Did you ever notice that emergencies don't tend to happen 9 - 5 on normal business days? So, far we're batting 100 on having them hit on weekends and holidays this year. As you probably guessed, I got to spend Friday night in the emergency room. My oldest son fell at his soccer game and managed to fracture the radius in both of his arms. Tomorrow (hopefully), I'll be able to get him into an orthopedist. I just hope that they are open on MLK day. I'm hoping they will be, but you never can tell since it is now a national holiday. School is in, so I'm guessing that it will mostly be federal offices that are closed.
On the stitching front, I haven't gotten much done. My week kinda got away from me when I started to read 'Undead and Unwed'. I'm not a romance reader and definitely not a vampire fan, but I'd say that this book is really neither a typical vamp story nor a typical romance. The newly created vampire is rather cheeky and entertaining to read. Since I was so entertained, I just had to pick up the second book in the series and devour that one as well. Of course, I had a bit of time on my hands on Friday night and I just so happened to have it with me. I also decided that I needed to sew up a few simple projects on my sewing machine to make sure it's in good order. My embroidery software for it no longer works since I upgraded to XP. As is typical I get several different answers from different sewing shops as to what is exactly needed and of course, if I open the product and try it, I can no longer return it because it has been opened. I kinda understand this for software, but if it is a new hardware dongle that is needed, I think this policy is ridiculous. My ultimate goal is to be able to put custom embroidery patterns on a disk for my machine to read. So at any rate, I decided to quilt some placemats since they would be small and quick. This would also allow me to experiment with quilting on my machine with a much smaller piece. I didn't find any great fabrics to make a set for myself, but I found colors that would go great with my mom's kitchen. I hate to experiment on things I'm giving away, but those are the colors I found. If it doesn't turn out decent, I'll just keep them for myself. I've got the fabric cut out and the first 96 squares made. Whew, I should have chosen something a bit easier to learn with! Back to the cross stitch front, I did manage to get my squares done for my SAL with Sue. This really is moving along faster than I expected it to. The little outlines are perfect for TV watching as I really don't have to count too much. I did do a bit on the Red Thread piece, however, it really isn't enough to justify a picture.
Cheers,
1 comment:
Luck is looking great, it is funny how close we are tracking on doing the squares without really even trying. Your quilting sounds interesting, I'll enjoy seeing a picture of it when it is further along.
I love the Undead series, Betsy is so funny, and I love the other characters as well. I've read the whole series, as has Amber, she loves them too. So sorry to hear about Zach, I can't imagine injuring both arms like that, poor guy. Hopefully the doctor is open tomorrow, I would think that he would be. Give him a hug for me.
Sue
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