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well-informed doorstop ([personal profile] muladhara) wrote2024-01-18 09:18 am

questions without a home

Five things make a post?

1. It was -7°C when I woke up this morning at 6am. Do not want!

2. I had to cave and buy a cheap pair of bluetooth headphones for my phone with the remainder of my xmas money, because I keep breaking 3.5mm jack to usb c converters (well, the first one was duff anyway, but the second one only lasted a month, and at five quid each I'm not doing this repeatedly).

They're okay, sound-wise (I will admit I am a headphones/speaker snob, although I can't afford the sort of stuff I'd really like). They'll do, anyway. I do like that I can wander round my entire house, though, and the bluetooth signal doesn't drop out at all.

3. Talking of my phone, a friend was asking on facebook for phone recs as they needed a new one, and almost every single comment on the post was "I've got a Pixel and I LOVE IT". I refrained from adding that I had one and I hated it, because maybe it's just me, IDK.

4. I have been deconstructing some clothes to reclaim the fabric. Some of them were ones my mum made, and it's fascinating seeing how she put them together, and how lazy she was feeling about finishing them off properly.

I feel a bit weird about it, but I wouldn't wear them anyway, and the majority would be too big for me even if I wanted to. I think mum would approve of me recycling them. I hope she would.

(It doesn't stop me wanting to buy more fabric though - I've been looking at batik fabric lately and omg it's gorgeous).

5. I have been thinking about doing the 100 day art challenge, but I don't know what I would do for it. I've seen various things, most recently quilting/applique, but also gel printing, and drawing. I also don't know that I can actually commit to 100 days of anything, given I used to get burnt out after fifteen on Inktober.

But there's no start or end date on it, so it's something I can just think about for the future maybe.
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[personal profile] lassarina 2024-01-18 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Honestly, I'm a big fan of reusing and recycling things that have good memories/people attached but aren't good for their original purpose. I have a set of sheets from Nana; they're old, brittle, and pretty useless as sheets now but I bet I could make something lovely out of the fabric.