![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Today was the last day of class. We took a short exam (I passed, both the exam and the course), had a tour of the storage facilities at the IQSC, and then went back to restoring a sadly worn dark blue calamanco quilt made around 1790 by a New York woman named Molly Dewey. By the time we were finished, the holes were patched, the binding redone, and the worn places covered with an overlay. It will become part of the IQSC's traveling educational exhibit now that it's stabilized. I hope that Molly Dewey approves.
As for me...I'm packed except for the clothes on my back. My room is clean. I'm about to engage in the old SCAdian ritual of "eat it, drink it, burn it," or "it's your last night at Pennsic, so whatever food can't be eaten or drunk goes into the fire pit." Since I'm not going to the War this year, I'm going to finish up my last bits of food tonight so the room is clean when I leave.
I had a wonderful time in Lincoln, and very much look forward to my return. Right now that looks like next summer for a one-week intensive on ralli (Indian and Pakistani quilts) with Patricia Stoddard, who quite literally wrote the book on ralli; I spoke to my advisor about my job concerns, and she agreed that coming out for the residential semester in 2012 makes more sense in my particular case. At best I would only be 2/3 of the way through the degree, and quitting my job and then having to find another non-quilt related job for the remaining 18 months I'd be taking classes won't work.
My thanks to the IQSC and its staff, and to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
etienetteblue, Leofwyna, and all the MagMorons for making me so welcome. If our paths don't cross again in the near future, still be assured that you're in my heart.
I'll post when I'm home tomorrow night. Can't wait to be home!
As for me...I'm packed except for the clothes on my back. My room is clean. I'm about to engage in the old SCAdian ritual of "eat it, drink it, burn it," or "it's your last night at Pennsic, so whatever food can't be eaten or drunk goes into the fire pit." Since I'm not going to the War this year, I'm going to finish up my last bits of food tonight so the room is clean when I leave.
I had a wonderful time in Lincoln, and very much look forward to my return. Right now that looks like next summer for a one-week intensive on ralli (Indian and Pakistani quilts) with Patricia Stoddard, who quite literally wrote the book on ralli; I spoke to my advisor about my job concerns, and she agreed that coming out for the residential semester in 2012 makes more sense in my particular case. At best I would only be 2/3 of the way through the degree, and quitting my job and then having to find another non-quilt related job for the remaining 18 months I'd be taking classes won't work.
My thanks to the IQSC and its staff, and to
etienetteblue, Leofwyna, and all the MagMorons for making me so welcome. If our paths don't cross again in the near future, still be assured that you're in my heart. I'll post when I'm home tomorrow night. Can't wait to be home!
