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impulse buys
Nov. 16th, 2017 09:26 pmWhile I have dealt with my own after-Norrskensfesten stuff, there is still, almost two weeks after the event, Frostheim stuff to be dealt with.
I don't recall if I mentioned it here after Medieval Days at Hägnan this summer, but the shire Ceramics must have been packed back into their box still wet, because when I opened the box to inventory it a few days later it smelled strongly of mold. So in addition to inventorying it I also washed everything, threw away the bubble wrap that had been used, let the dishes all sit in the living room on a towel and after consulting with the Seneschal and Exchequer bought fresh bubble wrap to cushion them and put them away in the server closet, which is a very dry and (for the basement) warm room.
The box wasn't opened again till Norrksensfesten, when we used some of the ceramics, and when I opened it up a couple of days after the event, it smelled moldy again. So this time I tossed the bubble wrap, put as many of the dishes at at time as would fit into a pot of cold water, added a hint of bleach, put them on the stove and brought them to a boil. Then put them out to air for a few days.
This time I decided that I don't care what the seneschal thinks, I am not going to put it back into fresh bubble wrap. Therefore, on Tuesday I went to a second hand store on a quest to find some cheap fabric to make some cloth bags to keep them in (which will be washable, if this comes up again despite more breathable containers). However, between me and the fabric like items in the store was this antique Singer treadle sewing machine, the exact same model that David has. I have never liked electric sewing machines--they make big mistakes really fast, and they hate me. However, I love using David's treadle for modern things. Therefore, when I saw this one, and messed with it enough to see that it is in good, working condition, I called him and asked "So, if it should ever happen that you and I go our separate ways, do I get to keep your treadle sewing machine?". He said that he really likes that machine, so can't promise that I would get to keep it. Therefore I bought the sewing machine, so now we have two in the house. The wood on his is slightly darker, but other than that they are pretty much the same.
Tonight I have started making the bags, on my machine, and am please to report that the little foot that does the rolled hems does, in fact, as the instruction book suggests, also work to sew two pieces of fabric together and finish the seam in one pass. Therefore it won't take that long to get through making all of the bags. Tonight I managed the first six, for the small plates, but then I got a skype call from Crian, and we had a lovely chat instead of sewing. He is currently working doing quality assurance for a company in Prague that makes video game like training things for the military. I can't imagine a job that is a better match for his interests.
I don't recall if I mentioned it here after Medieval Days at Hägnan this summer, but the shire Ceramics must have been packed back into their box still wet, because when I opened the box to inventory it a few days later it smelled strongly of mold. So in addition to inventorying it I also washed everything, threw away the bubble wrap that had been used, let the dishes all sit in the living room on a towel and after consulting with the Seneschal and Exchequer bought fresh bubble wrap to cushion them and put them away in the server closet, which is a very dry and (for the basement) warm room.
The box wasn't opened again till Norrksensfesten, when we used some of the ceramics, and when I opened it up a couple of days after the event, it smelled moldy again. So this time I tossed the bubble wrap, put as many of the dishes at at time as would fit into a pot of cold water, added a hint of bleach, put them on the stove and brought them to a boil. Then put them out to air for a few days.
This time I decided that I don't care what the seneschal thinks, I am not going to put it back into fresh bubble wrap. Therefore, on Tuesday I went to a second hand store on a quest to find some cheap fabric to make some cloth bags to keep them in (which will be washable, if this comes up again despite more breathable containers). However, between me and the fabric like items in the store was this antique Singer treadle sewing machine, the exact same model that David has. I have never liked electric sewing machines--they make big mistakes really fast, and they hate me. However, I love using David's treadle for modern things. Therefore, when I saw this one, and messed with it enough to see that it is in good, working condition, I called him and asked "So, if it should ever happen that you and I go our separate ways, do I get to keep your treadle sewing machine?". He said that he really likes that machine, so can't promise that I would get to keep it. Therefore I bought the sewing machine, so now we have two in the house. The wood on his is slightly darker, but other than that they are pretty much the same.
Tonight I have started making the bags, on my machine, and am please to report that the little foot that does the rolled hems does, in fact, as the instruction book suggests, also work to sew two pieces of fabric together and finish the seam in one pass. Therefore it won't take that long to get through making all of the bags. Tonight I managed the first six, for the small plates, but then I got a skype call from Crian, and we had a lovely chat instead of sewing. He is currently working doing quality assurance for a company in Prague that makes video game like training things for the military. I can't imagine a job that is a better match for his interests.