Quilting Guy

Siggi Eggertsson, an Icelandic guy designed this quilt and had a woman make it for him- you can see how she did it on his blog. I think I remember reading it was done for a thesis- too bad he didn't just do it on the computer rather than graph it all out. I did that too, back in 1982 before there was such a thing. If I ever get to Iceland I will find him and give him a lesson. Maybe also a subtly-in-color lesson. Slap my face. I just done't understand why his really cool book designs and graphic art portraits wouldn't work better as quilts than German Shepards guarding a basketball player surrounded by Indian designs.

What the hell? I don't get basketball either, Sorry Siggi.

Today I went to Bloomingdales to search out a f*o*r*m*a*l d*r*e*s*s for a wedding coming up. Why does anybody do formal anymore- it's a huge expense, no fun dancing in special underwear and strappy shoes, and frankly I long ago ourgrew the prom mentality. Anyway, I found something and could have bought another puppy for the price. The reason this particular outfit struck me is that it is the exact same color as my maroon hair. I hope Jimmy has the color formula down because if he can't do it again, the whole outfit is a waste. Speaking os waste (waist) I could actually zip this number up- long taffeta skirt- long being the operative word- I have to chop and channel this thing about a foot. The top is actually TopZ- a camisol with spagetti straps and a matching jacket over that, both in crocheted cord with sparkly things. I have a *Underwear Rule* about clothes- i will never buy any clothes that require special underpinnings, and this jacket thing is what saves this- I will simply wear a beige bra and noone will see the straps through the crochet- of course I can't remove the jacket but what the heck. Now I have to figure out how to write the bride and tell her that because I spent so much on my outfit that I will have to scrimp on her gift- I'll do it in calligraphy on good card stock- the stuff I bought in Venice, which coincidentally somewhat matches the new outfit!

Life comes full circle again.

Also bought 3 pairs of shoes on sale, then as I was trying them on the salesguy sidled up to me and said, "You do know that they are 50% off the sale price...". So three new pairs of shoes for less that retail of ONE pair. Maybe I should have gotten four. By the way, none of these go with the new outfit. Damn.