on topic: a neat thing I forgot to mention earlier today

A friend of mine who understands how much fun a challenge is gave me an
unusual gift: academic hoods. A collection of nine hoods from various
colleges. (someone had *waaay* to many degrees!) She said I could use
the fabric for backing holiday ornaments, but we had great fun imagining
several possible scenarios, including turning them into shawls/jackets
to wear over prom gowns/eveningwear, using the fabrics for a crazy
quilt, making a crazy quilt vest/jacket, etc. Fabrics are satins,
velvets, and grosgrain ribbon-like fabrics. Colors are intense. Cool
stuff. Lots to think about/plan!

sue


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On 3/8/07 9:11 PM, in article , "Susan
Hartman" wrote:

A friend of mine who understands how much fun a challenge is gave me an
unusual gift: academic hoods. A collection of nine hoods from various
colleges. (someone had *waaay* to many degrees!) She said I could use
the fabric for backing holiday ornaments, but we had great fun imagining
several possible scenarios, including turning them into shawls/jackets
to wear over prom gowns/eveningwear, using the fabrics for a crazy
quilt, making a crazy quilt vest/jacket, etc. Fabrics are satins,
velvets, and grosgrain ribbon-like fabrics. Colors are intense. Cool
stuff. Lots to think about/plan!

sue


Cool - I can see all sorts of projects too - tuck pillows, pin cusions...
But I love the crazy quilt idea.

But why in the world would you have 9 degrees? I am assuming none of them
are honorary ones, but truly earned.

Cheryl

On 3/8/07 9:11 PM, "Susan Hartman" wrote:

A friend of mine who understands how much fun a challenge is gave me an
unusual gift: academic hoods. A collection of nine hoods from various
colleges. (someone had *waaay* to many degrees!) She said I could use
the fabric for backing holiday ornaments, but we had great fun imagining
several possible scenarios, including turning them into shawls/jackets
to wear over prom gowns/eveningwear, using the fabrics for a crazy
quilt, making a crazy quilt vest/jacket, etc. Fabrics are satins,
velvets, and grosgrain ribbon-like fabrics. Colors are intense. Cool
stuff. Lots to think about/plan!

sue

Wow - that's quite a gift. We laugh at our very bright Carnegie-Mellon ones
- they're plaid. Very plaid. Of course the liners are different depending
on the degree area - but still.

ellice

On 3/9/07 7:43 AM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

On 3/8/07 9:11 PM, in article , "Susan
Hartman" wrote:

A friend of mine who understands how much fun a challenge is gave me an
unusual gift: academic hoods. A collection of nine hoods from various
colleges. (someone had *waaay* to many degrees!) She said I could use
the fabric for backing holiday ornaments, but we had great fun imagining
several possible scenarios, including turning them into shawls/jackets
to wear over prom gowns/eveningwear, using the fabrics for a crazy
quilt, making a crazy quilt vest/jacket, etc. Fabrics are satins,
velvets, and grosgrain ribbon-like fabrics. Colors are intense. Cool
stuff. Lots to think about/plan!

sue


Cool - I can see all sorts of projects too - tuck pillows, pin cusions...
But I love the crazy quilt idea.

But why in the world would you have 9 degrees? I am assuming none of them
are honorary ones, but truly earned.

I don't know - 1 person, 9 degrees with hoods??? I'd guess some of them are
honorary. That's a lot of graduate degrees. But, it's still a great
challenge.

ellice

Before you do anything to the hoods, you might find it really
interesting to find out what the degrees are and what institutions
awarded them. Each academic subject has its own color (for example,
"law" is pink), and each school has its own color combination, so you
can "read" an academic hood to find out what subject at what school.
A company that manufacturers academic robes and hoods can help you.
Once you know all that data, you could make a really neat crazy quilt
and incorporate fancy embroidery naming the degrees!

On Mar 8, 8:11 pm, Susan Hartman wrote:
A friend of mine who understands how much fun a challenge is gave me an
unusual gift: academic hoods. A collection of nine hoods from various
colleges. (someone had *waaay* to many degrees!) She said I could use
the fabric for backing holiday ornaments, but we had great fun imagining
several possible scenarios, including turning them into shawls/jackets
to wear over prom gowns/eveningwear, using the fabrics for a crazy
quilt, making a crazy quilt vest/jacket, etc. Fabrics are satins,
velvets, and grosgrain ribbon-like fabrics. Colors are intense. Cool
stuff. Lots to think about/plan!

sue

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The Magazine of Folk and World Musichttp://www.dirtylinen.com

ellice wrote:
I don't know - 1 person, 9 degrees with hoods??? I'd guess some of them are
honorary. That's a lot of graduate degrees. But, it's still a great
challenge.

Were they all given to one person? It could be a family collection.
(Yeah Mom, I got my degree. Here--you have an attic. Can you keep this
for me? Thanks. It'll just be for a little while. *Repeat for siblings
2-9.*)

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On 3/9/07 9:06 AM, "Brenda Lewis" wrote:

ellice wrote:
I don't know - 1 person, 9 degrees with hoods??? I'd guess some of them are
honorary. That's a lot of graduate degrees. But, it's still a great
challenge.

Were they all given to one person? It could be a family collection.
(Yeah Mom, I got my degree. Here--you have an attic. Can you keep this
for me? Thanks. It'll just be for a little while. *Repeat for siblings
2-9.*)

That's what I was thinking. I'm pretty sure that my ex-husband has our
little collection - though I think we decided with one of them to just keep
1 between us (they cost so much) as they were identical. And of course,
the Masters are little hoods, while the doctoral ones are the really long
ones - not to mention sleeve lengths and styles changing with degree
progression.

Anyhow - it's definitely a fun thing. Sue does have some interesting
friends - to go with her interesting self!

ellice

Mary wrote:
Before you do anything to the hoods, you might find it really
interesting to find out what the degrees are and what institutions
awarded them.


Oh, they're all labeled, at least year/institution. Most of them were
honorary doctorates.

Sue


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The Magazine of Folk and World Music
http://www.dirtylinen.com

Cheryl Isaak wrote:

But why in the world would you have 9 degrees?



Ummmm, Cheryl, remember my ex? The longer you go to school, the longer
you can postpone having to get a job. He would've been perfectly happy
to have 9 degrees and retire at 65 having never worked full-time at
anything.

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Mary wrote:
Before you do anything to the hoods, you might find it really
interesting to find out what the degrees are and what institutions
awarded them. Each academic subject has its own color (for example,
"law" is pink),

Sorry to pick a nit, but law is generally purple.
Music is pink. Poor business is drab brown!

Best wishes,
Ericka