Bein Aliyot

My aunt and uncle are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. In honour of the occasion, their children commissioned a Sefer Torah (Torah Scroll) and we are invited to a party/ceremony marking the occasion. I wanted to make something meaningful for them and so decided to make a "Bein Aliyot". Those people receiving the honour of reading from the Torah get an "aliya" (a calling up). In the Ashkenazi tradition, the Torah scroll lies flat on a table and the scroll is covered beween aliyot (pl. of aliya). "Bein Aliyot" means between callings up. Long story short, I have been working feverishly to complete it and am almost there. My most recent addition to the embellishments (other than embroidery and beading) was silk ribbon machine bobbin work. I sewed two wavy lines using the same silk ribbon, different colours, but surprisingly, the effect is totally different. I'm not sure why they're different but at this point I'm just excited that another textural element has been added. I love good surprises. I have to be finished by tomorrow afternoon -- I don't want to work on it on Shabbat -- or continue after sunset Saturday so it will be ready early Sunday morning. A photo will most definitely be posted.

In other news, at the POM meeting last night I showed the beginning of my coffee table book and my snow dyeing. Both were met with enthusiasm.

I should be getting my password for the online fabric portraits course which starts Friday. Looking forward to that.

Off to the salt mines.