Wednesday, May 3, 2017

After I got my reports ready for the Cranberry Hall Board meeting I should have started baking for our Friday night concert. Instead, I worked on my project. I thought it best to get as far ahead as possible while the instructions from yesterday were still fresh in my mind. Everything worked well today; I’ve made some changes to the notes on my pattern and I’m hopeful, should I want to do the project again, I’ll be able to.

I’ll stop at the grocery store after the meeting tonight to pick up the things I need for my baking. This week’s menu includes a Lemon Bundt Cake, Butter Tarts, Rice Krispie Squares and a couple of kinds of cookies. Although the cookie mixes are cheap and easy I found that the cookies dried out very quickly; I’ll go back to Mum’s recipes for my cookies. Since my left-overs this week will be taken to the Song Circle on Sunday I want things to be as fresh as possible.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

I took my sewing problems to the bee today and I’m back on track. Back on track but not before having to take apart pretty much everything I had sewn together in the past couple of days. I’m pretty sure I’ll be fine for the rest of the project; I took lots of notes and photos to go with them.

Although I had lots of ripping out to do before I worried about stitching, the time came to fire up my machine and resew a zipper. Much to my dismay I hadn’t put any thread into my many bags. When I move and put the cover on my SUV I have to take off the thread and lower the thread spools. I had bobbin thread in the machine but none to thread the needle with. Somewhere in my dreams I had taken along a hand stitching project that I thought I might have time for; fortunately there was a suitable colour of thread in that package. I got the zipper restitched and moved on to the next step.

The next step was also one that I had totally missed up when sewing on my own. But I had good instructions now and I knew how things were supposed to go together. It was almost lunchtime when I finished that step, only to realize that my bobbin thread had run out about one inch into the seam! Again, without any of my normal thread with me I used the hand stitching colour to fill a bobbin. That got me through the remainder of the day.

So although there isn’t anything to show for the day, I feel like I’m back on track and can complete this project on my own. Fingers crossed anyway.

Monday, May 1, 2017

There is a reason I don’t make many bags – they usually include a zipper or two or more!

After I finally had my three zippers stitched properly I moved on to the next step which was much easier. But as I finished that step and moved on I realize that there is something seriously wrong with one of the zippers and I think I may have to start the whole **%#! thing over again.

Sunday, April 30, 2017

It was sunny this morning; the rain had disappeared overnight. I had some linens to launder from the Cran Hall concert on Friday so I thought it would be a good day to hang them outside to dry. I haven’t done that yet this year but the day looked promising. When the load finished I got everything into my basket and reached for the clothes pins. I didn’t find them where I expected them to be but I thought I had probably put them in the back closet to clear out space on the hangers for a House Concert. When I looked in the closet I saw the bag I used to keep them in; I remember taking it over to hold my winter socks. Then I remembered the tin I had them in; it was now filled with hardware for hanging curtain rods (for my quilts). I searched high and low but couldn’t find them anywhere. I was pretty sure that once I found them I’d remember having put them wherever they showed up. I gave up the hunt though and put the load through the drier. I asked Pat later if he had borrowed them for something and he remembered that they were a bit mildewed last fall and he thought we had pitched them when I was unable to get them clean. And, of course, I now clearly remember doing that. I’ll have to get some new ones next time I’m out.

I was anxious to get back to some sewing today. The project I’m working on required a zipper; no problem as I put a zipper in my bag at the retreat and didn’t have any problems. Nothing was working for me today though and after three attempts I have given up! I’ll take the project with me to the bee on Tuesday and see if someone can help.

We’ll be waiting tonight to hear from the accountant regarding our income taxes. I’m pretty sure I will have to pay – but the amount is always a mystery.