Thursday, July 18, 2024

For Listening While You Work

I hope you enjoy today's broadcast, on a variety of subjects.

I mentioned the beautiful textiles and clothing styles of the people of Bhutan.

Here is where I read aloud about the wonderful fabrics that are woven in homes and businesses in that country:

Many photos of the vibrant colors and textures are available online.

The national clothing has beautifully cuffed sleeves, as you see on The Queen of Bhutan. These cuffs are also on the children's clothing.

I like the color combinations.

People in Bhutan wear the national style and support their unique historical textile industry.

See more of the color combinations of her costumes here

The Folkwear sewing pattern , #111 Nepali blouse, is like the ones worn in Bhutan. It’s possible the collar is made of a different color fabric and the cuffs are added.

What I wore today: Dress from a 1980’s Laura Ashley pattern , collar scar from tracing an old worn scarf.

Cotton dress :vintage McCalls Laura Ashley 8432 (1983)

Today's tisane

Today's blue light and sunrise

I hope you enjoy today's message. Your comments give me good subject matter for these talks.

6 comments:

Marianne said...: Another wonderful video,Lydia. Thank you for taking the time to come talk to us!
Is there a pattern for that beautiful scarf? I always need something around my neck in cooler weather and yours is so soft and feminine.; 11:44 AM
Lydia said...: I traced it from a worn out scarf bought in the 1980’s. I can send you a pattern .; 4:59 PM
Marie said...: What a nice study on the fashion of Bhutan. Your dress patterns are so beautiful you have the prettiest collection! I love that you wear the color pink so much. Have you ever noticed that modern women tend to avoid this feminine color? Especially older women. It seems as though older women in particular feel less feminine and therefore style themselves more androgynous. I am trying to incorporate more pink into my wardrobe by sewing my own clothes. I hope to have feminine style in my older years and I always notice this about your style. You have maintained a sense of femininity. Thank you for the many insights in this video.; 12:13 PM
Lydia said...: There has been an aversion to the colors that make women most delicate and womanly. There is so much pink in the world: florals, skies, sea shells and more.; 6:40 AM
R's Rue said...: I loved today’s message. I learned something today. And it was a joy to to learn. Thank you so much for sharing.
www.rsrue.blogspot.com; 7:55 AM
Rachel old living said...: I am working on focusing more at the home and raising my toddler. It can be hard with all the outside pressures to work at the moment.; 5:23 PM

The Little Chap Who Follows Me!

A careful man I want to be;
A little fellow follows me.
I do not dare to go astray
For fear he'll go the self same way.

I cannot once escape his eyes,
Whate'er he sees me do, he tries.
Like me he says he's going to be;
The little chap who follows me.

He thinks that I'm so very fine,
Believes in every word of mine.
The base in me he must not see;
The little chap who follows me.

I must remember as I go
Through summer's sun and winter's snow,
I'm building for the years to be;
The little chap who follows me.

Author: Unknown

Welcome

" So far as this world knows or can vision, there is no attainment more desirable than the happy and contented home."

This is a Proverbs 31 and Titus 2 teaching blog, where you will find some ideas for creating the kind of home life that gives you a sense of well-being, creativity and accomplishment. It will help you understand the reasons for being the Biblical keepers of the home, as opposed to the world's answer of being career women outside of the home.

I really hope to help restore the culture of the home, which is a never-changing precept of the Bible: marriage, home and family. Young women especially need to know there is something else of greater importance than college and career, and that they play a vital role in making a stable family. In order to have strong marriages, respectful children, and good churches, women need to return to the home. My blog is based on the precept of First Timothy 5, verse 14:

"I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully..."

These articles are designed to give the homemaker ideas for doing an excellent job in the home and for enjoying the role of homemaker and guide of the house. Marriage, the family and home life is splintered. Women must be allowed to return to the home.

The Queen's Ire

England's Queen Victoria wrote in 1870, "I am most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights', with all its attendant horrors, on which her poor feeble sex is bent, forgetting every sense of womanly feelings and propriety. Feminists ought to get a good whipping. Were woman to 'unsex' themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen and disgusting of beings, and would surely perish without male protection."-- Queen Victoria, 1870.

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"Why do women want to dress like men when they’re fortunate enough to be women? Why lose femininity, which is one of our greatest charms? We get more accomplished by being charming than we would be flaunting around in pants and smoking. I’m very fond of men. I think they are wonderful creatures. I love them dearly. But I don’t want to look like one. When women gave up their long skirts, they made a grave error…" ~Tasha Tudor

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort. ~Jane Austen

Home ought to be our clearinghouse, the place from which we go forth lessoned and disciplined, and ready for life. ~Kathleen Norris

For Ladies and Home, and Those Who Want to Be

Thursday, July 18, 2024

For Listening While You Work

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