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[etienettebluet]

SUNDAY

I did the machine sewing on the 13 black and white viking caps and got them into the handwork basket for finishing later. While watching a movie on television in the evening I got the handwork done on the small beige viking cap. I like the way these are turning out.

MONDAY

I had an interview for a 12-week full time temporary job at the University for May-June; cross your fingers for me, please.

While I was downtown I stopped in at the four thrift stores on O Street. Found a nice 4-yard piece of dark herringbone wool and a queen-size all cotton bedskirt. I think I can use the wool for a Scandinavian woman's caftan as the wool I got a week ago is too lightweight for the caftan and will probably become a Norman gown (I still have to dye it again to shift the color away from rosy to be darker and more more violet). The foundation from the bedskirt will make 2-3 nice veils; it's a light cotton gauze that works up nicer than anything else I've ever found. They're few and far between though as most bedskirts these days have poly or pellon-type foundations so I'm always excited when I find a good one. I'll use the stripe cotton from the bedskirt for quilt borders.

Back at home this afternoon Hochman called. He said he had a couple more tapes for me to do and offered to deliver them to me. When he arrived he had five tapes... eep! That'll keep me busy most of this week and into the weekend.

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[etienetteblue.livejournal.com]

It takes constancy and lots of dry runs. I try to hit every thrift store in town once a month and more for some of the better or closer places. I'm fortunate Lincoln has ten of them. What's funny, sort of, is that one closed this fall I hadn't even known about until the clearance during it's last month.