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Weekend Reading: Pearls, cheap travel, and evil evil glitter
Maybe it’s the unusually dry, sunny weather we’re having. Maybe it’s that our office is full of flowers at the moment. Maybe it’s the new issue of Seamwork that I am over-the-moon excited to put out on Sunday (the lingerie issue!). Or maybe it’s our lovely and talented new art director who began with us this week (I’ll be posting an intro soon, she’s awesome).
Whatever it is, I have been feeling good, at least in spirit. I have also unfortunately fallen prey to some sort of mysterious lung ailment for the last month, but you can’t win them all.
I plan to spend this weekend cleaning house and decluttering, with a brief break to publish the new issue on the first. I hope you all like underwear, curvy women, and the combination of the two. I really love lingerie, so this issue has me pretty darn excited.
Weekend Reading:
- This is so cool: pearls trapped under chiffon from Comme des Garçons AW09, via @thecuttingclass
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Ugh, Urban Outfitters. When will they stop ripping off small makers?
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Here’s a trick for sewing faux fur. (Subscribe to get our weekly tips delivered here).
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You guys. Caroline is hand weaving her own gorgeous wool to make an Albion coat. I am so impressed! (You need a Ravelry account to view).
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I love to travel, but always do it on the cheap because… well, I have to. Here are some great, simple tips for budget travel that actually do make it affordable.
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“When you hold supercharged, overachieving robots in high esteem and feel that they represent the best possible way of living and anything less is a giant disappointment, you’re at odds with your very humanity, your soul, and everything that’s good and fresh and real and original about you.”
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How paranoid delusions have changed to fit the culture.
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How to care for your boots in winter. Taking care of your stuff is a great way to be thrifty and make your wardrobe more sustainable.
For more links every week, you can follow me on Twitter, where I’m always posting interesting tidbits I find.
image above via colettepatterns on instagram
Comments
Sytha
January 30, 2015 #
Yeeaaahhh Lingerie! I’m so anxious to see it! And again, I LOVE the panel of subjects one can read on your weekend reading post !
Emma Jayne
January 30, 2015 #
Well they do say glitter is the herpes of the craft world.
Sarai
January 30, 2015 #
Hahahahaha!
gabriel
January 30, 2015 #
really liked the askpolly/nymag piece.
Natalie
January 30, 2015 #
I love the glitter shipping! Their website is so funny too!
Melanie
January 31, 2015 #
Thank you so much for that aeon article, Sarai. Incredibly interesting!!
Brianna
January 31, 2015 #
Yay!!! Curvy girl lingerie!! Exactly what I want to learn more about…. Although I’ve only just ordered fabric to make a couple of Oslos this week so I’m about a month behind! :)
Tacha
January 31, 2015 #
An interesting follow-up on the “glitter” business. Love the idea by the way!
kc
January 31, 2015 #
I’m so excited for the lingerie issue!
And guh to Urban Outfitters for stealing a designer’s work AGAIN. Did you see this sort of hilarious news item about Forever 21 (another notorious stealer of artists’ work) being busted for pirating Photoshop? While I’m no fan of Adobe, it’s always nice to see F21 get called out for being thieves:
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/29/7948241/forever-21-pirating-photoshop-adobe-corel-autodesk
Sarai
February 2, 2015 #
Yes! We LOL’ed about that at the studio too!
elaine
February 1, 2015 #
Im sooo excited about the lingerie issue!!! I have been checking since midnight–I work third shift— I cant wait to give it a try. being DDD cup, most bras are horribly uncomfortable and ugly. so very excited the pattern it goes upto 3X!!! I love the designs and pretty much fainted when I looked through the resources and saw that…one online store listed, has all the things needed. :D yaaaaaaay!!
Jeri Sullivan
February 1, 2015 #
Just wanted to let you know that while the patterns are showing up, the actual magazine isn’t. Maybe those two didn’t get published on the Seamwork site at the same time?
Sarai
February 2, 2015 #
We had a miscommunication on the timing, so there was an issue for a couple hours (it was the middle of the night here, so we didn’t fix it right away). :)
gabrielratchet
February 1, 2015 #
i had no trouble downloading my magazine along with the patterns. probably just a matter of timing.
SJ Kurtz
February 3, 2015 #
Thank you so very much for these.
I am torn between glitter bombing Forever 21, for the obvious reasons, and Adobe, for wanting so much of my money on such a regular basis. I am glad to know that F21 has to actually copy and paste when they steal; the copies are so close I just assumed chicanery at the production site. The classic ‘it fell off the truck’ procedure. Adobe can spend it’s time prosecuting them, and maybe not raise prices again this year.