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January 22, 2008
craft night w/ michael5000
by gl. at 11:59 pm
last week michael5000 invited some people over for craft night. sven did more mending and i brought along a shirt with a little stain i wanted to cover up and one of the patches from the zine symposium in august.
[maybe i should wear this heart on my sleeve]
[revolution begins here]
i've never attached a patch before, but for some reason i wanted to stuff this. i was doing really well until the very end, when i decided it had too much stuffing and i had to resew it. i've fray-checked the edges; i hope it makes it through the washer okay!
posted by gl. | January 22, 2008 11:59 PM | comments (6) | categories: exhibits & events, miscellany
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"Ohmigoodness, I LOVE this! What a wonderful way to save a shirt!!" said the woman who never met a meal she couldn't wear.
Posted by: Alesia at January 23, 2008 9:50 AM
It looks great! I would hand wash it though - just in case, or turn it inside out & wash it on the gentle cycle.
BTW- I made that NYT bread and it came out great. I'm making another batch right now.
Posted by: Rebel at January 23, 2008 1:21 PM
thanks, guys! i thought this would qualify as one of our most boring posts.
alesia, this is my first tiny step to painting on shirts like all the cool calligraphers do. :)
rebel: thanks for the advice! and i'm so glad you tried the nyt bread! i was using 1.5 quart pyrex bowls but i just found a big pyrex pot at goodwill for $7, so i finally made my first standard-sized batch today. SO GOOD! (especially slathered w/ orange-honey butter ;)
Posted by: gl. at January 23, 2008 5:10 PM
Yeah, I wish I'd paid attention when you mentioned that that was only a half-recipe. When I dumped my dough into my pyrex dish last night it occured to me that there was only a tiny bit of room to expand. So I let it cook with the lid on for a little while, then took the lid off and covered it with foil. I keep finding ways to screw up this 'impossible to screw up bread'
Posted by: rebel at January 24, 2008 12:02 PM
Love the shirt!!
Posted by: Bansheegrrll at January 24, 2008 8:33 PM
thanks, bansheegrrll!
rebel: but it sounds like the bread came out great, and that's all that matters! i tore a bunch up to use in a bread pudding sort of dessert tonight: ohhhhhh, that was good. but anything with caramel is good. :) also, i was tempted to get a bread loaf pan to see how the shape would work, but couldn't figure out how to keep it enclosed and let it rise at the same time.
Posted by: gl. at January 24, 2008 11:11 PM