Thursday, October 18, 2012
our beauteous stole fabric
I finally remembered to upload the photos I took of the stole fabric. The blue in the first one is the most true but in the subsequent closeup ones the other colors are pretty accurate even tho the blue turned grey.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Just met with Sandra Sanderson who says she will sew ALL the blue robes!!
She will have them by Dec 1. I'd like them earlier, but I TOTALLY trust she will get them done and having them all in one person's hands is easier than dividing up the fabric. She says we don't need to prewash anything. The days of fabric needing prewashing are long gone.
She will have them by Dec 1. I'd like them earlier, but I TOTALLY trust she will get them done and having them all in one person's hands is easier than dividing up the fabric. She says we don't need to prewash anything. The days of fabric needing prewashing are long gone.
We have stole fabric!! and lots of plans...
Accidental/serendipitous fabric search happened on Monday when Elaine and I found ourselves in my car together with a couple of hours free after I dropped the kits at the vet and picked her up from her oil change place which is right next door... so we decided to go see what fabrics we could find for the stoles. (Read: anyone who was anxious to be in on this outing we are heartily sorry, but hope that the incredible beauteousness of the fabrics we found will help soothe your disappointment!)
Anyway - long story short, we found (and She Sings members attending Monday night agreed) what we think is The Perfect Fabric for the common side of the stoles at the quilt store in Central - will look great for multiple occasions, not just WSSR, will look good next to everyone's faces, evokes many nature ideas including the sky and water, leaves and flowers, and has lots of other colors here and there making the choice of our shiny fabrics for the other side of the stole much easier than it might have been.
Elaine and I are heading back to Hobby Lobby this Friday afternoon (yell if you'd like to come!) to go ahead and purchase various colors of the shiny cotton/poly fabric for the back sides of the stoles. Some people put in their dibs on certain colors Monday at rehearsal. We will buy a variety and are confident everyone will be happy with what they end up with as their reverse color for WSSR. We'll go ahead and buy for 10 stoles' worth, as many colors as possible, both for WSSR use and beyond.
I will baste and launder the fabrics, then Saturday, October 27, we will have a fabric pressing and cutting party at Elaine's. It is tentatively set for 7pm - I will let Elaine fill us in on final time and what we should bring (wine/appetizer to share?).
We will need for sure:
If the remaining robe fabric has arrived and is ready we can press/pin/cut it as well. Elaine and I got the pattern for that as well. (Sandra Sanderson has kindly offered to sew the remaining robes and we felt she would be more comfortable working from a pattern.)
We tentatively discussed doing the actual sewing of the stoles that night as well. Let's confirm this closer to time. (SUSAN DISCLAIMER: The sewing of the stoles was supposed to be my job so please everyone know I am perfectly happy for it to remain that way but others brought up the idea of starting the sewing that night - me being me, I want to make it clear I'm not shirking my stole task! :)
So, we might need, too, depending on how we end up orchestrating things:
I will make a muslin prototype of the stole between now and then and make/bring paper pattern pieces for us to use as we pin/cut.
Please toss in any ideas you have as we prep for this. We realize there were a handful of people unable to come Monday to rehearsal and that you all might not be free 10/27; please do not worry. I think we could have a very successful evening with just 4-5 of us there, tho of course the more the merrier and quicker (so more time to sip wine, sing, snack...)
We will do some more brainstorming about it at rehearsal 10/22.
Anyway - long story short, we found (and She Sings members attending Monday night agreed) what we think is The Perfect Fabric for the common side of the stoles at the quilt store in Central - will look great for multiple occasions, not just WSSR, will look good next to everyone's faces, evokes many nature ideas including the sky and water, leaves and flowers, and has lots of other colors here and there making the choice of our shiny fabrics for the other side of the stole much easier than it might have been.
Elaine and I are heading back to Hobby Lobby this Friday afternoon (yell if you'd like to come!) to go ahead and purchase various colors of the shiny cotton/poly fabric for the back sides of the stoles. Some people put in their dibs on certain colors Monday at rehearsal. We will buy a variety and are confident everyone will be happy with what they end up with as their reverse color for WSSR. We'll go ahead and buy for 10 stoles' worth, as many colors as possible, both for WSSR use and beyond.
I will baste and launder the fabrics, then Saturday, October 27, we will have a fabric pressing and cutting party at Elaine's. It is tentatively set for 7pm - I will let Elaine fill us in on final time and what we should bring (wine/appetizer to share?).
We will need for sure:
- a few sets of good fabric scissors, and/or sharp rotary cutters and mats
- couple or three extra irons and ironing boards
- some extra sets of straight (sewing) pins
If the remaining robe fabric has arrived and is ready we can press/pin/cut it as well. Elaine and I got the pattern for that as well. (Sandra Sanderson has kindly offered to sew the remaining robes and we felt she would be more comfortable working from a pattern.)
We tentatively discussed doing the actual sewing of the stoles that night as well. Let's confirm this closer to time. (SUSAN DISCLAIMER: The sewing of the stoles was supposed to be my job so please everyone know I am perfectly happy for it to remain that way but others brought up the idea of starting the sewing that night - me being me, I want to make it clear I'm not shirking my stole task! :)
So, we might need, too, depending on how we end up orchestrating things:
- 2-3 sewing machines
I will make a muslin prototype of the stole between now and then and make/bring paper pattern pieces for us to use as we pin/cut.
Please toss in any ideas you have as we prep for this. We realize there were a handful of people unable to come Monday to rehearsal and that you all might not be free 10/27; please do not worry. I think we could have a very successful evening with just 4-5 of us there, tho of course the more the merrier and quicker (so more time to sip wine, sing, snack...)
We will do some more brainstorming about it at rehearsal 10/22.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Here's what UU in Penn. has on their website. Perhaps we should get something similiar. I like their language. Highlighting is mine.
A Celebration of
the Darkness and the Light
A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual
the Darkness and the Light
with Songs and Stories
A Gift to UUG and the Community from
a circle of women
Saturday Dec.22, 2012
7 pm (doors open at 6:30)
Monday, October 1, 2012
Tonight's Rehearsal Oct 1
Wow, we really got the feeling for Deep Peace! Thanks for your input, Inge!
Susan Clay: get better- we missed you!!
Flute alert: Tiffany and I stayed after and read through some flute / piano duets. Her tone is amazing! I wonder how we can incorporate it into th WSSR> Anyone got any ideas?
Susan Clay: get better- we missed you!!
Flute alert: Tiffany and I stayed after and read through some flute / piano duets. Her tone is amazing! I wonder how we can incorporate it into th WSSR> Anyone got any ideas?
Thursday, September 27, 2012
LOTS OF IDEAS !!!
Just received this another UU director. I don't have time to dig into it right now. There's a TON of ideas at the link below.
Hi Elaine,
There's some reasonably extensive notes about how we do the ritual in Indianapolis on my website. Also, I've written several little transition synthesizer pieces that we use (these are free to download and use in your own ritual but I do appreciate it if you credit my work in any printed materials and provide a link to my website). Just download the tracks, load them up in your iPod and play them back during the ritual. They provide a way for the singers to get the notes, and lend a cool feel to the whole thing. http://www.margherder.com/musicRitual.htm#solstice |
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