Weekend to do:

retrieve more paper(xxx)

pick up library books(xxx)

Aldi's!!(xxx)

Patten dress for Selena(xxx)

Test bodice of sundress, work on pattern(xxx)

finish scarves(xxx)

whoohoo! completed to-do!

when I can't sleep I make lists in my head...and then they go on the internet!

Things to Accomplish This Week:

Complete sloper grading (x)

retrieve crinoline(xxx)

paper and oaktag(xxx)

Pattern dress for Selena(xx)

Mod research

Thesis research

Photograph & post:
Draping I coat and dress
Tailoring jacket
Draping II final

there will be actual pictures on here this week!
I'm posting this in the hope that it will motivate me to actually do so...

woohoo, weekend to-do list

Interning:
Grade @ torso, bodice and sleeve slopers to size 10 (x)

School:
Brainstorm repeat patterns

Independent:
finish sketches & send measurement requests (xxx)
test bodice
photograph stuff, flickr that shit

Other stuff:
clean bathroom(xxx)
clean floors(xxx)
Grocery shopping/Trader Joe's(xxx)
Laundry(xxx)

wish me luck!

Senior Thesis

I've barely scratched the surface of research for my Senior Thesis and everything keeps expanding rather than crystallizing. I guess there's still plenty of time, but it seems so crazy. I'm supposed to fit everything I want to communicate into 3/4 ensembles? I'm definitely feeling like it's more important to showcase the extend of my patterning ability rather than focus on my own viewpoint, since my aesthetic is pretty minimal...

I tossed around the idea of focusing on all the years that Bonnie & Clyde where alive, but I've decided to just concentrate on 1931-34, the years they were active as robbers and car thieves but even that is just feeling unwieldy. I may need to just stick with American designers, or maybe even just focus on their own wardrobes. But I don't want to focus on them as much as to try to strive for what they were striving for, as best as I can figure. What makes a person do what they did? That's what I want to capture.

I think I'm doing anything to avoid working on my Mod article. I used to feel so confidant in my writing but the last year or so it's just been impossible. There's such a disconnect between what I feel and what I write down. The skeleton is there but the real...life behind it...it just doesn't come through.

trying this again...

all right, I am clearly the worst ever at keeping a blog but I am going to take another crack at it.

So here is my list of summer projects, which ultimately will probably just be a list of things I failed to do.

Legend: (x) = started (xx) 50% completed or more (xxx) done

I. Independent projects
1. knit up remaining recycled silk (xxx)
a. create packaging

2a. complete cowl dress pattern (xx)
a. pattern sleeve facings(xxx)
b. invent some sort of lining
2b. complete cowl dress (xx)
a. cut, interface, bind and sew armhole facings
b. cut & construct lining

3a. complete midriff pattern (xx)
a. adjust collar
b. adjust facings
3b. cut & sew midriff dress ( )

4a. pattern 11120091 (xx)
4b. purchase and dye fabric for 11120091 (x)
4c. cut and sew 11120091

5. Research and flesh out "Mod" article(x)

6. Knitting needle carrier

7. reusable grocery bags
a. screen printing options

8. grade all slopers
a. bodice (x)
b. torso (x)
c. skirt (x)

II. School related

1. Research for thesis
a. Bonnie & Clyde
b. 1930's fashion(x)
c. 1930's autos
2. Experiment and develop final pattern for knit "Bonnie" beret

3. Acquire high quality photos of work (x)

4. Shamble together an online portfolio (x)
a. set up a new flickr (xxx)
b. document all available garments

5. Pick up and properly finish Raul's jacket(x)

III. Home

1. Creat slip cover for couch
2. Grow herbs (xx)
3. Get curtains up in bedroom (xxx)

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when I made this blog almost a year ago I think cooking stuff was what I primarily imagined it would be for...that clearly went well...but I finally cooked something! I used to make Moong Dhal all the time, but this is the first time I've been able to make it with the actual moong dhal split beans instead of yellow split peas...I think the result was richer and smoother...they are also very yellow, as you can see...

I started being interested in Indian cooking after I read Vine of Desire (and God of Small things) because I am a huge nerd. But Moong Dhal is tasty so I am also a lucky nerd.