A Little Yarn On The Side

 It's a pretty tense time in America right now, in case anyone just woke up from a coma or something.  Yesterday I spent some time with a very old friend, which was wonderful, and last week I started doing some VERY part-time/temporary work with one of my oldest friends, which has been great.  There are people who bring pain to your life and people who bring joy.  I hope I am always the latter in the lives I touch, and I am really thankful I have so many of you in mine.  It was time for a little beauty today.  Jeeves is working beautifully, which is really fun.  With nothing positive happening on the job front, it's nice to not have to even think about replacing him just yet.  The other machine I took down--Emma--worked okay for a while, then flipped out again, but behaved beautifully today.  Larry, of course, warranties his work, so I've emailed him to let him know there's still a problem and he's already ordered the replacement pa...

Jellyrolls are the sock yarn of the quilting world--tempting, take up relatively a small amount of space but can take a surprisingly long time to use up.  As I prefer to prewash fabric before sewing with it, I thought it would be brilliant to throw--not one, but TWO--jellyrolls into a lingerie bag and wash them.   And in case you're wondering what happens to 84 strips of cotton fabric sent through several various washer & dryer cycles involving spinning, the word you're looking for would be "snarl."  A big one.  This is only the part I ironed this evening.   I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do with either of them, but I still have a LOT of ironing to finish before having to decide.  Another wild Friday night around here........

Two nations woke up today--both hurt and angry and wondering how the other could treat them this way.  It may be that this wall is bigger and wider than we had ever imagined, and I'm honestly not sure we'll find a gateway.  For my friends who voted for Trump, I know the protests outrage you, but my question is:  Did the protests over Obama's election upset you?  They happened--both in 2008 and in 2012.  And did you speak out against them?  There was a lot of racial imagery in those and in the Tea Party protests, and again I ask:  did you speak out against them?  Because here's the thing: very shortly after Obama was elected, lots of my Republican friends circulated a "joke" about praying for Obama's death.  Was it racist or just because he wasn't their candidate, and how is it okay to joke about it either way?  If you saw it, did you laugh?  Did you pass it on?  Did you tell the person who sent it that it was inappropriate?...

I didn't post that picture yesterday to imply that our country is unified in any way.  We're definitely not, and I heard sentiments in this election that people 50 years ago would at least have hid under sheets to say.  But I wanted to let my friends know that whatever the color of your skin, whomever you have found to love, I am with you and I will fight for your equality. I will stand up to those who think it's okay to mock disabled people or to bully anyone.  We all have to decide who we are, and this is who I am .  And we will NEVER go back.  That's a promise.

I don't think this will scare you, but it will certainly be a bit of a shock:  I started and finished something on the same day!  I didn't even have a chance to mislay any of it.  Sunday morning I said I was going to cut out the pink fabric, and I finished the whole thing by evening.  That NEVER happens.  In fact, I was so industrious that I took a yard of fabric I don't even remember buying,  and played around with a design for a kimono jacket, which is also done.  It's not perfect by any means, but I'll wear it anyway.  So I ended the weekend with just over 20 yards of fabric to go.  And wore my new blue shirt for Me Made Monday.  The jacket is a bit out of season, but I could wear the pink shirt next week--I only need 4 more "new" things for Mondays to reach my goal of 20 for the year. And look!  They're back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Clean and working beautifully, and for a lot less than I anticipated.  Larry is a ...

Friday I was sending out more resumes, and in order to apply for one, I had to upload my resume to Monster.com, and in case it made it easier for me in the future, I allowed other companies to view my resume.  So yesterday was "Cowboy Bob Day."  Oh my goodness.  Lots of emails, and one phone call, which was kind of confusing because the company name sounded a lot like a company I had actually applied to, but after tentatively agreeing to an interview, I discovered it was a company that ALWAYS has ads running and seems to do door-to-door sales of some sort.  Yeah--not going to interview THERE.  And, to be honest, I'm pretty sure that "part-time retail associates" at AT&T don't actually make $50536 "on average,"  There was a lot of embellishing from the "Oh look! Fresh meat!" contingent on Match.com, too. I hate to admit it, but instead of exploring all those wonderful employment opportunities, I took the day to sew.  First, I got th...