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The Super LED F10 HP rp is the HIGH POWER version of the high efficiency Super LED F10 Fresnel lens spotlight by DE SISTI and includes:
– the De Sisti Internationally Patented optical system for LED FRESNELS and Plano Convex Optics.
– it is available with either Tungsten (3.200°K) or Daylight (5.600°K) Balanced CCT (Correlated Color Temperature), in both cases with a CRI higher than 95 and both in Manual or Pole operated versions
– it is using a 330W High CRI – COB LED ARRAY
– the Fixture is rated for IP23 and it is ideal for Location Work, it can be use under the RAIN and it has been tested for minus 20° C ambient temperature operation<
– it is DMX Controlled from 0 to 100% with a super smooth Dimming and a negligible variation of Colour Temperature while controlling the Light intensity
– the lighting Performances of the Tungsten Balanced CCT are similar from medium to full flood those of a 2kW tungsten Fresnels, while the Daylight Balanced CCT is equivalent to a 700W
The fixture combines the classical SPOT/FLOOD beam control on an equivalent FOCUS RANGE to a conventional lamp fresnel, with an excellent barn door cutting. It utilizes Standard accessories from the DE SISTI range of equivalent Fresnel Lens size, such as Barndoor, Colour Frame, Cones, scrims.
- 250 mm. (10") diameter high quality, shock resistent Borosilicate glass Fresnel lens on spring supports, with spiral prism design and optimum photometric performances
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- Steel cable driven focus mechanism which guides Teflon bushings supported LED ENGINE along 2 rods. This ensures smooth operation during focusing, in any tilting position of the fixture. The Teflon bushings also provide a wiping action, which cleans the steel guide rails during focus. The focusing mechanism can be activated from both front and rear of the fixture and the whole spot to flood action is accomplished with 1 and half turn of the focusing knob.
- The unit is equipped with a hinged lens door with wire-guard, it includes accessory holding brackets. One of the 4 brackets has a locking knob and is spring loaded, it can be locked to either safely hold barndoor, color frame and scrims or to be rotated 90° and locked in an open position for fast accessories changes. A double safety accessory bracket with spring loaded catch is available on request to be assembled opposite to the locking knob.
- The accessories are secure regardless of the orientation of the fixture. Accessories have been designed for one hand installation
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DC Current to the LED (no flicker)
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|Europe: 250W @ 230 V 50-60 Hz
America: 250W @ 120 V 50-60 Hz
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2 at 16bit: Dimmer
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P.O. 16,3 kg. (35,86 lbs)
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|Seat Diameter: 306 mm.
Accessory Diameter: 305 mm ( 12")
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P.O. Version
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Data Dealer is a game that lets you play God with other people's data. Become Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, or even Edward Snowden, as you control the flow of data-- and the price tag that comes with it. And decide for yourself whether they´re heroes or traitors!
For the last two years we´ve been working hard on Data Dealer, a browser game about collecting, processing and selling personal data. For example it looks like that:
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By the way: Data Dealer has been created by a small team mainly from Vienna, Austria. It´s a nonprofit project and published under CC. The English demo was released a few days before the NSA/PRISM thing has been revealed. What a coincidence! Read more about our project here. Or watch this TEDxVienna talk, where one of the creators spoke about health insurance companies using "self tracking" data, data brokers like Acxiom or Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, and about the development of Data Dealer.
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Authorities who spent the past decade targeting marijuana growers in the Sierra Nevada wilderness have turned their attention toward California's agricultural heartland -- the nation's richest farmland -- which they say is the new hot spot for illicit growers, their guns and toxic pesticides thanks to medical marijuana laws.
At a news conference Wednesday, authorities announced results of a summer-long enforcement effort in the state's agricultural region: 175 local and federal arrests, along with 100 guns, $4,869 in cash and 400,000 plants seized across hundreds of thousands of acres.
"These grows are not about medical marijuana," said U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner. "They are large amounts cultivated for commercial purposes and sold to people often outside of California."
"Make no mistake: This isn't about medicine. This is about money," Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said. "Almost every grower we take down has some connection to a cartel in Mexico. They aren't here to make a little money. They are here to make a lot of money."
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College Rankings
Reed and the Rankings Game
Why doesn't Reed participate in U.S. News & World Report's college rankings? We hear this question every year—often from prospective students who are trying to square our reputation as an intellectual powerhouse with our weirdly low grade from U.S. News.
The short answer is that we pulled out of the U.S. News survey in 1995 because of our conviction that the magazine's methodology is hopelessly flawed—a belief widely shared in the educational community. Although we would prefer that U.S. News simply leave us out of their survey, the magazine persists in ranking us against other colleges, based on data that are questionable at best. We believe that the value of an education is directly related to the degree of intellectual engagement in the classroom—something that U.S. News does not and cannot measure. However, we recognize the usefulness of independent guides and we work hard to provide families with solid, reliable information to help them choose the right college.
For those who are curious about the details, here's the backstory.
In the Beginning...
Some things in life are reasonably easy to rank—the tallest buildings, the biggest states, the heaviest elements. When it comes to defining the best college, however, the concept of rank begins to lose its meaning, especially in the case of the U.S. News survey, which takes a one-size-fits-all approach to institutions with radically different missions and character—a bit like asking whether the Beatles are better than Beethoven.
Nonetheless, Reed participated in the survey until 1995, when a front-page article in the Wall Street Journal revealed that many colleges were manipulating the system—some by "massaging" their numbers, others by outright fabrication.1 In the wake of these reports, Steven Koblik, then-president of Reed, informed the editors of U.S. News that he didn't find their project credible and that the college would not be returning any of their surveys—the unaudited questionnaires that form the basis of the U.S. News ranking system.
Reed's decision won praise from professors and administrators far and wide, many of whom had witnessed the pernicious effects of the rankings. The next year, however, instead of simply omitting Reed from its list, the magazine assigned Reed the lowest possible score in several areas and relegated the college to the lowest tier—the most precipitous decline in the history of the U.S. News ratings. Since then, Reed's rank has bounced around like a Ping-Pong ball in a game where the rules keep changing.
Are the Rankings Valid?
Over the years, U.S. News has made many adjustments to its system in an effort to prevent manipulation. Unfortunately, examples of misreporting are still widespread. In 2012, several prestigious colleges admitted submitting inflated data. Other institutions have employed creative statistical techniques, such as encouraging more students to apply, and then rejecting them, in order to climb up a few rungs in the rankings.
The sad truth is that colleges and universities have a powerful incentive to game the system. The U.S. News rankings remain enormously popular—and surprisingly influential—despite widespread skepticism within the educational community. Just 2% of college admission directors think ranking systems are very effective at helping prospective students find a good fit, and 91% believe that institutions are cheating the system. In a similar vein, 89% of high school counselors and college admission officers reckon that the U.S. News rankings offer misleading conclusions about institutional quality; 83% think the rankings create confusion for prospective students and their families; and only 3% believe that the title "America's Best Colleges" is accurate.
Even when statistics are accurate, they can be misleading. Take the deceptively simple issue of class size—widely interpreted as a key indicator of how much face-time students have with professors. Now, one of the central pillars of a Reed education is the senior thesis, during which a student spends many hours conferring with a professor one on one on a research project that lasts an entire academic year. That's a lot of face-time. The thing is, U.S. News does not count these projects as "classes," so the senior thesis—the crowning achievement of every Reed graduate—simply disappears from the statistics, swallowed by a footnote.
The U.S. News rankings also do not measure many other crucial aspects of an undergraduate experience, such as the depth of scholarship, quality of the faculty, academic standards, financial aid, or campus diversity. In fact, many educators believe that the rankings actually discourage colleges from seeking a more diverse student body, because several key metrics favor students from wealthier, more mainstream backgrounds.
There is little doubt that Reed's stand on the rankings comes with a price tag. Every year, thousands of promising high school seniors (and their parents) might cross Reed off their list if it doesn't land in the top 50 or top 25. Nonetheless, Reed continues to believe that the U.S. News system is beyond repair and refuses to participate in what is essentially a statistical charade.
A Case in Point
Let's take a closer look at Reed's standing in the U.S. News system. First, we'll see how Reed's rank has changed over the years; then we'll compare it to some other colleges.
|Mean fresh. SAT Verbal
|Mean fresh. SAT Math
|Acceptance rate
|Student/faculty ratio
|Avg. class size
|6-yr graduation rate
|% profs w PhD
|Avg. faculty salary
|# alumni who gave
|Rank in U.S. News
[Source for Reed figures is the Reed College Office of Institutional Research, unless otherwise noted. SAT scores for 1983 were adjusted using tables provided by the College Board to compare historical scores with current ones. Faculty salaries for 1983 were obtained from Academe, July/August 1984, and adjusted for inflation using BLS calculator. Figure for alumni donations in 1983 was obtained from Reed College records. Figure for the market value of the endowment per student in 1983 was obtained from the Reed College Office of the Treasurer and adjusted for inflation using BLS calculator. Class size does not include the senior thesis.]
Since 1983, mean SAT scores for the entering class have climbed 6%. The acceptance rate has dropped from 92% to 39%. The graduation rate has jumped from 53% to 79%. The student-to-faculty ratio has improved; the proportion of professors with PhDs is up; faculty salaries have climbed; the number of alumni who gave money to Reed is greater; and the market value of the endowment per student has grown sevenfold. These are all important factors in the U.S. News equation, but Reed's rank has gone from number 9 to number 93.
How does Reed stack up against other colleges? Let's look at some of the figures U.S. News reported in its 2015 rankings, and compare Reed to the colleges that were ranked at #25, #50, and #75.
How Reed Stacks Up
|Average of Schools Ranked:
|Factors in the U.S. News System
|Percent classes with under 20 students
|Student/faculty ratio
|Six-year graduation rate
|Freshmen in top 10% of high school class
|Acceptance rate
|Peer Assessment Score
|High school counselor assessment score
|SAT 25th percentile
|SAT 75th percentile
|Alumni giving rate
Reed scores higher on every single one of these factors than colleges ranked #75; on most of these factors than colleges ranked #50; and it rivals colleges ranked #25. Admittedly, these factors are just a subset of the factors used by U.S. News in its mysterious formula. Nevertheless, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that something is deeply wrong with the U.S. News system.
Better Alternatives
Reed is committed to sharing accurate, reliable information with prospective students and the general public. We also recognize the usefulness of independent guides in helping prospective students identify potential colleges. For that reason, Reed does provide information to several college guides—including ones by Barron's, the Fiske Guide to Colleges, Peterson's, Colleges That Change Lives, and the Princeton Review—because we believe they do a better job of describing the experience, student culture, and academic environment that Reed provides. And, yes, we occasionally repost news items ranking us as #7 on the list of nerdiest colleges or #17 on the list of outdoorsy colleges—after all, we enjoy wacky lists as much as anyone.
Fundamentally, however, Reed continues to stand apart from ephemeral trends, resisting pressures to abandon its core principles and its unrelenting focus on intellectual exploration. We believe in the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge—not just because it expands the frontier of human understanding, but also because knowledge transforms the mind that seeks it. As former president Colin Diver once wrote: "Reed is a paradigmatic example of a college committed—and committed solely—to the cultivation of a thirst for knowledge. Reed illustrates a relatively small, but robust, segment of higher education whose virtues may not always be celebrated by the popular press, but can still be found by those who truly seek them."
Author: Chris Lydgate, editor of Reed magazine. Updated September 29, 2015.
For more data about Reed, visit institutional research.
Read More
"U.S. News college rankings: Amid predictability, some major shifts," by Nick Anderson. Washington Post, 9 September 2014.
"Your Annual Reminder to Ignore the U.S. News & World Report College Rankings," by John Tierney. The Atlantic, 10 September 2013.
"'Forbes' Boots 4 Colleges From Its Rankings" Inside Higher Ed, 25 July 2013.
"Can College Rankings Giant Keep Schools from Cheating?" by Lynn O'Shaughnessy. The College Solution, 6 February 2013.
"The College Rankings Racket," by Joe Nocera. New York Times, 28 September 2012.
"Gaming the College Rankings," by Richard Pérez-Peña and Daniel E. Slotnik. New York Times, 31 January 2012.
"The Order of Things," by Malcolm Gladwell. The New Yorker, 14 February 2011.
"'Manipulating,' Er, Influencing 'U.S. News,'" By Doug Lederman. Inside Higher Ed, 3 June 2009.
"Is There Life After Rankings?" by Colin Diver. The Atlantic, 1 November 2005.
"U.S. News's Corrupt College Rankings," by Robert L. Woodbury. College Advisor of New England, 2004.
"How To Make Your College No. 1 In U.S. News & World Report . . . And Lose Your Integrity In The Process," by Robert Woodbury. Connection, New England Board of Higher Education, Spring 2003.
"Yet Another Rankings Fabrication," by Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed, 2 January 2013.
"Debt, Jobs, Diversity and Who Gets In: A Survey of Admissions Directors" Inside Higher Ed, October 2012.


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text: Mini makes: Hobby horse craft Toddler & Preschool Learning & play 0 Give your toddler a gift from childhood with a homemade noble steed to play with What you'll need: Broom handle Scarps of fabric One of dad's old socks Saw Stuffing Sticky tape String Ball of wool Buttons Ribbon Needle Thread Scissors Step 1 Remove the brush end off the broomstick, then create a notch 20–30 cm down from the top to help hold the horse's head in place*. Step 2 Cover the top of the stick with stuffing and fabric scraps, then tape in place. Step 3 Stuff your dad's sock from the toe up to the heel, shaping it as you go to form a muzzle and head. Insert the stick and add stuffing around it to secure. Step 4 Wrap a piece of string around the base of the head and tie tightly to the stick at the height you cut the notch. Step 5 Cut out two tear-shaped pieces of dark grey felt for the outer ears, and then two light grey smaller pieces for the inner ears. Stitch together, pinch at the bottom to create an ear shape, then pin in position. Step 6 Pin two black buttons on for eyes using the picture as a guide. Step 7 Cut your ribbon into several lengths to create the halter. You need a piece to go around the muzzle and the head, a much longer piece to connect them together, and another to form the reins. Step 8 Pin the ribbon pieces on to the head, checking that the eyes, ears and halter, all work nicely together. Sew in place. Step 9 Mark a line between the horse's ears from the top of the head to where you want the mane to end. Cut lots of 20cm lengths out of wool, form a loop with each, then stitch to the back of the horse's head starting from the top working your way down. Don't forget to add some lengths at the front of the horse's head to make the forelock. Step 10 Now it's time for your toddler to giddy-up and gallop off! *Adult supervision required. Why not try… using a smaller stick and little one's sock to make a pony to play with too. Maggy Woodley's 'Red Ted Art: Cute and Easy Crafts for Kids' book (£15.99) is on sale now! Read more... MFM meets craft extraordinaire Maggy Woodley Mini makes: Walnut mice craft Easter craft - how to paint eggs By Amanda Pauley 0 Comments Share Like this article? Showing of Uh-oh! You need to be logged in to do this... Sign In Sign Up Load more posts Write a comment


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Here are links to suppliers, agencies and other bee-related stuff.
Equipment Suppliers
Most of these big equipment suppliers don't offer live bees.
- Mann-Lake
Mann-Lake is the biggest. They offer free shipping over $100. They have a retail store in Woodland, CA.
- Dadant
Dadant is one of the oldest suppliers of beekeeping equipment. They are also the publishers of American Bee Journal, one of the two major beekeeping journals in the US.
Brushy Mountain
Offers full line of equipment including cypress woodware; also offers live bees.
The Beekeeper
1801 E. William St., Unit I
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: 775-432-8198
Website: www.thebeekeepernv.com
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Bee Suppliers
Some fairly nearby suppliers of live bees. Most package bee suppliers will ship or mail them. If you want a nuc, you will have to pick it up.
- Golden West Apiaries
Randy Oliver, biologist and frequent contributor to the American Bee Journal, offers "chemical-free" nucs and package bees from Grass Valley, CA.
- American Bee Journal
You can preview their current issue on their web site.
- Bee Culture
The other major bee journal, formerly "Gleanings in Bee Culture". Published by the A.I. Root company for over a hundred years.
- The Speedy Bee
Online news articles; Pulp newspaper format by subscription published quarterly, but unclear on their web how to subscribe. For a pdf copy of their subscription form to print and mail in, click here.
- Vanishing of the Bees
DVD, documentary about the appearance of Colony Collapse Disorder in the winter of 2006, and the uphill battle that U.S. beekeepers have in fighting for the health of our bees.
- National Honey Board
Everything you ever wanted to know about HONEY!! Lots of recipies with honey, too! They also have a great "Honey Locator", where you enter the variety of honey you are interested in, and it looks up places where you can get it.
- The Bee's Knees: A Personalized Resource Guide on Beekeeping
Emma is a student in Ms. Pawlicki's Pathway to Empowerment Youth Group, and she suggested this beekeeping link. At The Bee's Knees, you'll find even more links to some wornderfully informative places, including a fascinating site about Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt. Thanks, Emma!
Articles of Interest
- Local Honey Relieves Allergies! -- Article entitled "Evidence for the Use of Local Honey for the Relief of Pollen Allergies", published in the October 2012 issue of American Bee Journal (by permission) written by our own Chris and Alyssa Foster.
- Save the Critters -- Claim markers are unwitting traps for the birds and the bees.
- Reducing the Risk to Pollinators from Pest Control -- Article from the US Fish and Wildlife Service about how Integrated Pest Management (IPM) techniques reduce the risk to pollinators.


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Food has been not only important in Jewish culture and history. It has been central to the Jews' ideas about themselves and about others, as well as their social and communal practices. Historically Jewish communities functioned around the sanctity of food and communal control. How did migration to the United States challenge and expand Jewish foodways? How did the vast diversity of America and the abundance of food impact the way they engaged with food?
This is the first lecture in the ACJC Lecture Series in Jewish History and Culture.
Hasia Diner is the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, with joint appointment in the department of history and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. She is also director of the Goldstein Goren Center for American Jewish History. She has built her scholarly career around the study of American Jewish history, American immigration and ethnic history, and the history of American women. She has written about the ways in which American Jews in the early twentieth century reacted to the issue of race and the suffering of African Americans, and the process by which American Jews came to invest deep meaning in New York's Lower East Side. Her most recent book, We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence After the Holocaust (2009) won the National Jewish Book Award in the category of American Jewish Studies. She has also written about other immigrant groups and the contours of their migration and settlement, including a study of Irish immigrant women and of Irish, Italian, and east European Jewish foodways.


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"Total Education for All"
Seri Mulia Sarjana School aspires to provide quality all-rounded education aimed at reaching excellence and life-long learning for all, within a happy, caring and secure environment.
Mission Statement
In pursuit of our vision, the School with dedicated teamwork will take the initiative to provide world-class education; demanding personal responsibility, respect and honour for all.
We achieve this by:
1) Focusing on "No Child Left Behind"
- Unfolding the child's talent as whole and unique person
- Empowering and Inspiring the child to reach full academic, physical,emotional and spiritual potential
- Valuing each child's individuality
- Developing children to be independent, responsible learners
2) Promoting Excellence in all areas of learning
- Literacy and numeracy
- Communication and leadership
- Sports
- Arts and Sciences
- Personal moral character and spiritual development
3) Cultivating students' interests, knowledge and skills in non-academic related fields through comprehensive range of extra-curricular programmes, clubs and societies
4) Equipping students with 21st century learning skills through a highly knowledgeable and competent staff force who share these values:
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The Hilton Head luxury Resort Invites Guests to Book a Special Offer for the 25th Annual Event, December 5th 2014
The Hilton Head luxury Resort Invites Guests to Book a Special Offer for the 25th Annual Event, December 5th 2014
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC--(Marketwired - Nov 13, 2014) - Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa invites guests to experience the innovative cuisine of top area chefs as they share their culinary fare from more than 35 of the area's best restaurants at this year's Taste of the Season. The 25th annual event from the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce is set to take place December 5th from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM and gives guests the chance to explore all the newest restaurants on their list, as well as some of Lowcountry's landmark favorites.
Guests can book their stay at the oceanfront Hilton Head Marriott hotel and take advantage of a special rate of $99, December 5th, 6th, and 7th when using booking code W21. Tickets for this year's Taste of the Season are $55 and $75 for special patron's tickets, available at HiltonHeadBlufftonChamber.org. Patron's tickets offer private lounge seating, bar area and exciting culinary extras.
From haute cuisine to Lowcountry classics, the event offers guests the chance to make an array of culinary discoveries, with something to please every palate. Participating restaurants include HH Prime, Chart House, Corner Perk, La Fontana Waterfront Grill & Pizzeria, Mediterranean Harbour Bar and Grill, Conroy's, Michael Anthony's, Heywards, Wise Guys, and more.
Attendees are invited to get a head start on holiday shopping with fabulous silent auction items, featuring great getaways and gift items just in time for the holiday season. Sponsored by Savannah Hilton Head International Airport, jetBlue, and Sandcastle Interiors, the event is a showcase of some of the area's best culinary offerings and unique flavors, and Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa brings guests close to all of the season's best spots.
For more information about this year's 25th annual Taste of the Season, or to book this year's special rate, visit the Hilton Head luxury resort's website.
About Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa
A crown jewel among oceanfront hotels, the Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa offers a lavish escape to utter paradise. Here, guests enjoy award-winning dining, three championship golf courses and a new spa. The oceanfront hotel's dedicated and professional staff always delivers superior service with elegant surprises at every turn, to make each stay even more special. The outstanding, family-friendly setting offers a wide array of impressive amenities, including golf, tennis, biking, parasailing and so much more. Additionally, the resort's unforgettable location offers easy access to a variety of nearby destinations, including local airports, shopping and popular tourist attractions. Plus, this lovely, Hilton Head resort provides dynamic event spaces, creating an ideal location to host your celebration or professional conference. Supreme relaxation and scenic views are the hallmark of the Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa hotel.
Hilton Head Marriott Resort & Spa
One Hotel Circle Hilton Head Island
South Carolina 29928 USA
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When I came home from my recent overseas journey, I was completely committed to the prospect of regular blogging and sharing many of my wonderful experiences.....except the reality of work, catching kids up at school, end of year school exams (and all that that brings in terms of the tone of family life) and R's new first ever part time job, started to cut into any spare time that I might of had for crafting and blogging. Cut a long story short, once again, I've been very lax about posting anything in this little space. Mind you, even my instagramming has suffered because if you're not making it, you're not insta-photographing it, let alone posting it....even in a micro form.
However, the Sew & Sews girls are on notice for the next Guerrilla Market which has been scheduled for early December. Based on last year's market, this is the fun one and this is the one that people go to with Christmas in mind.
So, once again, I've dived into my scrap bin, woven some magic and managed to cobble together some items that I'm hoping don't look like the small bits of fabric they once were.
First up, Christmas Stockings.
These stockings feature 2.5" squares cut from a variety of fabrics, some of which were generously co-opted from the Sew & Sews girls. The batting is cobbled together from all the strips that get cut off the sides of quilts and, in my case, shoved into a very large plastic bag for later...!
I know, I know! I have a problem with throwing bits of fabric and batting away and I know the bigger problem is about where and how to store it...but eventually, I get there. I do use these bits in some shape or form and I actually love the thrill of using it...what a dare-devil! My next post will be a killer surprise showing how I've used the bits of these stockings that were cut off the patch-worked pieces that I just couldn't bear to throw away! Mmmmwwwwaahhh!
Second up, scrappy lanyards. I made a few of these for a recent market, posted a pic or two on instagram and they went off like crackers at Guy Fawkes Night!
My lanyards are all made with 2.5" width scraps joined to make a long strip. Then they're folded and folded....sounds a bit like Sara Lee...to make a strip of scrappy fabric ribbon happiness. I kind of wish I needed to wear one to work!
I'm linking up with Crazy Mom's Finish it up Friday because I know she would love any finishes that feature scraps!


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