I retired the end of November 2018. The main thing is it's different if you decide to take a or a week to just hole up on your own. Having to do this because it's a matter of life and death for people is another ball game. I have been doing some garden prep, some baking, a little sewing(two masks cut out). I have been doing groceries once a week wearing a mask and maintaining social distance. A friend came by last week and my neighbors and I sat at the end of our drives and talked to her for over an hour. Sunday we did a group chat on FB messenger for over two hours. I will be ordering some pet food online this week. I have family I keep in touch with so it's good. Also, lots of reading an tv. Just keep reminding yourself "This to shall pass".
Stay well, Genie Hillen St. Louis,MO -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Apr 19, 2020 7:44 PM >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" ><[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [h-cost] What is everyone up to? > >I retired the end of August, so days aren't much different, but I'm finding it >hard to settle down to sewing. I have finished a reticule and have a >chemisette cut out. I went through my stash and sent all my 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 >inch elastic to one mask maker and all my extra wide double fold bias tape to >another. >The Costume Society of America's symposium is cancelled. I was going to >present some of my privateer research. > >I guess we are lucky,supply chain wise. We are in the Washington, DC, area. I >was able to find flour at a Dollar Tree. Once was at Wegman's just as a >shipment of Caboo toilet paper came in--it is made from bamboo and sugarcane. >I will not be switching for good. Now, our Wegman's is fully stocked with >their own brand. >We are all now required to be masked to go into a store in Maryland, so I am >going with the bandanna train robber look. We have quite a collection so I can >match outfits. >Ann Wass > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Lavolta Press <[email protected]> >To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> >Sent: Sun, Apr 19, 2020 5:27 pm >Subject: [h-cost] What is everyone up to? > >It turns out sheltering in place is time consuming. Making masks. > >Making artisan bread (which is hard to buy now). Baguettes, bagels, >pita, everything. It's become impossible to buy yeast and when the end >of a two-pound bag I bought a year ago runs out, and if I still can't >buy yeast, I'll have to switch to using sourdough starter for >everything. But there's hope--we just found eggs for the first time in a >month. Getting groceries requires placing two to three pickup orders a >week at different stores and still not getting everything. Toilet >paper, paper towels, facial tissues, and rubbing alcohol have >disappeared altogether. > >I just finished all the masks I was going to make, so it's a perfect >time to sew something else. Not that I'll be able to go out anywhere any >time soon. Like, till there are almost no local cases and/or until there >is a cure. Maybe a year or longer. Because even though I am healthy, >just being over 60 puts me in a high risk group for death or long-term >organ damage. > >I have a fair number of dyeing projects planned and my husband is eager >to help. It means he can run the dye washer in the garage while >sporadically cleaning up in there. > >I bought Gutermann thread charts from Wawack https://www.wawak.com/. So >I can match threads to my fabric and order online, without going to a >fabric store. > >This is the time to be thankful for your fabric stash, your button >stash, your trim stash, and your elastic stash. I actually had enough >elastic on hand for the masks. > >Fran > >Lavolta Press books on historic clothing > >www.lavoltapress.com > > > > >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >[email protected] >https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume >_______________________________________________ >h-costume mailing list >[email protected] >https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
