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Okay, what's up with Bow today
Aug. 21st, 2020 08:43 amJust a general updates post today!
> My star quilt is coming along, I'm close to finishing all the seams on the 11 rosettes I have (just 10 seams to go!) and then I get to start sewing it into strips maybe? I'm not sure. I think I have to do it that way because I need some more diamonds, so I want to be able to attach these rosettes so I can take the papers out to reuse. Also, I hate glue basting. Thread basting takes more time but it's also more malleable on the seams, which means your stitches stand out less. Unless I just haven't sorted out how to sew gluebasted things together better.
> I'm not looking forward to the sandwiching process, but I'm actually really into the idea of hand binding. I saw someone using a milliner's needle to do it and that looked good so I might do that.
> I've been watching a programme called Mystic Pop Up Bar lately and I'm loving it. I'm almost done but not quite. It's the first K-drama (i think it counts as one?) I've ever watched, and I feel like I made a good choice because it's hitting all my good-trope buttons.
> Next door have put sheep in the back field near my room and folks I love these dang sheep. They're not new to me but they're not often in that field and I love them. They're just so fat and so round. There's a couple of horses in the other field (the one out front) and the two of them are getting along so well and it warms my heart. I came to the conclusion the other day that sheep are possibly my favourite farm animals. I've reached saturation on lambs because my mum loves them so much but I think sheep are underrated. They don't have to be cute to be good, yanno?
> Had some thoughts on the concept of "cottagecore" and what I want from life in an ideal world and what it all means to me, I guess.
> Thinking of taking up learning Welsh again now that I feel less immediately overwhelmed with stuff to keep up with. Not sure I'll go back to duolingo though.
> No gender realisations or family realisations this week but things are still ticking over.
> My star quilt is coming along, I'm close to finishing all the seams on the 11 rosettes I have (just 10 seams to go!) and then I get to start sewing it into strips maybe? I'm not sure. I think I have to do it that way because I need some more diamonds, so I want to be able to attach these rosettes so I can take the papers out to reuse. Also, I hate glue basting. Thread basting takes more time but it's also more malleable on the seams, which means your stitches stand out less. Unless I just haven't sorted out how to sew gluebasted things together better.
> I'm not looking forward to the sandwiching process, but I'm actually really into the idea of hand binding. I saw someone using a milliner's needle to do it and that looked good so I might do that.
> I've been watching a programme called Mystic Pop Up Bar lately and I'm loving it. I'm almost done but not quite. It's the first K-drama (i think it counts as one?) I've ever watched, and I feel like I made a good choice because it's hitting all my good-trope buttons.
> Next door have put sheep in the back field near my room and folks I love these dang sheep. They're not new to me but they're not often in that field and I love them. They're just so fat and so round. There's a couple of horses in the other field (the one out front) and the two of them are getting along so well and it warms my heart. I came to the conclusion the other day that sheep are possibly my favourite farm animals. I've reached saturation on lambs because my mum loves them so much but I think sheep are underrated. They don't have to be cute to be good, yanno?
> Had some thoughts on the concept of "cottagecore" and what I want from life in an ideal world and what it all means to me, I guess.
> Thinking of taking up learning Welsh again now that I feel less immediately overwhelmed with stuff to keep up with. Not sure I'll go back to duolingo though.
> No gender realisations or family realisations this week but things are still ticking over.
