Month: October 2005
Alternative Christmas
Do you get more stuff you don’t like, doesn’t fit, you hate the colors, or you just…
Block method
So*, yesterday, I used the block method (it’s a locally written book on pattern making, so for…
Ribbon Emroidery Redux
DMC and Anchor cotton embroidery flosses (in the US and Canada, at any rate) are both colorfast…
Ribbon Embroidery!!!!!
I checked out a link a friend sent me for ribbon embroidery. It’s something I sure hadn’t…
Experimentation with sewing. Ack!
I’m using my cheaper chinese cotton at $1.35 a meter/45 inches wide for practice. Broadcloth is the…
More on the in-laws
His mother would like me to wear a shalwaar kameez to the wedding, and likely all other…
Shalwaar Kameez!
If you’ve never seen one and want an idea of what I’m talking about, look at these…
Dinner at the in-laws
Fahim and I had dinner at his parent’s. String hoppers, dahl, mutton curry and chicken curry. It…
Your Type is ISTJ
Yeah, I think that’s about how I usually test on these things. It’s hard for me to…
Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000
From CNN. —–Begin Quote ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — The Pakistan earthquake toll has reached 18,000 dead and…
Bird flu in Europe
Bird flu village isolated in Romania. —–Begin Quote Romanian officials quarantined a Danube delta village of about…
Star Wars? Russian? What?
So*, we bought a boxed set of Star Wars. Well, we have the boxed set for the…
Bras in Sri Lanka, You Say.
So*. I’ve been having very little luck finding bras here. I’ve tried Odel’s, but the first time,…
Ramadan starts tomorrow
The new moon was not sighted last night, so Ramadan didn’t start today, but is supposed to…
Pattern Books and French Curves and Bras, Oh My!
Kim and I went shopping today and our first stop was Sarasavi’s Bookshop in Nugegoda. They’re the…
Fibre Content and Pyromania
"You can confirm content by burning a small peice. If it goes to ash, it’s a natural…