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sewing projects, thrift hauls, flowers & sunsets & art & pretty stof, volunteering instead of looking for a "good job." Also getting back into the kitteh ring by fostering so be prepared for cat pics again. *Jean Marsh stan account*

Still from a throw away gag on the simpsons where dr nick nervously encounters a former patient, mr mcgreg: with a leg for an arm and an arm for a leg!
Close up pic of an older package of 8 party invitations in a cutout shape of a big trumpet and maybe an English horn or a very baby euphonium? and the exterior line is Come Blow your Horn. The absolute KICKER is that the original price is 69 cents.
Today's cutelittle thrift storefinds spread out on a white formica tabletop: 2 Johnny Cash cds, a dvd of Ruthless People, a few vinyl bird stickers, 3 pairs of shoe cushions, a tpk _In searchof Dracula_, an old metal zipper, a yard of white powernet fabric and some napkin-shaped squares of a brown & white geometric dotted fabric, a pack of 8 party invitations that say Come Blow Your Horn, a book of food related postcards from the Art Institute, and a c.1984 bette davis birthday card made by line one that somehow credits Stephen DeSantis as the photographer?? whatever man
A little fluffy white foster cat named merino (mer mer) who is rolling around on a finished skirt laying on a table
The left front bottom hem of my strawberry dotty blouse featuringa navy and teal starburst block pattern with one of my personalized labels: green printon a white background that reads "this took for fucking ever"
Mirror selfieof me, middle aged white lady, wearing a newly completed blouse from a white cotton fabric with an allover print of little black pindots and strawberries
My strawberry dotty blouse is getting closer to the finish line
Pic of a very saturated rusty orange woven tencel fabric laid out on the end of my ironing board with a repro Victorian clasped hands belt buckle and a late 1970s vogue Kasper dress pattern 2278
A paused scene from episode 5 of Ride Or Die at the 38:10 mark where a white or very light skinned femme with a closely shaved head is in the immediate background to Debbie's stage left and her bright gold sequined very form-fitting dress has a centerback zip that is riding strong to the right
An upside down mason jar of quartered pickling cucumbers and slivers of white onion and garlic on my cutting board
An old bakelite purse with a thrift store price tag reading $2.50. The vintage vogue sewing pattern was also 50 cents.
A smattering of cool thrift store finds on a white tabletop: three books, a simple (ie easy to clean) hummingbird feeder, an older metal tin, a small glass bud vase, a box of rhenium flashbulbs, a vogue raglan sleeve top pattern from 1958, and a carved apple juice bakelite box purse.
My newly decorated ventra (Chicago) transit cars with three stickers applied to it: a pixelated video alien, a very small monarch butterfly, and a vintage bunny wearing a purple vest and blowing a trumpet
Pic of the sky facing west that's almost totally covered by very dark clouds, with bright afternoon light being squeezed out
Two beauty black cats whom an internet sensation got hooked on smoking
Cropped screenshot of a video selfie showing off a pretty damn fabulous goodwill find with the poster illustrating a very perfect HEH HEH LOOKIT ME GO type facial expression
A table full of really fabulous thrift store finds from today: two small pyrex bowls, a friggin rancho gordo branded machadadora and spoon, a brand new bottle of mod podge, some Garfield postits, a new box of funky vintage thank you notecards, an oversized dover stickerbook of old time holiday designs, half a packet of space age needles, a very nice totebag, a new fels naptha soap bar, a cool little rubber stamp of a bikini lady, a sewing pattern, and five cool books (2 Anne Rice paperbacks, two Virginia area 18th century Black culture academic texts, and an old school copy of Island of the Blue Dolphins that I a hundred percent read in elementary school)
A simple white tank top in progress being held up by basted-in strap scraps to approximate the fit for dart placement. It is a seersucker but it's a solid color! I'll be able to wear this all summer with my million funky printed skirts
Just a few thrifted finds today, laid out on a white formica tabletop: a disappearing ink fabric marker, an opaline powder artwork eraser, two 0.3 liter tall handled mugs, a deer & doe sewing pattern, a little analog alessi kitchen timer, a pair of reading glasses, and a kinda funky little business card holder that can serve as a smartphone stand.
Screenshot of Carol Bennett as Miss Hannigan and Albert Finney as Daddy Warbucks from the 1982 movie Annie, where she attempts to serenade-ally seduce him and utters the phrase "a hunger for the Argentyne" with a long I in the last syllable
My current sewing project in progress, another mildly goofy printed blouse from a white cotton with black pindots and strawberries
Timer'd selfie of me, white lady with brown hair, sitting on a sofa wearing a very full skirt and lifting up the hem band to reveal a little orange and white tabby cat, the Juiceman, while I make an "ooh!" face and look down at him
Half a dozen books, a melamine tray printed with big lemons, a small stainless wall mounted soapdish, a pair of off white mandala ish earrings, and a cool older wooden six-pronged carousel rack
A tabletop full of thrifted excellence: a bunch of fabric, some little plastic pie molds, a set of cocktail picks, five different colors of cocktail straws, a record and 3 cds and a book, some metal skirt hangers, an aluminum pie crimper, and two very old paper bags from long-defunct fabric stores in the north suburban Chicago area
The current view of the top of an open shelf in the kitchen (wooden, one shelf in the middle of like a big box). The shelves hold frequently used glassware and baking dishes, including my beloved le creuset gradient green pumpkin Dutch oven, but on the top is a truly random and weird collection of thrifted kitchen things, mostly in their original boxes. Truth? The next time I move i may end up ditching many of these little things because they're just fun-to-look-at kitchen filler right now.
One Million Different Prints. A garment rack plus my sewing table with mostly finished garments plus two in progress of skirts of tops that are all made from very bold prints: florals and fruits and little animals and polka dots and just like everything. None of which matches.
A makeshift pattern for a blouse bodice front with significant dartage
Front shirt pattern in progress on some tracing paper with four significant darts to accommodate my friggin bosom
The current situation on my cutting table: a shirt I made about a decade ago and recently embiggened with some Swedish tracing paper underneath, and one of my current foster kittehs lounging atop it and gently swatting at my pencil
Katharine Hepburn in the 1937 movie Stage Door, holding a bouquet of (you guessed it) white calla lilies
screengrab from season 9 episode 10 of the office where Dwight dresses up as Belsnickel and after jim gets harshly whipped with the whipping sticks for leaving the lady early, Meredith responds by saying she needs to leave early too
Pic of a selection of four types of beads in small plastic bags stapled to a card that reads Do-it-yourself Ropes designed by Crafthouse c.1954 by Dorothy Flicek Industries Inc. There's an original pricetag of $1.00 from Brandeis Store
A little pile of thrifted treasures: a very sweet potato shade of tencel fabric, a plastic tortoiseshell case, some vintage necklace beads on their original c.1954 card, some vintage button fasteners, a little spool of curling ribbon, and books (The Poetry of Pablo Neruda, The Elephant Man, A Raisin In The Sun) & cds (The Marlene Dietrich Album, Sam Cooke's You Send Me, Django Reinhardt jazz masters 38)
Screengrab from season 4 episode 2 of the office with Michael giving an oversized novelty check for $340 to Elizabeth the stripper dressed as a nurse
Angled selfie of me (middle aged white lady) with a pinned-together halter top from black with white polka dots swimwear fabric holding a grapefruit cocktail in my right hand with my hobby table in the background. On that hobby table is more of the polka dotted fabric and mr big, one of my current foster cats, lounging like a magnificent prince
gif of Marlene Dietrich in Witness For the Prosecution sitting in the witness stand and emotionally yelling "damn you!" at the climax of the film
Black with white polkadots swimsuit fabric laid out on my hobby table with my orange handled fiskars sewing scissors laid on top
reddit screengrab from the episode of The Office where Michael is going to pretend to jump off the roof onto a bouncy castle
Cpp of the Golden Girls season 5:13 episode Mary Had A Little Lamb where Dorothy and Merrill are sitting next to one another of the sofa, simultaneously looking at Sofia who called out the nickname "moose"
A pic of today's thrift haul, still laid out on my hobby table, with Mr Big the foster sweetie currently lounging on the fabric and preparing to play with the pompoms, name tags, fabric, and buttons
Today's pile of goodies from thrift stores: a gooseneck dual fluorescent bulb lamp, a couple of crafty glues, a couple books, a couple xmas ornaments, three cuts of fabric, some carded black buttons, a handful of older xmas gift tags some kinda fancy looking rice paper xmas cocktail napkins, an phone case for an iphone4, and some crushed up pink mirror tile I'm planning to use on a broken pane of glass for a picture frame in a kintsugi kinda way
Pic of my current sewing project, another wrap skirt, laid out on my ironing board. In this image you can see the fashion fabric (a black on red cotton print of random ironworks from the late 1950s or early 1960s), the dark grey bemberg rayon lining, and the facing fabric which is vintage valentine's cards printed on black
Screenshot from the end of the 1962 film To Kill A Mockingbird where Scout is dressed as a cured ham
One of my two current foster fuzzballs, bighorn aka mr big, sitting on the fabric table where he is not really supposed to be supervising progress of a patch pocket and napping on the vintage valentines fabric in using for the contrasty bits of a wrap skirt
Late nite selfie of me, middle aged white lady, wearing a pair of fabulous sunglasses: karen walker black metal filigree Siouxsie shades that arrived today courtesy of a poshmark seller
Screengrab of a skeet i sent about one year ago where I had just purchased 3 yards of fabric on ebay that matched the skirt depicted in a vintage snapshot posted by cats of yore
Three printed cotton fabrics laid out as possibilities for the contrast facing for the blacksmith red and black print: a vintage valentine card print, a gold skull & snake on black, and a black & red funky pointy abstract floral sort of zigzag print
Pic of a sewing project, a wrap skirt, in the early stages of being cut out. My left hand is visible, wearing two very fun lovely rings, in the foreground and a one third full highball glass with a vodka cranberry in the background
Full length mirror selfie of a middle aged white lady wearing blue jeans and an altered button up shirt that fits again. To the right of the mirror are several tops and skirts in a rainbow of colors and prints hanging on a garment rack, and in the reflection of the mirror are my windows, an evil queen mirror on the wall behind, a couple of small parasols suspended from the ceiling corner, and a white and brown & black tabby cat, mr big, napping on a pillow on the floor
The back of the slipcover of the LP Cruising With Ruben And The Jets, which is a bright pink background with a black and white high school pic of frank zappa in a very light colored suit jacket and a long write up of the history of this fake band
Pic of a button up shirt in a slightly deconstructed state resting on the white formica tabletop of my hobby table. I undid the flat felled side seams to add a three inch gusset to accommodate my wider self
A little pile of goodies from the evanston goodwill: a tensor desk lamp, a kenny loggins record, three books, a single brass drapey holdback, an old school two punch hole puncher, a pair of dritz eyelet pliers, shoe cushions, and a wilton baking pack of a dozen wooden dowels
A pic of the west facing sky from my third floor porch about 90 minutes before sunset. The sky is grey dense cloudy toward the southwest and there are like terraced layers of stratus right about where the sun is
A branded fire king glass loaf baking dish with visible burnt on oil around the top edge, resting on a white formica tabletop
Internet pic of the American Gladiators "Eliminator" toy in original box, manufactured in 1991
Pic of my most recently finished sewing project, a scalloped edge wrap skirt, clipped to a hanger hanging on a full length mirror. i just got home from a five-hour volunteer shift and am now chilling in my houseclothes
A bunch of fabric, which is a close to finished wrap skirt with a faced scalloped hem, underneath the presserfoot of my sewing machine, Bettes.
closeup pic of my mantle, with an older UL can light (and the ashes of my beloved departed fuzzballs in their little compostable boxes) and my newly thrifted right paw forward flocked lioness toy
Pic of my white lady left hand holding a pearlescent white handled pair of folding scissors (made in Taiwan) in their fully folded state