My week is being much more insane than anticipated, so my Eura dress class this week will highlight making the garment for babies, toddlers, and girls, not women, although I'm happy to talk about some of the noteworthy points of scaling the pattern up to accommodate a grown-up figure.
Many thanks to the folks who responded to my call for measurements yesterday - I will draw up patterns for you, just not for this weekend. :)
See you Saturday!
Many thanks to the folks who responded to my call for measurements yesterday - I will draw up patterns for you, just not for this weekend. :)
See you Saturday!
I'm teaching a class on constructing the Eura underdress at Hrim Schola (in Central Massachusetts) this weekend, and want to have done the math ahead of time for a few different body types/sizes, esp relating to bust, hips, and height. The dress hangs from just above the bust, so hip measurements are for clearance only. ;)
I've got my own measurements to work from, so if you are about my size (5'5", bust 40", hips 44"), thanks, but no thanks, for now.
I could obviously make up patterns for imaginary women, but it would be more fun (and hopefully useful) to make up patterns for women that might actually attend the class and/or be interested in having them.
( Measurements I'd need from interested parties: )
Please feel free to repost, but note that I'd like measurements by tomorrow night (3/13). Thanks!
I've got my own measurements to work from, so if you are about my size (5'5", bust 40", hips 44"), thanks, but no thanks, for now.
I could obviously make up patterns for imaginary women, but it would be more fun (and hopefully useful) to make up patterns for women that might actually attend the class and/or be interested in having them.
( Measurements I'd need from interested parties: )
Please feel free to repost, but note that I'd like measurements by tomorrow night (3/13). Thanks!
Marshmallow Fondant" (i.e. Fluff Play Dough)
Warning; the is no dignified way to make this recipe
1. Grease a mixing bowl, the spatula, your hands, and any surfaces or loved ones
2. Put one large container of Marshmallow Fluff, (16 oz.) into the bowl.
3. Gradually mix in 1 pound of confectioners sugar. This can be a bit challenging. Don't try to use a mixer, it just makes even more of a mess.
4. Gradually knead in another 1 pound of confectioners sugar, a dough should form.
5. It may still be a bit sticky at this point. So, depending on humidity and temperature, you may need to put in some portion of a third pound of confectioners sugar in, until the dough is no longer sticky but not stiff.
6. At this point you can separate the dough into smaller balls and knead in food coloring, one color for each ball of dough. Flatten the ball and fold and knead until the color is worked through.
Store dough wrapped in plastic wrap. Left to dry it may get a bit stiff, like old Peeps. Don't refrigerate, the moisture will bring back the stickiness.
You can add flavoring to the dough, but it's already sweet enough to make your teeth ache, so I never saw the point. There are also versions that start from melted marshmallow puffs instead of Fluff, the gelatin in the puffs. I haven't done this, I assume the the dough would be a bit more plastic.
I got this from Women's Day magazine, it's the trick to a lot of their DYI cake decorations.
Warning; the is no dignified way to make this recipe
1. Grease a mixing bowl, the spatula, your hands, and any surfaces or loved ones
2. Put one large container of Marshmallow Fluff, (16 oz.) into the bowl.
3. Gradually mix in 1 pound of confectioners sugar. This can be a bit challenging. Don't try to use a mixer, it just makes even more of a mess.
4. Gradually knead in another 1 pound of confectioners sugar, a dough should form.
5. It may still be a bit sticky at this point. So, depending on humidity and temperature, you may need to put in some portion of a third pound of confectioners sugar in, until the dough is no longer sticky but not stiff.
6. At this point you can separate the dough into smaller balls and knead in food coloring, one color for each ball of dough. Flatten the ball and fold and knead until the color is worked through.
Store dough wrapped in plastic wrap. Left to dry it may get a bit stiff, like old Peeps. Don't refrigerate, the moisture will bring back the stickiness.
You can add flavoring to the dough, but it's already sweet enough to make your teeth ache, so I never saw the point. There are also versions that start from melted marshmallow puffs instead of Fluff, the gelatin in the puffs. I haven't done this, I assume the the dough would be a bit more plastic.
I got this from Women's Day magazine, it's the trick to a lot of their DYI cake decorations.
Anyone have a minivan they are looking to sell? We're looking for something around 70-85K miles, in the $8-10K range, and can pick up anywhere in New England. Don't care if it has dents or is three different colors, as long as it can pass inspection. More miles + lower price is possible, too. Let me know!
The East Kingdom is NOT asking its member groups (shires, baronies, etc) to contribute 18% of their funds to cover the $95K that is the EK portion of the settlement.
That said, groups are invited to LOAN money to the Kingdom so that the EK may LOAN money to other kingdoms that are struggling to come up with their portions of the settlement. If local groups want to make loans, they will be repaid before Kingdom will when/if either the other kingdoms repay the East, or when/if the countersuit SCA corporate has against its non-paying insurers comes through in May. Individuals (or households, etc) wishing to make tax-deductible donations may do so, but they will not be repaid.
If folks have questions, I was a party to the meeting, and I'll do my best to answer them.
I'd also personally like to hear from anyone in other kingdoms about how they are handling this: are your kingdoms struggling to meet your contributions? Are your local groups being asked to contribute? Is this posing a major hardship to groups you are aware of? Thank you.
That said, groups are invited to LOAN money to the Kingdom so that the EK may LOAN money to other kingdoms that are struggling to come up with their portions of the settlement. If local groups want to make loans, they will be repaid before Kingdom will when/if either the other kingdoms repay the East, or when/if the countersuit SCA corporate has against its non-paying insurers comes through in May. Individuals (or households, etc) wishing to make tax-deductible donations may do so, but they will not be repaid.
If folks have questions, I was a party to the meeting, and I'll do my best to answer them.
I'd also personally like to hear from anyone in other kingdoms about how they are handling this: are your kingdoms struggling to meet your contributions? Are your local groups being asked to contribute? Is this posing a major hardship to groups you are aware of? Thank you.
When I rode the T with the kids this last summer, D wondered aloud about the organization and logistics of the track, namely is it all one track with pullouts for trains going in opposite directions to pass one another (maybe doubling as station stops?) or it it two tracks (likely each with their own pullouts) that converge only at terminal stations like Alewife, our homebase when we travel by subway.
I can't seem to find info on this online (security issues, probably), but I'm hoping that someone might have either factual or inferred/experiential knowledge that they might be willing to share with us. Curious kids want to know! Thank you!
I can't seem to find info on this online (security issues, probably), but I'm hoping that someone might have either factual or inferred/experiential knowledge that they might be willing to share with us. Curious kids want to know! Thank you!
So, my lack of productivity this week is, in significant part, brought to me by ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=91.7)
gryphon2k . She was talking about fanfiction (again), and I was bemoaning my not getting to go see HP Part 8 with my best girlfriend, so viola - a weeklong delve into Harry Potter Fanfiction was born. I've read some sappy romances (My Twin, on HarryPotterFanFiction.com was pretty good), and cringed at a few premises (Harry/Draco? Hermione/Snape? Really? REALLY? Oi), but stumbled into a real *gem* of a story yesterday that I want to tell all of you Scadians about:
Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 BC, by Aaran St Vines. (You can read the beginning of the 100K+ word tale on HarryPotterFanfiction.com, but some of the chapters surpassed their limit, so it was moved to Phoenix Song instead. http://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/st
The tale finds Harry helping Mr Ollivander, the wand maker, do his yearly inventory, and telling Harry the history of his family, all the way back to the founding of the city of London, the creation of magic as seen in the Potterverse, and the very first wands. Celts are seen in a rather alarming light, and some of his archeological leaps are a bit of a stretch, but his "historical notes", written in the voice of a modern wizard, are lovely in and of themselves, and the whole thing holds together compellingly, even if it could use the services of a decent editor.
Enjoy!
gryphon2k . She was talking about fanfiction (again), and I was bemoaning my not getting to go see HP Part 8 with my best girlfriend, so viola - a weeklong delve into Harry Potter Fanfiction was born. I've read some sappy romances (My Twin, on HarryPotterFanFiction.com was pretty good), and cringed at a few premises (Harry/Draco? Hermione/Snape? Really? REALLY? Oi), but stumbled into a real *gem* of a story yesterday that I want to tell all of you Scadians about:Makers of Fine Wands Since 382 BC, by Aaran St Vines. (You can read the beginning of the 100K+ word tale on HarryPotterFanfiction.com, but some of the chapters surpassed their limit, so it was moved to Phoenix Song instead. http://www.phoenixsong.net/fanfiction/st
The tale finds Harry helping Mr Ollivander, the wand maker, do his yearly inventory, and telling Harry the history of his family, all the way back to the founding of the city of London, the creation of magic as seen in the Potterverse, and the very first wands. Celts are seen in a rather alarming light, and some of his archeological leaps are a bit of a stretch, but his "historical notes", written in the voice of a modern wizard, are lovely in and of themselves, and the whole thing holds together compellingly, even if it could use the services of a decent editor.
Enjoy!
1. You all missed out on a really great time. Fun for all, literally. Serious fun. Sense of humor required!
2. You KNOW you are all having a really good time when a full day of rain and 2-3 inches of standing water in everyone's camps doesn't send *anyone* packing.
3. The warm companionship of the Shubelka clan is matched only by the warmth of their generously lent woolens. We had a blast folks, thank you!
4. Absofreakinglutely knackered, but happy to report that first SCA camping trip as a single parent was a huge success, in no small part due to the Contrada Hippocampi and Shubelka clan. Thank you!!!
5. Yes, Freya, that means we're on for GNEW. Get packing, you! >:)
2. You KNOW you are all having a really good time when a full day of rain and 2-3 inches of standing water in everyone's camps doesn't send *anyone* packing.
3. The warm companionship of the Shubelka clan is matched only by the warmth of their generously lent woolens. We had a blast folks, thank you!
4. Absofreakinglutely knackered, but happy to report that first SCA camping trip as a single parent was a huge success, in no small part due to the Contrada Hippocampi and Shubelka clan. Thank you!!!
5. Yes, Freya, that means we're on for GNEW. Get packing, you! >:)
MyParentsAreCrazierThanYours.com
Seriously, go read, and start at the beginning, back at the end of January.
She's 40, Jewish, single, unemployed, and has a broken arm. She is a poet, and, on the day she started her blog, moved back in with her parents into her childhood home on Long Island.
So unbelievable I hope it's fiction.
Seriously, go read, and start at the beginning, back at the end of January.
She's 40, Jewish, single, unemployed, and has a broken arm. She is a poet, and, on the day she started her blog, moved back in with her parents into her childhood home on Long Island.
So unbelievable I hope it's fiction.
Hi folks -
Just wondering what folks' thoughts/experiences are/were about full day kindergarten. I promised myself that I'd go take a look at the program the girls would be in if we went the public school route, and they are only full day.
Anyone? I'm leaving this post public, if folks know others who might want to comment here.
Thank you!
Just wondering what folks' thoughts/experiences are/were about full day kindergarten. I promised myself that I'd go take a look at the program the girls would be in if we went the public school route, and they are only full day.
Anyone? I'm leaving this post public, if folks know others who might want to comment here.
Thank you!
