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Dec. 8th, 2005 11:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blodeueddThe skirt is nearly done, only the zipper and hem are left. The question is, do I use the zipper I already have, which is not quite a match for the silk's shade of blue, and finish it tonight? Or do I wait for the truckload of zippers I bought from Ebay, which will probably arrive next week? I'm so proud of the skirt, at how nicely the checks (mostly) match up and how I managed to make it sit perfectly on my hips, that I kind of want to wait for the Perfect Zipper. Even though everyone knows that there's no such thing, as zippers are the invention of the devil, meant to drive seamstresses mad.
So, I'll wait. In the meantime, I've plenty of other things to do, which would be much easier if people like M-P and Anna lived nearby so I could measure them! A-L I'm seeing this weekend, so that's under control.
A flaw I've noted in the design of my sewing room, such as it is, is that there are but two electrical outlets, placed so that it's quite impractical to have everything (computer, lamp, sewing machine, serger, iron, space heater) plugged in at the same time. I know it's not the safe thing to do, but when I'm sewing I need both machines and the iron*, the computer to listen to music, another lamp, and the space heater now that winter has befallen us.
G is making his old fallback, pork and black bean soup and the smell is wafting through the house. The first time he made it, a couple of years ago, I think he just threw the beans in without much thought to their texture, and they were rather hard. Over time, he's lengthened the bean-preparation process to soaking them overnight, washing and draining them, frying them in the wok and maybe other steps I haven't witnessed, which makes a tasty broth that tastes of black beans, as opposed to just the beans tasting of beans.
*I've come to terms with the fact that just because everyone says it, it might be true. Pressing seams as soon as they're sewn makes a world of difference; not only in how the garment looks, but it's that much easier to move on to the next step when everything stays in place on its own.
So, I'll wait. In the meantime, I've plenty of other things to do, which would be much easier if people like M-P and Anna lived nearby so I could measure them! A-L I'm seeing this weekend, so that's under control.
A flaw I've noted in the design of my sewing room, such as it is, is that there are but two electrical outlets, placed so that it's quite impractical to have everything (computer, lamp, sewing machine, serger, iron, space heater) plugged in at the same time. I know it's not the safe thing to do, but when I'm sewing I need both machines and the iron*, the computer to listen to music, another lamp, and the space heater now that winter has befallen us.
G is making his old fallback, pork and black bean soup and the smell is wafting through the house. The first time he made it, a couple of years ago, I think he just threw the beans in without much thought to their texture, and they were rather hard. Over time, he's lengthened the bean-preparation process to soaking them overnight, washing and draining them, frying them in the wok and maybe other steps I haven't witnessed, which makes a tasty broth that tastes of black beans, as opposed to just the beans tasting of beans.
*I've come to terms with the fact that just because everyone says it, it might be true. Pressing seams as soon as they're sewn makes a world of difference; not only in how the garment looks, but it's that much easier to move on to the next step when everything stays in place on its own.
