The Dress code exhibit continued. There is a large display case with cowboy boots. Not much explanation.
Just sharing two beautiful pairs, yes, there were some older ones, less fancy, I like the fancy.
Then on to the China Poblana. What has become a national dress, for ceremonies and dance. A white shirt, a highly decorated skirt, with a lot of sequins, so it sparkles and shines when dancing. Often the skirt would be lengthened either at the top or the bottom, or both.
Same outfit from the back. The shawl and hat are important parts of the ensemble
, not sure that one dances with them.
More examples, and yes, the shirts have that lovely embroidery.
Then we get to the explanation of the name.
I got lazy, and just photographed the explanation. Yup, slavery was everywhere, and people were taken as slaves from all over the world. I knew that Manilla and Mexico had very close trade ties. Both being under the Spanish rule. Slaves being captured in Asia and Brought to Mexico – that was news to me. But not surprising news at all, such is the world.
And now, onto another small project of mine, I’m going on a quilting retreat, will also bring my cross-stitch, because I am completely addicted.
I had seen thread catchers online and made my own. The idea is that if I only use a little bit of one color, rather than throw the whole thread away, put it on the catcher, for next time I need that color. Problem is, I made this a little too small. Once again, online I saw a much better version.
I made a much larger one, with an embedded magnet for a needle minder and snaps to close it. That way the thread doesn’t get lost.
With a few threads.
All closed up.
And now, to bitch a little. One of the huge problems I’m having with the cross-stitch world is the amount of consumption of junk. I understand people who collect fine scissor, or even needle minders – they can be worn as pin. Although there is a limit. But now there is a trend to put all kinds of charms and doodads on things like scissor fobs. It’s too much. If you have one, fine, but 20?
I get it, if one has a floss-tube, which is just a channel on You Tube where you talk about cross-stitch – you need to share all kinds of things – like the 50 new starts, your haul – which means new stuff every week or so.
And then there is the one who virtue signals about not wanting to waste and certainly not use plastic – because it’s bad for the environment – that is until she sees a project bag that she can’t live without and yes, it has vinyl.
so yeah, spare me your woeness and your virtue signaling, not only Americans had slaves. And over consumption is a problem if you really care about the earth.
Leah