Japan's Summer Olympic Games Uniforms

With about three months until the summer olympics in Paris, Japan unveiled their official uniforms. According to the clothing maker Asics Corp., "the bright red tops are inspired by the French capital's sunrises, while the use of recycled materials contributed to a 34 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions in their manufacture, compared to those for the Tokyo Olympics three years ago." 

This post shows the 2020 uniforms.

Monday Morning Star Count - 19 Rows

I have nineteen rows of twelve connected.  I plan to add one more row of twelve. 

I need to make a backing and plan to piece some of the fabrics in this basket.  

In addition, I need to make many many individual hexagons for the flip edging. This is just a start.

Osaka's Silent Cafe

 

I recently read about a unique cafe in Osaka that does not allow any talking or music. The Shojo Cafe is run by employees who are deaf or hard of hearing. It gives customers the opportunity to enjoy peace and quiet, but also the silence enables customers to experience the employees perspective. Guests are asked not to talk, but are encouraged to use sign language, written notes, or pointing at the menu. 

In addition to the cafe, after hours Shojo offers hour-long sign language classes. Classes cost 2,000 yen per person and include a cup of matcha. The cafe is open daily from 11 am to 6 pm at 1-10-13 Nakazaki Nishi Kita in Osaka.

Sign As You Leave The Park

From here on, take care.

Friday Finish - Some Litte Felt Finishes

 Felt bird ornament and heart pin

Two felt needlebooks and scissor fobs

Hebigu-Jinja Shrine

This was an interesting shrine, but it looked a little lonely and neglected. I'm sure it will be spruced up in time for the next local festival.

After my lonely little tour, it was back to the unstaffed train station.

Work In Progress Wednesday

 New Start

New Book and New Start - This book has 72 patterns.  I started one of them.

Candlewicking progress

Spring Bride progress

International Panda progress

Stitch Group Sunday

We met on Sunday and continued working on our candlewicking projects. Candlewicking is a type of embroidery using colonial knots to make the design. Each stitcher decided on her design and after some practice was ready to start stitching that design. I usually stitch in hand (without a hoop or frame), but it is important to keep the fabric stretched when doing this technique, so I am using a hoop.

We talk about many things, sometimes serious, sometimes silly. One of the topics Sunday was the song "Killing Me Softly", which was used in a Nescafe commericial in 1972. What did Nescafe do to that song?

We found a real version of the song with Roberta Flack singing. Much better!

I really enjoy this group and feel very fortunate to be a part of it!

Tea Time

Monday Morning Star Count - 18 Rows

I attached another row of twelve hexagon flowers for a total of 18 rows. One is folded over the laundry pole so you can only see 17. The newest one is on the bottom.

 

Flea Market Find

 A few days ago, I went to the grocery store early and there was a little flea market in the parking lot.  I walked around and looked.  Most of the offerings were clothes and children's items. 

One woman's blue tarp was full of sewing items. It looked like she was clearing out her mother or grandmother's house. It was obvious that she had no idea what the items were worth or even what they would cost new. Nothing was prepriced, so I had to ask about each item, pointing and saying ikura desu ka? She would look at whatever it was, sometimes picking it up and giving me a price, that I considered too high. There were hundreds of packages of needles, buttons, embroidery floss, etc. I invited her to give me a deal for zenbu, all of a set of things, like the embroidery thread. She counted them and told me the price, with no discount. I did find and buy one little wooden cabinet thing with some stuff inside and it was 500 yen, which I considered a good deal. I can clean it up a bit.

I'm curious about how much of her stuff she sold.