Small, Domestic Things
Yesterday I was quilting the last half of the last border. I needed to change needles, which, fine, whatever. Quilting takes a larger needle size than I typically use for sewing, so I went through my inherited packets of needles in search of one which was sharp. While I was doing that, the Squiddle got ahold of my scissors.
And managed to cut the quilt.
It's only about an inch and a quarter. It's on a section of the border I hadn't gotten to yet. I can haul out my Babylock and repair it with a zigzag stitch.
But still. That plus the needle thing threw me off my game for the rest of the day.
Nonetheless, I did finally get around to buying us tickets to Wondercon. Unfortunately Saturday tickets were sold out, so like with Comic-Con, it looks like we'll only be attending on Sunday. Que sera sera.
Today I went to the Fullerton Arboretum plant sale, with my list in hand, and bought only what was on my list. This is me trying to be virtuous and not overextend myself gardening this year. That said, I still walked out with twenty plants more and something like $66 less. And I've been weeding the bed along the front of the house to put ten-ish of those plants in. (Purple jalepenos, white habeneros, shishito peppers, and rosa bianca eggplants.)
I have also discovered that at some point in the last six months, Penzey's Spices opened a store less than three miles from my home. Dangerous!
And managed to cut the quilt.
It's only about an inch and a quarter. It's on a section of the border I hadn't gotten to yet. I can haul out my Babylock and repair it with a zigzag stitch.
But still. That plus the needle thing threw me off my game for the rest of the day.
Nonetheless, I did finally get around to buying us tickets to Wondercon. Unfortunately Saturday tickets were sold out, so like with Comic-Con, it looks like we'll only be attending on Sunday. Que sera sera.
Today I went to the Fullerton Arboretum plant sale, with my list in hand, and bought only what was on my list. This is me trying to be virtuous and not overextend myself gardening this year. That said, I still walked out with twenty plants more and something like $66 less. And I've been weeding the bed along the front of the house to put ten-ish of those plants in. (Purple jalepenos, white habeneros, shishito peppers, and rosa bianca eggplants.)
I have also discovered that at some point in the last six months, Penzey's Spices opened a store less than three miles from my home. Dangerous!