Fran, the daily routine here in Canada is kinda similar to what you described. I also am using my yeast very carefully and so thankful I bought the large package from Costco just prior to the chaos. So different having hubby home. I really am not accomplishing much in my very changed routine . At home seems busier than ever with all the online free offerings, daily government updates. I hope to finish some historic costuming UFO’S and wouldn’t it be nice to carve out some time to pull some books from the shelf and actually read them- maybe even some of those big fat books from Lavolta press! Charlene Roberts
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 19, 2020, at 6:45 PM, Lavolta Press <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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
