Map of the Nautilus

 My estimate of the route of the Nautilus in Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas.

Pink pins are the latitudes and and longitude coordinates mentioned in the book.

Purple pins are my estimates of where the Nautilus is based in descriptions.

Green pins are suggestions of the route taken between points avoid land masses.

Teal pins are when only one coordinate is given, and I guessed at the other.

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Spinning wheel

 My little road bug spinning wheel, Pandora

Flames of Judaism

My synagogue needed a new Torah cover for the new Torah that was donated to our synagogue.   They asked me.  After much discussion, I chose ritual fire as the theme.

The flames are crewel wool.  The candlesticks are cotton. Silk fabric, all hand sewn.  The back is an envelope closure, two layers, so it’s easy to get on and off.   It took me something like 100 hours.

The big flames are the pillar of flames the Israelites followed by night in a Exodus.  The long candlesticks are for Shabbat, and the lamp is the eternal light.

Garsault and math

I’m told that Garsault in the 18th C said you could add 6” to the back of a girls shift to lengthen it 6”. But, it will only lengthen it by 3.  (Slightly less, due to seams)

Edit: it’s actually only about 2.5” longer, due to seam allowances.  Blogspot won’t let me edit the post correctly try.

Method:
Remove the sleeves, leave the side seams and all intact.
Slice across the base of the neck on the front ONLY.  I cut 7” down from shoulders.

So, it’s 18” from shoulder fold to hem.
 Fold the flap up,  making it 25”, and 4” back down, creating a 6” gap for the new fabric, and it’s 21”

See? It’s 3” above the old shoulder fold (I have a seam as this is out of my scrap fabric), the cut edge is “ below that old shoulder, and 6 “ gap waiting to be filled.

See? 3” taller.

Sew in the new piece

Now the front is the back and the back is the front and it’s 3” longer.  Above is the new back. Below is the new front.  

It was a wedding

All the tallitot

Having been asked, again, to see the tallitot I've made here they are, in one place.


 Val's Tallit Val's tallit This link I also has the tzitzit tutorial


 The silk ribbon tallit I made for the synagogue auction

Silk ribbon synagogue auction Tallit
Flower close up album
https://flickr.com/photos/9562035@N02/sets/72157623801078948

 Jamie's knitted tallit

The corners are decorated, but they don't show, here

His name in Hebrew, knitted, intarsia

Alex, my sons BFF's tallit.

https://flic.kr/p/5kiQyi https://flic.kr/p/5ko7FA https://flic.kr/p/5ko7nL

These stars really were pains... https://flic.kr/p/5hv6ZF

 Teddy's paper piece silk Tallit The right half, day and night, heavens and earth, earth and seas https://flic.kr/p/3AY7Uk The left half, stars in the sky, sea monster (and other water creatures), animals (and people ) and Shabbat https://flic.kr/p/3B3tLQ He used to be so cute, then! https://flic.kr/p/3Kk2hz

 Harry's is probably the simplest, with stylized antlers embroidered...but his is BRIGHT! I'm also painting him...

 Eve's dolphins https://flic.kr/p/9PMoyN https://flic.kr/p/9xyCuV https://www.flickr.com/photos/9562035@N02/5613407698/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/9562035@N02/5608030233/in/photostream/ There is subtle wave embroidery in the corners.

 Bobbin lace Tallit https://www.flickr.com/photos/9562035@N02/2110371901 https://www.flickr.com/photos/9562035@N02/2110370507/in/photostream/

 Here are my 3 oldest kids, including the girls in their silk ribbon (which I don't have a photo of) and more of the bobbin lace Tallit. https://flic.kr/p/3Kk2fr

 And, as long as I'm at it, here is my Torah Cover Embroidery http://colleenstitchesintime.blogspot.com/search/label/Embroidery%20Judaica
It also shows the numbers on the wood, that are mostly gone, now.

My new ride!

Meet Auntie Muriel She really represents freedom. More later (I need the following little square for a profile pic, if I can make it work...)