The Purls of Wisdom all got together at Philter today to put a big dent in our $600+ of pub trivia vouchers!
Category: Photo Post
Images and videos that I’ve taken on-the-go
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Smooth Sailing
This was our fourth(?!) time seeing this talented crew of yacht rock superstars.
Mr. Snook always feels there should be more cowbell. 😂
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Silk organza press cloth
I was reminded while I was sewing the other day that I really do need a press cloth. This is a piece of fabric you put over your work when you are pressing seams, to keep the fabric from potentially getting scorched. We used them in my sewing class with Gertie a few years back, and I seem to recall they were silk organza. I’ve seen this recommended in a few places because silk has a high burn point and it’s transparent enough to see your work through it. I looked them up recently online but couldn’t really find any for under $20 AUD. Then today I found myself at Spotlight and realised I could make my own. They had one bolt of silk organza at $47/m, so I bought 30cm of it for $14.10. Then I cut it into three pieces of roughly 12″ x 18″ (31cm x 46cm) and overlocked the edges to keep them from fraying too much. I also cut a tiny bit of ribbon and put that in the corner so you can hang it up. That’s one for me, and two for friends for < $5 each!
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Sydney Royal Easter Show 2025
Three Craft competition entries delivered – two knitting, one quilting – and my volunteer uniform picked up. April’s going to be a big month!
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Quilt binding
It’s been a while since I experienced the Easter Show craft competition deadline finishing frenzy! Looks like I’ll be done with about 48 hrs to spare. 😅
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New homebrew setup
The Snook has put his new mini kegs to good use, setting up a dedicated beer fridge in the storage closet. His first pour from it is a Golden Ale that he made collectively with his homebrew club, which they aged for more than a year in an old Lark whiskey barrel. A little bit sour, but finished smooth! 🍻
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5.6.7.8’s at the Crowbar
Was there any person in Sydney last night as cool as Chellio Panther Omo, the beret-wearing, middle-aged Japanese woman bass player of the 5.6.7.8’s? No. No, there was not.
Show was fantastic, of course. They played for a full hour, and they played several songs that I recognised like “I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield,” “Barracuda,” and of course “Woo Hoo” (from Kill Bill: Vol 1). The Crowbar was heaving and lots of folks were dancing, and I was very grateful for the breeze from the electric fans above and around us. I was also grateful I remembered my Loop earplugs, and the Snook got to try out his new pair for the first time. It’s nice to leave a show without your ears ringing for the next 24 hrs!
We also got to catch up with several friends beforehand, like Bex and Jakk and Megan and Hank (who took the photo above). 🩷
And of course, you can’t go to the Crowbar without having barbecue…
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Future Tech Collective
Great job to Georgina and Ruth for putting together such a fun meetup tonight! Ben Moir from AWS and Fiona Chan from Lookahead talked about some of the ways AI is impacting how we create products and experiences, as well the types of jobs that will be available in the future. Even as a noted AI skeptic, I really liked Fiona’s analogy likening prompt engineering skills to the way we all had to learn to use search engines. Really good panel discussion afterwards too! Thanks to Bilue for hosting.
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Big Day In at UTS
Another day of volunteering for Girls Programming Network! Alex and I are at UTS for the Big Day In, giving out lollies to students who can crack our cypher and telling them about STEM careers. 👩💻
#womenintech #stem #dei
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Typewriter Cake
Every year I think he can’t possibly top himself, and then he does! This, of course, is the Typewriter Cake from the Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Book. He experimented with two new recipes for this one: Golden Vanilla Cake and Ermine Icing. It’s STUNNING.
And I think we can all agree: plus 100 Husband Points for the deployment of the Pride and Prejudice quote! 🩷
How it started:
Carving:
The end result:
Kitchen’s a wreck though. 😂 Still worth it!
