September 28, 2008

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Project Updates

September 28, 2008 in sewing | No comments

Here’s the skirt. I finished it last week!

I am a bit larger than Maud (the dressform) so it is sagging a bit. It is cut in three pieces on the bias and has an elastic waist. The back has a little extra fabric, fish-tail like. It looks better with a little booty in it. Super-easy to sew. Looks super-cute on. I’ll show you when I get the top finished!

Here’s my plan for the top.

I like the middle drawing. But with sleeves. Stripes will be added down the front and back to avoid the coffin clothes look. I bought some serger thread to finish the edges–silk frays something awful. I’m not sure why I bought three spools, when I’ll probably do a two-thread rolled hem. Maybe so I have three in the future? I get a little crazy when spending gift-card money. Can you blame me?

Eric has ADHD. This ADD blog posting made me laugh. A very typical exchange between the two of us.

Peace,

Katy ^_^

The Winner

September 28, 2008 in cats, Contest | No comments

Here’s the video, enjoy. If you have any complaints you can send them to Sake.

**Updated ridiculously early on Sunday morning. So I waited, and waited, and waited. YouTube’s processing time is taking forever. Until that link works, here is the unglamourized link. The video is the same…**

***Upate 2- much later.. Looks like the way I exported the video it was a screenshot only. So user error–not You Tube error. ***

It should be processed soon. :)

Congrats, Kelli! Shoot me an e-mail and let me know what you’d like. Perhaps something Frida inspired?

Peace,

Katy

Reading–The Kite Runner

September 28, 2008 in reading | No comments

The Kite Runner
 by Khaled Hosseini

So I feel like the last person on the planet to have read this book. However, I was at dinner Friday night with several other people who had just read or were reading the book. The fun thing that everyone mentioned is the end of the book takes place in East Bay. You find this out in the first page, so I’m not giving anything away! Being relatively new to this area, it was fun to see the character’s experiences here.

I read almost the entire book Friday. I started it on Thursday reading about 20 pages. The story was captivating (obviously) and I didn’t have other plans for the day so read I did.

I don’t want to be too much of a critic because I have never published a book, let alone a best-seller. In spite of that, I have definite opinions about the story. I found the book a bit formulaic at the end. Every single piece of detail, except the detailed descriptions of some of the doctors at the end, played a role in the story. Not having superfluous details was not a bad thing is generally a good thing in writing–I think. But they came across as zestless. Another way of putting that is think about eating a chocolate bar. Pretty good by itself. Now think about eating a chocolate bar with cayenne or other unexpected spice added to it. The spice is hardly recognizable, but the chocolate bar experience is much tastier. Try it if you don’t believe me!

So all in all I’d give this 4 out of 5 chocolate bars. It definitely had me crying and angry and emotionally invested for the majority of the first half. I think it could have ended a bit stronger though.

Peace,

Katy ^_^