Homeless stylin'

I came across this article about a recent contest in the current issue of Threads magazine. The challenge was to take this pattern and "take it to extremes," and below is one of the winner's responses.



It's a very clever and successful solution. Maybe it's just the magazine's presentation of it that I find so bizarre and funny.



The smiling, copper-haired model showing us what to sew for ourselves (or have our mom sew for us) if we're homeless...the coat can be rolled up and worn as a backpack during the day when you're panhandling, or unrolled and turned into a sleeping bag at night. There are even pockets in the coat you can put newspapers and books in, for extra warmth on those freezing-cold nights when you curl up outside instead of at a homeless shelter (because you've had such unfortunate episodes at homeless shelters).

What you can do with felt

A couple years ago there was a great show in the windows on Broadway and 10th street that made my sneakers SCREE-EE-TCH to a stop as I walked by.



I thought I'd lost the cell phone pics I took of the exhibit when I recently traded in my phone. "Oh my god! What if I never see those crazy felt heads on bloody sticks again?" I was so relieved when I was able to retrieve them.



Look at that eyeball! It reminds me of the finger puppet I got for my nephew last year.



It was a ridiculous thing to worry about because in this modern era, what information is ever lost? All I had to do was type "felt heads impaled on posts" into you know, that search engine, to find info about the show and the artist, Adam Parker Smith. And tons of images of his work.



IT'S SUCH AMAZING STUFF!



WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THESE POOR, UNFORTUNATE FELT PEOPLE?



Even when they seem to be OK...they don't seem that OK.



Adam Parker Smith, I salute you. Even though I was kind of disappointed to find out that you're not a woman.