Present Joys

“We thank the Lord of heaven and earth
who hath preserved us from our birth
for present joys, for blessings past,
and for the hope of heaven at last.”

fuckyeahgiantpanda:

Little Tao Tao was born to his captive-bred mother Cao Cao last year. To prevent him from getting used to humans, since his birth staff have only ever approached him while wearing completely inconspicuous panda suits and have observed him and his mother from afar. As such they are hoping that he will adapt to life in the wild.

Since his birth Tao Tao has been learning all the behaviours pandas need in the wild, such as walking, climbing trees and looking for food. When he was six months old he and his mother were moved into a large mountainous area for more intensive wild habitat training. Tao Tao now weighs 25kg and is displaying wild panda habits, such as climbing trees and looking for food and water.

Via Cjelli.

This week I made a shirt from heavy, wide-wale cotton corduroy from Jo-Ann Fabrics. It was a wildly different project from my previous stuff, since the fabric is very thick.

Except for the addition more fulness to the lower sleeve and cuff area, I didn’t modify my usual pattern at all to cut this shirt. I used an odd piece of printed cotton for the inner yoke, since I wasn’t sure about doing two layers of the heavy cord. Instead of flat-felling the scye and side seams, I just serged them. This was, as you can imagine, an extremely enjoyable change of pace. Oh, and as you can see, the bottom of the shirt is cut straight across, with a sturdy ½” hem.

Finished, with buttons! Can’t wait until it’s cold enough to wear this!