunny weather, we are preparing to be hit with hurricane Arthur. <br />
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My folks live in the country and have a wood burning stove, a well, and lots of candles and torches, so whatever happens, we'll be ok. We've made a few shopping trips for essentials: food, water, wine and <a href="http://instagram.com/p/qCp7rkEL03/" target="_blank">library books</a>. <br />
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I did manage to <a href="http://instagram.com/p/pr4v9MEL-5/" target="_blank">squeeze my serger into the back of the car for the drive home</a>, so some quick holiday sewing has been done. I wanted to test an old Burda pattern I have for a basic cap-sleeve pull-over top, and managed to <b><i>just</i> </b>squeeze the pieces on this fabric that I got at Scrap in San Francisco last fall. It's a handmade batik done over a plaid. Totally too much for my usual taste. More like something Oona would go for…..<br />
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…..well, what a coincidence, because it's Oonapalooza month! Check <a href="http://crafting-a-rainbow.tumblr.com/post/90474566727/oonapalooza-plans" target="_blank">Gillian's blog for more details</a>, but basically it's an Oona inspired free for all. What would Oona do (WWOD<span style="font-size: xx-small;">TM</span>)? Use a tiny scrap of batiked plaid for a top, of course. Duh. <br />
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There isn't much to say about the construction of a dartless, pull-over top, but I did run into one snag: my hips seem to have mysteriously grown since the last time I took my measurements, so there was no way this top was going to hang properly. (The seams were straining just for this quick iPhone bathroom selfie.) There wasn't enough seam allowance to let them out, so WWOD? Slice into that baby and make it work. <br />
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Now I have a crop top that <i><b>just</b></i> about hides my Mom belly. Here follows a typically awkward set of photos taken on my iPhone in the fading light, <i><b>just</b></i> before the mosquitoes came out in force:<br />
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"You mean this old dirty boat and pile of seaweed and construction materials and wheelbarrow?"<br />
"Yeah, it's a perfect shot."<br />
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I'm also wearing my jersey yoga-waisted maxi skirt that I whipped up before my rocker weekend with <a href="http://www.sewdixielou.com/" target="_blank">Clare Szabo</a>, but that was so much awesomeness that it deserves its own post. To follow….<br />
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<br />Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-88282222979218668402014-06-25T11:43:00.000-04:002014-06-25T12:54:38.268-04:00Another quick post with no photosA couple of notes before I go away on holiday:<br />
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I've always read blogs from my blog roll, even though I use bloglovin'. Don't know why. Just a habit from the old days I guess. Anyway, I've decided to finally go through my loooooong blog roll and make sure that I'm also following everyone on bloglovin'. So, if you see that I've suddenly started following you, it doesn't mean that I haven't been reading all along. :)<br />
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I'm going car-tripping to visit family for a couple of weeks, and while my mother has a basic Singer sewing machine, she doesn't have an overlocker. So I <a href="https://twitter.com/VMuise/status/481108466808135680" target="_blank">put out a question on twitter</a> as to whether it was normal to want to take my serger with me. A resounding YES was the response. Even Mr. A.S.S. thought it made sense. (Oh yes, I've brainwashed him well. Muahahahahaha.) So instead of packing the back of the station wagon with sleeping bags and tent, it will have my Brother 1034D, plus bags of pre-matched fabric and patterns. Do I know how to holiday or what?!<br />
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I have a few unblogged projects that just need photographing, so hopefully I'll get around to it while I'm on holiday. If not, just imagine two short skirts and one maxi. There. Blogging done. <br />
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<br />Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-27944459458534320372014-06-18T11:46:00.000-04:002014-06-18T11:46:14.846-04:00Aaaargh!This hasn't happened before, but when I was deleting spam yesterday, a whole batch of comments were deleted too! Sorry to all those who commented on my #NYLon post…. >:(Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-15473119743596405312014-06-09T10:28:00.000-04:002014-06-09T10:28:13.254-04:00Arise and MeetAnyone not from the Great White North could be excused for not knowing that we hibernate. <br />
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But we do tend to hunker down from about November-May, trying to minimize our time outdoors and maximize our time under the blankets. But when spring does arrive, boy do we break out. From May-September it's non-stop music festivals, street fares, film fests and drinks on the terrasses. <br />
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So now that our record-breaking snowfall has finally melted, we've rubbed our eyes and emerged from our dens with only one thing in mind: meet-up time! <a href="http://igloovert.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Caroline of Sew-Eng</a> has organized two events for 2014's brief active season for Montrealers. </div>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">14h - Start shopping at <a href="http://shop.kavainc.ca/" style="color: #a90087; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">KAVA </a>going South<br />Kava, 7609 St-Hubert, métro Jarry.</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">5@7 - <a href="http://www.gainzbar.com/bar_lounge/" style="color: #a90087; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gainzbar</a>, 6289 St-Hubert, 514-272-3753<br /><span style="background-color: yellow;"><span style="background-color: white;">Reservations under "Caroline Côté" at 17h (10 pers.)</span></span></li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">Vast choices of apparel, home dec, vinyl, quilting cotton, knitting yarns. (more than 20 stores)</li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">12h - Tim Hortons, 9485 St-Laurent <span style="background-color: yellow;">TBC ??</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">14h - Start shopping at Cuir Boilard, 185 Louvain.<span style="background-color: yellow;"></span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">5@7 - <a href="http://www.restomontreal.ca/en/6022/Raphael-Bistrot-Bar-a-vins" style="color: #a90087; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Rapahël Bistro</a>, wine bar,<br />8497 Ste-Dominique (corner de Liège)<span itemprop="telephone"><br />514-807-0033</span> (15 min on foot) <span style="background-color: yellow;">TBC</span></li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/9485+Boulevard+Saint-Laurent,+Montr%C3%A9al,+QC+H2N/9600+Boulevard+Saint-Laurent/185+Rue+de+Louvain+Ouest/9350+Avenue+de+l%27Esplanade/225+Rue+Chabanel+Ouest,+Montr%C3%A9al,+QC+H2N/111+Rue+Chabanel+Ouest/99+Rue+Chabanel+Ouest/9320+Boulevard+Saint-Laurent/9330+Boulevard+Saint-Laurent/9176+Boulevard+Saint-Laurent/@45.5429861,-73.6573773,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m62!4m61!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918e99e19b6e5:0x401900b3796c251e!2m2!1d-73.6536639!2d45.5451982!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918ea33c23617:0x942c3cef7704ed62!2m2!1d-73.6554013!2d45.5455499!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918ec0515c03f:0x9eab49ecd1fed5a1!2m2!1d-73.6567461!2d45.5425272!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918eee6b87ef3:0xcb68e0b3de862eb4!2m2!1d-73.6539333!2d45.5412253!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918ef01ab00c9:0x4c1c35455f93360a!2m2!1d-73.6537535!2d45.5403768!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918ef28f6e7b5:0xe84e72b4e1c52296!2m2!1d-73.6527735!2d45.5419902!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918ef2975b077:0xa3dd2e91589391a8!2m2!1d-73.6527077!2d45.5421177!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918e9014f6011:0x381827d8d3344eef!2m2!1d-73.6518768!2d45.5445319!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918e906af21a3:0x6a1697e4fda40e57!2m2!1d-73.6519774!2d45.544518!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc918e88ef1b931:0x1a49033f7e620944!2m2!1d-73.6494109!2d45.5439397!3e2" style="color: #a90087; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Friday itinerary</a> in google map.</li>
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<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">leather skins (Cuir Boilard and 2 stores at 99 Chabanel O.)</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">swim/sports fabrics at the unique SuzieSpandex on St-Laurent, corner Chabanel.</li>
<li style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;">bargain priced fabrics everywhere (apparel, home dec, not much for quilting)</li>
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Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-49089535585758568672014-05-28T16:33:00.002-04:002014-05-28T16:33:35.638-04:00#NYLon2014 has both recharged and exhausted meBuckle up my dears; this is going to be a photo heavy post:<br />
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I can't quite remember what possessed me to <strike>barge in on </strike>politely approach the NYC ladies and <strike>demand</strike> tentatively propose that I join them in London. It was probably twitter. <a href="https://twitter.com/VMuise/status/447138825576673281" target="_blank">Everything starts on twitter</a>. In any case, the combination of one week of holiday time that had to be used before May 31st, my man being home FOR A WHOLE WEEK to look after the kids, a British Airways seat sale, and the eternal temptation that is London, I jumped in. <br />
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And am I ever glad I got to join in the best meet-up evah. Just look at the undeniable photographic evidence:<br />
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Then we broke off into smaller groups and headed to Goldhawk Road:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I bought almost all my fabric at Classic Textiles and the African Wax shop across the street</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swimming ladies cotton lining, silver stretch denim, 2X liberty prints and prawn wax cotton. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopping to refuel, followed by more shopping</td></tr>
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<a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.ca/2014/05/nylon2014-round-up.html" target="_blank">Rachael posted a roundup</a> with Kitty Wong's great photos, attendee names and blogs, and a google survey to share more information about yourself. Go check it out! <br />
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And finally, if you really want to know why I go to all the meet-ups I can, read Devra's perfect summary <a href="http://puusdooroftime.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/ny-lon2014-regarding-meetups/" target="_blank">here</a>. It's not about buying fabric: we can do that anywhere. It's about the great group of authentic people that you get to know in real life, sometimes better than those you see everyday. <br />
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See you next year for #NYLon2015? <br />
<br />Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-17848443669778410522014-04-05T13:36:00.001-04:002014-04-07T09:54:06.542-04:00Another year, another MMM<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been seeing the odd Me Made May declaration on the interwebs and thought, "Isn't that funny, since May is so far away….". Then I realized it isn't. Time really gets away from you sometimes. So, here we go: </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I'll be travelling for parts of MMMay2014, as I was for MMMay 2012, it will involve a bit more planning than last year. Last year was more slapdash, with a few skipped days here and there when things weren't clean. (Hey who's counting?) Actually, come to think of it, travelling makes things <b>easier</b>, because you expect to pack 5 outfits and wear them over and over when travelling, don't you? Good enough excuse to plan a trip every May, I say. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of getting older, I should say that I've reached my imaginary half-way point in life today by turning 44 years old. Sounds crazy, I know, but ever since I can remember, I'd always imagined that I would live to be 88. No reason; just an arbitrary "old age" I decided upon when I started to understand mortality. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've done a hell of a lot in 44 years: I've travelled in 30 countries on 5 continents, I've spent 18 years on my formal education (and I'm probably not finished yet), I've made 2 new humans for the planet (sorry / not sorry), I've managed to find a partner that hasn't strangled me over the last 20+ years, I've made a lot of friends and kept most, and I like to think that I've helped a lot of people in a lot of ways. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what do I have planned for year 45 out of 88? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sewing-wise: #Nylon2014 is the next big plan. I'm deep in the planning-is-almost-as-good-as-the-trip phase. So much to cram into 6 days! <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/news_and_press/press_releases/2013/vikings_life_and_legend.aspx" target="_blank">Viking exhibit at the British Museum</a> and <a href="http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/exhibitions/wedding-dress-1775-2014/" target="_blank">couture wedding dresses at V&A</a>! <a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.ca/2014/03/save-date-saturday-may-17-sewing-meet.html" target="_blank">London bloggers</a>! <a href="http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/birdland" target="_blank">Andrew Scott at the Royal Court</a>! <a href="http://didyoumakethat.com/2010/06/29/walthamstow-fabric-shopping/" target="_blank">The Man Outside Sainsburys</a>! And I'm trying not to frantically sew new things before then, but don't hold me to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Science-wise: I'll have to miss my annual parasitology conference this year, because it falls right at the beginning of my trip to London, but if all goes well, I'll have some interesting data to present at another conference sometime this year. I'm coming to the end of my current B&MGates grant, so we are frantically trying to put together proposals to continue our research. The eternal state of being in academia, I'm afraid. I've been very lucky to work with such fascinating people in Canada, the US, Botswana and South Africa, and I hope I can continue to do so…..I've yet to make that big breakthrough discovery that we all imagine we'll make when we first get into a research career. Maybe I never will. But I have the next 44 years to try.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheers!</span><br />
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A) I fixed my Jungle January bag, and I now actually USE it. The fabric straps do tend to slip off my shoulder because we are still firmly in winter parka season, and my jacket is coated in slippery waterproof coating, but meh. <br />
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B) I've done some alterations, which are long overdue. I have a lot of clothes that are <i>almost</i> perfect and an hour or two would turn them into a wardrobe staple, but you know how those kind of projects are the least interesting. <br />
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C) I've been hemming curtains, but that is so boring that most people won't even read to the end of this sentence and will never notice when I start typing about flying monkeys instead.<br />
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But I suppose that the biggest sewing related news on my mind these days is #NYlon2014! After spending a long (long long long long) cold winter stuck inside, watching BBC dramas, and reading British fiction, I started dreaming of a mini break in London. It's been >20 years since I've spent any time there, but I didn't really have an excuse to spend the time or money. So what do I do when <a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">Rachel</a> announces that there is going to be a trans-atlantic meet-up to bring NYC and London folks together? I start flight searching! <br />
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So far I know that the North American contingent includes <a href="http://fivemuses.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Clio</a>, <a href="http://puusdooroftime.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Devra</a>, <a href="http://workroomsocial.com/" target="_blank">Jennifer</a> and me for sure, and <a href="http://www.oonaballoona.com/" target="_blank">Oona</a> is a maybe. <a href="http://www.carmencitab.com/" target="_blank">CarmencitaB</a> is popping over the channel. The list of UK ladies (and gents!) is growing every day, so it's sure to be an amazing day ;)<br />
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Go <a href="http://houseofpinheiro.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2014-03-25T12:12:00Z" target="_blank">here for more information</a> and use the #NYlon2014 tag on twitter to keep up to date. <br />
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I made view B with the sleeve tucks, though it may not be obvious from these photos because the print kind of hides them. They are more apparent in real life and I really like the subtle detail that they add to an otherwise plain top. <br />
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It's a pattern that I would recommend when it's released in April. It goes together quickly and doesn't take much yardage. I sewed it over two weekend afternoons, but it should take a regular (read: childless) person less time than that because they won't be interrupted every 15 minutes with an injury to attend to or fight to referee. The pleating actually took most of the time because I wanted to make sure that I was marking and pressing evenly, as opposed to my usual "eyeball it and hope for the best" method.<br />
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I bought this fabric during the<a href="http://anothersewingscientist.blogspot.ca/2013/06/montreal-meet-up-way-overdue.html" target="_blank"> first Montreal meet up last May</a>, and knew that I wanted to save it for a top, but I didn't have just the right pattern until now. It's 100% cotton shirting (almost voile, but not quite that fine. What would you call that?) Shannon at the Finished Garment bought some too, but I don't know if she's used it yet. It was a great fabric to work with because it is soft and has great drape, but was easy to handle without any shifting around. And now I wish I'd bought more in another colour way. <br />
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OK, I'm on vacation in Florida and I really should be outside enjoying the lack of 1m of snow and -20C temperatures! Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-40028343446130457472014-01-31T22:44:00.002-05:002014-02-01T10:17:57.434-05:00Jungle January…..by the skin of my teeth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I didn't have much animal print fabric in my stash aside from some scaps and a large piece of beige snake print quilting cotton. The snake print is great, but the colour is REALLY bad on my skin, and the weight makes it a bit of a challenge to use. I decided to put it aside and do some scrap busting this time around. </div>
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I made this first item a few weeks ago, and managed to post it to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/2131590@N20/" target="_blank">Flickr group</a>, but wanted to put off blogging until I'd finished everything I'd planned. This is roughly based on the <a href="http://www.burdastyle.com/patterns/obi-wrap-belt" target="_blank">free obi belt</a> download at Burdastyle, but with a lot of modifications: I didn't have enough of the print to make a whole belt, so I ended up just using it for the centre front panel. The remainder is a heavy black cotton (almost canvas) leftover from an old Sew Weekly project. Come to think of it, this print was also leftover from the Sew Weekly…..I used it to make one of my most-worn and most-complimented skirts (see <a href="http://www.sewweekly.com/2012/01/the-sick-as-a-leopard-skirt/" target="_blank">Sick as a Leopard skirt here)</a>. </div>
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Bolstered by this success, I decided to try making a bag. My one casual handbag was a sample made by my designer cousin <a href="http://www.genevievesavard.com/" target="_blank">Genevieve Savard</a>, and it's a bit too well-loved at this point. I need to order another one. If you're reading this Genevieve, I'll take a look at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/GenevieveSavard" target="_blank">your etsy store</a> soon! </div>
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There are plenty of free bag patterns available online, but I like <a href="http://verypurpleperson.com/2010/04/making-reversible-bag/" target="_blank">Novita's </a>because of its simplicity and the fact that it's reversible. </div>
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For whatever reason, my printer wouldn't print the pattern, but it was fairly easy to just eyeball the image on the screen and copy it to tracing paper. I had a really nice scrap of black wool, and an equally sized piece of poly-cotton giraffe print that worked well together: classic black bag with a hint of print peeking out. </div>
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Novita even explicitly says in her instructions to take care of which straps you sew together <i>before</i> you topstitch, but I guess I was sewing on too little sleep. Again. I don't have the time or energy to unpick this and resew it before the end of the month, so it's getting posted as is. </div>
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<span style="color: #353844;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">That includes organizing my time, my space and my mind. </span></span><span style="color: #353844; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">I'd also really like to redo my blog, since it's just the original template I chose 3 years ago, and I haven't customized it in any way. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #353844; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;"><strike>And I should really add some twitter, Pinterest and subscribe-by-email buttons.</strike> Done, although I need to figure out how to change the layout to be a bit more elegant.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #353844; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">And figure out how to do a bit of basic coding. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #353844;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">1. Pinterest. Yes, Pinterest. I know that people poke fun, thinking it's all mason jars and fantasy weddings, but <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/vicki_muise/things-to-make/" target="_blank">I've found some great inspiration</a> from fellow sewists' pins. </span></span></div>
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Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-53204641842760971872013-12-30T13:09:00.002-05:002013-12-30T13:09:23.332-05:00Top 5 Misses of 2013Continuing in the spirit of <a href="http://crafting-a-rainbow.tumblr.com/post/71418066058/top-5-misses-of-2013" target="_blank">Gillian's Top 5</a>......<br />
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<span style="color: #353844;">Where was I before I got off on that rant? Oh yeah, Top 5s. Here is the first of the lists, with more to follow as soon as I can find the photos on my old computer.</span></span><br />
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Now excuse me while I get back to watching all the episodes of Doctor Who in time for <a href="http://fanbloomingtastic.typepad.com/blog/doctor-who-sew-along-index.html" target="_blank">Tempest's Doctor Who Sewalong!</a> Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-5223351381376808122013-10-22T21:06:00.004-04:002013-10-22T21:06:53.379-04:00Justin Leblanc's "Test Tube" Dress<div style="text-align: center;">
OK sewing scientists, back me up here: Justin Leblanc's unconventional materials dress that walked the runway at NYFW 2013 was made from PIPET TIPS and not test tubes, am I right?</div>
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Look at this gorgeousness!</div>
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<i>No, it's actually pipet tips Justin. </i></div>
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Now that that little bit of scientific accuracy (and precision!) is over with, how can I make my own pipet tip dress? I know it is supremely impractical, doesn't allow sitting / kneeling / going to the bathroom, but hey, I'd look and sound fabulous in it! <br />
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It's vaguely like a <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/vicki_muise/jingle-dresses/" target="_blank">native american jingle dress</a>, except the jingles are plastic, not metal. And they are oriented the other way around. I made some unblogged jingle dress separates for The Sew Weekly last year, and the post is still <a href="http://www.sewweekly.com/2012/10/the-jingle-dress-separates/" target="_blank">here</a>, so now I'm full of ideas about how I can adapt the jingle dress idea and make a kind of sewing scientist unconventional materials dress of my very own. <br />
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<br />Another Sewing Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02945784360747028884noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2433539191806188695.post-4728553447695906022013-10-03T22:33:00.000-04:002013-10-03T22:45:04.074-04:00Introducing the newest member of the familyNo, I haven't joined the pregnant sewing blogger club (as I constantly remind my son, there will be NO MORE BABIES IN OUR HOUSE, thank you very much). Rather, I came home from work on Monday to an empty house, but a curiously familiar musty smell....<br />
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What do I spy here?<br />
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Why, I do believe it's a Featherweight 221!<br />
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(Please excuse the blurry iPhone photos, but I had to get it set up and tested before the kids got home and turned it into another featured post on "<a href="http://www.shitmykidsruined.com/" target="_blank">Shit My Kids Ruined</a>". Ask me about my brand new MacBook Pro that was purchased for me last month from our research grant. No wait, don't ask me. I'm still pissed off.)<br />
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The whole Featherweight story is: the week before last, my Husqvarna Viking was acting up and I had it disassembled all over the living room floor like some teenage boy with his motorbike engine. If you've ever tried to repair your own Viking, you know that it is engineered such that all the moving parts are only reachable AFTER you've removed the bottom plate, all the casings, the strap cables connecting the computerized portions, and the motor. It has got to be the most repair- unfriendly design for a sewing machine. <br />
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Anyway, I was taking a desperately needed beer break, when my man wondered aloud if it might not be easier to just buy a new one online second hand, since there always seem to be loads for sale in Montreal. I said that I wish I had the Featherweight that I had learned to sew on, since they are reliable and relatively easy to service. I then got to explain to my man what a Featherweight is, and told him the tragic story of how my mother had donated hers to the local Village des Valeurs (where I'm sure it was snapped up by some lucky SOAB for next to nothing). I showed him a few overpriced machines for sale on Kijiji and eBay, and we happened upon a reasonably priced one for sale in the next province over. It was listed as "sluggish; needs some work", but it looked pretty good from the photos, and Featherweights aren't the most difficult thing to fix, so he decided to put a lowball bid just for fun. Knowing how they get auto-bid up to several hundred dollars at the last minute, I promptly forgot about it. I went back to the Viking a few days later and managed to fix it so that it was running better than ever.<br />
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But lo and behold, he won the auction!<br />
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And can you guess the cause of the "sluggish movement"?<br />
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There's the culprit: the bobbin winder had been shoved all the way down against the belt, and the seller didn't know any better, apparently. Their ignorance was my gain. :)<br />
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I gave it a quick look over, threaded it, and took it for a test drive. Perfect. Didn't even need cleaning or oiling, but I will do both just to start off on the best foot. <br />
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So, now I have a Singer treadle, a Featherweight, a modern Viking, and a Brother serger. I've joined the sewing machine hoarders' club. Though I've got nothing on <a href="http://malepatternboldness.blogspot.ca/search/label/Singer%20Featherweight" target="_blank">Peter</a>. <br />
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