{"id":55105,"date":"2016-05-13T11:23:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T15:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/?p=55105"},"modified":"2016-05-11T04:26:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T08:26:37","slug":"weekend-links-shelley-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oliverands.com\/community\/blog\/2016\/05\/weekend-links-shelley-edition.html","title":{"rendered":"weekend links, shelley edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liesl is taking this Friday the 13th off from her usual Weekend Links post. But we didn’t want to leave you without anything to read this weekend, so Shelley<\/a> has stepped up to fill in. You all know Shelley, right? She’s the most prolific<\/a> Oliver + S pattern hacker<\/a> on the beach<\/a> in Australia. (I could continue with the links, but you get the point.) Here she is.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello everyone, I\u2019m very excited as Liesl has handed me the reins and I\u2019m taking over this weekend\u2019s links post!<\/p>\n

On my sewing table (a.k.a. the dining table) at the moment is a muslin of this jacket. I\u2019m hoping to make it in a metallic black Italian wool coating to wear to a cocktail party in June. The event is a Dressmaker\u2019s cocktail party where women (or men) who sew meet, chat and drink cocktails in outfits they\u2019ve made for themselves. Most of us have never met in real life and only know each other through social media. It\u2019s a lot of fun, and since I still consider myself to be someone who \u201csews for their kids\u201d I\u2019m nervous to try and make something that is up to standard!<\/p>\n

\"Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinterest link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The jacket is a pattern by Koos Van Den Akker<\/a>, a Dutch designer who sadly passed away last year and perhaps more sadly, will mostly only be remembered to those outside of the fashion world for the “Cosby Sweater<\/a>.” Van Den Akker\u2019s designs, which are undoubtedly polarising in terms of taste, are certainly deserving of recognition as art in fashion.<\/p>\n

An astonishing collection of Parisian haute couture that I imagine will provoke much less debate as to its beauty has recently been acquired by my local state gallery. We\u2019re all keenly awaiting it\u2019s unveiling.<\/p>\n

\"Parisian<\/a><\/p>\n

Image source<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Dominique Sirop began his collection at a young age, amassing works by couturiers such as Dior and Chanel, and from what I saw on a TV news preview the full collection<\/a> will be outstanding.<\/p>\n

From art gallery news to museum news, have you heard of the website When You Work At A Museum<\/a>?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a fantastic blog from a museum worker with such helpful things as a Never-Nude map<\/a> for museum visitors who wish to avoid seeing any nudity during their visit. But what initially caught my attention was the international Museum Dance Off<\/a>. Yep that\u2019s right, museum workers from museums all around the world are creating dance videos in competition with each other.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019m sorry Michigan but our Melbourne Museum just edged out your Henry Ford Museum\u2019s entry in Round 3.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a map<\/a> of the whole solar system that plots the trajectory of every orbiter, lander, rover, flyby, and impactor to ever slip the surly bonds of Earth\u2019s orbit and successfully complete its mission. That poster is destined for my son\u2019s bedroom wall as soon as his birthday comes around.<\/p>\n

\"Solar<\/a><\/p>\n

Image source<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

How beautiful are these? They\u2019re not flowers but a native Australian fruit known as finger limes, or caviar limes<\/a>. Previously, the only well-known Australian native food to have been exported was the macadamia nut, but these delicious fruit are now being grown and sold commercially around the world. The fruit has tiny, fleshy pips similar in texture to fish roe, hence the caviar moniker, but the taste is 100% lime. While the intense lime flavour hits you upfront there is a beautiful delicate background flavour of eucalypt. I can only liken eating this to standing in a eucalypt forest during a summer rainstorm while sucking on a lime. Sensational!<\/p>\n

\"Cavier<\/a><\/p>\n

Pinterest link<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

We could all do with being more knowledgeable and tolerant of other people\u2019s beliefs, so why not Speed Date a Muslim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Do your kids sing in a choir? I\u2019m willing to bet it doesn\u2019t look at all like this one<\/a> (the emus are a giveaway). My kids and I saw this movie about an outback children\u2019s choir and laughed and cried in equal measure.<\/p>\n

I need to get my sofa reupholstered. It\u2019s a mid-century design piece, in shabby condition, which was inherited and I\u2019m toying with a more neutral fabric this time around. What does my taste in furniture say about me? Well, what does your sofa say about you<\/a>?<\/p>\n

We need the sofa for watching the Giro d\u2019Italia<\/a>. Even if you don\u2019t really \u201cget\u201d bicycle racing the scenery is always superb, although it\u2019s not quite the same anymore without the \u201cLion King<\/a>.\u201d The man is the ultimate blend of sport, fashion and pure Italian machismo!<\/p>\n

And now I\u2019m back to watching the race, Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We have a special guest contributor for today’s weekending reading post. 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