Happy Juneteenth! It's been a federal holiday since President Biden declared it, a few years ago. High time.
It took a while for the news to get to Galveston, no doubt slaveholders weren't hurrying it along any.
Meanwhile back at the loom, I'm nearly at the end of the warp threads. In case any expert is reading and needs to know: this is 8/4 cotton. 8 relates to the weight, 4 to the ply, 4-ply.
Soon I'll be taking the finished band off, and seeing how it works. I'm really glad I got this loom, easier than backstrap, much as I like the simplicity of backstrap.
And, in case there's any danger of my running out of things to make 'n do, here's a linen top I made a while back.
It fits but just doesn't suit me. There's not enough me to fill it curvily.
It's nicely hand stitched, with a pleat detail on the sleeves
And a bit of fancy stitching there
So I needed to decide: upcycle? Freecycle? Both?
Then I did my usual procedure on a top that isn't working, cut it up the front to make a jacket.
I'll stitch the raw edges probably blanket stitch, up and back again. Probably in white.
After that I'll see if embroidery or stamping or dyeing might happen. Also I wonder about adding patch pockets. Maybe in a fancy print, hm, I need to check what I have.
If none of it ends up suiting me, I expect some keen Freecycler will appreciate a handmade linen jacket with pockets. There's plenty of summer still to go, to wear it.
Which all reminded me I need to iron my linen jackets. They're clean but a bit limp and crumpled, aren't we all.
I did iron one jacket, which involved filling the water reservoir in the iron, which involved finding and filling something to use to pour the water into the tiny awkward opening. After all that I decided one was enough. It's a Federal Holiday after all. Or some such excuse.
Happy day everyone, enjoy your day even if it's not a holiday where you are.
