I Found Egg Island!

I have been looking for Egg Island, a wee island next to Bay du Vin Island & that's in plan view all year round. I was in the sunporch & upon viewing out the window to the east, I saw it!!

                                                                   

I bet you cannot see it right away either.

Look in the centre of the photo, between the evergreens & beyond the bare birch trees.

I changed my lens & zoomed in!

Now, do you see the Egg Island? Beyond it to the east is Fox Island, a much larger island.

The great thing about having all these islands is it protects us much like the coral reef when the water is high & strong or ice that creeps upon the land. I was happy to discover Egg Island & will view it better from a shoreline walk when the weather warms up some more. More snow on Monday!

A glimpse into 1986

 I was in my last year of a two-year Fashion Art course & we made our own body forms to use when making the clothing project, mine was a red linen, lined double button coat with black velvet collar & welt pocket detailing. We were told to hold on to these & through the years as we could possibly gain weight, it could be cut open & stretched apart.

 I gave this a lot of thought & then wanted to do just that! I cut the centre line at the front & back right up to the neckline. My thought was to slide it over my Singer body form to get the right moulding of my 5'2" petite body. I have small shoulders & a sway back & could get the right fit.
My bone structure has not changed just the thickness of my body with weight gain over the years.

 Now the weight gain over the years was a whopping 10" through the bust, 10" on the waist & 7" on those hips! It would just be a hinge fitting over the body form & voila!

 The inside was a knit form that was fitted to us & then paper mache was applied layer after layer till it was nearly dry & then cut off our bodies & put back together with paper mache.
The whole thing took about 3 hours from start to finish.

It really was fantastic to have!

 I made this blouse back in the early 80's before my body casting was made.

 I had a vintage black dress from my girlfriend Edie & some lace. The original blouse was made in a red plaid & I wore it with jeans. This was my fancy blouse with black snaps.
I enjoyed sewing for myself & the kids & have started enjoying the process again.
That is why I wanted to have a proper dress form but it did not work as planned.
I am a petite size & the full form is a regular size which would have fit over my size but not the other way around! In theory, the idea was a good functional idea, just didn't think it through fully.
I tied a piece of string to hold the cut apart body & placed it back downstairs wearing the lovely black lace top from my yesteryears.

This is my Singer dress form with a summer dress that I am working on. It will have long gathered sleeves, to keep the sun off my arms. I'll post the finished garment. The process of creating delights me, I had this piece of fabric & I was going to make a raglan sleeve top then decided to make this dress from a tunic pattern. I added the fabric matching square side pockets to it.

The whole process really got me thinking, I know & have tried to lose weight... several times, probably more than trying than when I quit smoking back in 1992. I have an addiction to the processed food with the right fat, sugar, & salt combo. I'm working on that this year & have had help with a program that the rural community is doing called Fresh4you. You pay $10 for a bag of fresh fruits & vegetables once a month. In the newsletter, they give you the fruit/veg of the month with a recipe. This month was the avocado & how to make guacamole.
This is my first bag & I am impressed & will be returning next month for another!

 I ate an orange right after this photo & made a broccoli salad with sunflower seeds, raisins, & the red onion. My goal is to eat these healthy foods & stay out of the processed foods.
I love living in this rural community, it is a healthy place to be with everyone working together to improve mind & body as we all age.

These two were hoping for something meatier than what they saw me empty out.
I gave them a piece of cheese & all was right in their lives again.

 This small quilt was made last week from Kathleen Tracy's book called Small & Scappy.

I'm daydreaming about seeing the blue water & bright blue skies of summer. It's almost mid-April & we've more snow coming tonight & nasty front moving in on Monday with 10cm of snow.

I did find Egg Island though! And soon the birds will be nesting there again, well maybe next month.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. I hope the warm sunny spring-like weather is surrounding you, wherever you are. Stop by again, you are always welcome!

Have a great weekend! Tomorrow is TGIF & your weekend begins!
Enjoy,
Cynthia
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