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Q Days Project - Work Sweater Repair

Here is the sweater I wear when working. It’s been falling apart for years. I tried repairing it once before. But this time I took more care, using embroidery thread, which is like 5 threads intertwined, and bits of canvas for reinforcement.

Almost all the tools and materials came from Brooklyn General, whose staff was very enthusiastic and helpful.

The thinking behind the jagged-shaped felt patches was that, by disrupting the borders, we would avoid producing a bunch of lazy-looking ovals. Instead, we have patches that are bold and distinctive (in theory.)

Updated to add:

Apparently, there is a sort of movement arising from just this kind of thing. The handiwork produced by it looks much better than my own shaky efforts, though.

[ericchaseanderson]

Q Days Project - NYC Celebration Tin

Today I received permission to share this. It’s the lid section of a chocolate tin to be produced by Louis Sherry chocolates, who have been famous for their distinctive tins for a hundred years.

My assignment was New York City. I wanted to avoid the most well-known sights, and instead focus on texture and how I felt about my adopted hometown.

(As an aside, I will mention that a wonderful author named Kate Simon expressed a similar motivation when writing my favorite guide to New York, Places and Pleasures, in 1959.)

The classic Sherry logo, it seemed to me, would look nice if the letters resembled yarn. A ball of blue Wool and the Gang was obtained from my go-to source, and a practical “yarnwriting” mock-up in cursive served as model.

What emerged at the end felt like the most cheerful image I’ve ever made.

(I will save the lid interior for a subsequent post.)

... As I typed those words, the street outside erupted in applause, and I realized that it was 7 o’clock. I’ll quietly add my own. Thank you, New York health workers and first responders.

EDIT: This tin is now available at the Louis Sherry site. Click the drop-down menu of “Designer 12-Piece Tins” until you get to the very last entry. Eric Anderson Central Park is its name.