Yom Tov begins again tonight. we are having one guest and a simple meal. We hare having some of the lasagna adjacent dish I had made for Friday night---which ended up being delicious. I also made some spring rolls and a dipping sauce There will also be a green salad and a cheese platter. We won't starve. Today I worked on creating the lining for Yocheved's tallit bag. When I was part of the cleaning crew for Yo's apartment I took some hand embroidered textiles that were part of her collection.One of the things I have learned from Yocheved's collection of textiles was that old pieces were often combined to make new pieces. I followed the example of the anonymous women who made some of the treasures that Yocheved owned and turned two different bits of handwork into the lining. The top geometric piece is counted work done over three layers of cotton. The bottom layer is checked so the embroiderer could establish the basic gridlines by following the design on the back pi...
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