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Just some more pictures of projects i made recently. Left is a leaving present for one of my daughters friends: a shirred dress (pattern by Heather Ross) fabric by Lizzy House bought at Cool Cottons on Hawthorne. On the right L. with a Lazy Day skirt in Anna Maria Horner fabric inspired by the free pattern from the Oliver + S website.
We had a couple of unusually hot summer days the last couple of weeks here in Portland. It was lovely outside, and we spent most of our days outside. Drinking ‘Radler’ at Hedge House on SE Division (Leona’s Skirt is a free pattern by Oliver +S – very simple and quick to make), visiting the Ducks at their Pond on Laurelhurst Park, splish-splash enjoying the little Kiddy Pool at Steven, Soren and Mike’s house where L. was ‘pouring’ her heart out. Isn’t it funny? I am 100% sure almost everybody has a photo that looks just like this one. At least i have one of myself taken more then 35 years ago but with the same mood. We cycled all over town and went with L. down to the waterfront to check out the Jazz Festival on the Willamette. Beautiful Summer so far – even if it takes a little break right now for us all to get ready for the heat again.
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I made these MC Hammer Pants for Leona 2 weeks ago out of an old Stella Mc Cartney for H&M Top. The top was a gift but didn’t quite work for me. But i loved the print and didn’t just want to throw it out. Now they found a much better purpose. Even though i am sad i didn’t take pictures of the top before or even process pictures. But i will do a similar project soon with a step by step tutorial. I made the pattern myself, cut the pant legs out of the tee’s body, the waistband is cut from the top’s waistband part, and the hem cuffs were cut from the top’s cuffs. The whole project took me about 2 hours from start to finish. Having a serger helped as well.
I watched yesterday’s Michael Jackson Memorial. All of it. I admit, i cried my eyes out. MJ has been a huge influence in my life. Many years ago (i was maybe 10) Iclaimed to be the biggest MJ fan of all. I had my room plastered in posters of him. You could hardly find a bare spot on the wall – it was so extreme, my mother wouldn’t come into my room because she felt observed by him. I collected every single magazine clipping and glued them in big albums. I was convinced i’d marry him, and be the mother of at least 12 kids he wanted so he could play soccer.
I am a cancer. They daydream a lot.
At some point i stopped collecting magazine clippings. Everything I read about him was too freaky. At some point I even threw out all of my albums. I even stopped listening to his music. I was upset about his plastic surgery obsession. It wasn’t cool any more to listen to his music. One day my husband found a white glove in a box and made jokes. Today i am proud of my Michael Jackson crush.
Yesterday’s memorial depicted MJ like a human being and not the freak. Listening to the people who knew him, gave a glimpse of what he might have been like. Hearing his daughter speak broke my heart.
What this experience shows me, is how important it is to be ‘impeccable with your word’. Today’s media, in the means of ‘telling the truth’, is giving out information about people (celebrities) which are solely interpretation. I – the reader – don’t know anything about Michael Jackson. Or any celebrity for that matter. The only thing i know for sure is that i liked his music. Now, I listen to his songs again. I listen to his lyrics which are filled with positive energy, hope and the wish for Better. Anything else is just assumption. Maybe that’s why i cried so much? Because i was one to judge and ridicule?
Anyways – enough of the heavy stuff. In MJ’s memory, i made these stencils for tees that Leona and i wore yesterday. We took the picture in the morning before the Memorial. I wasn’t really doing too well on the smiling front….
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