Squiddle and Jazzy continue sick. In a particularly snotty way, eww. And Wonderful Husband and myself have, of course, caught it too, if to a lesser degree. Ugh. Maybe it's a good thing that we're not going to SDCC this weekend? On the other hand, this is my prep time for Costume College, so it's not great on that front either ( Read more... )

Laundry and dishes, more laundry and tidying.

( sewing and machines )

The bobbin case for the 15 came today in the mail. I dug out some appropriate bobbins and got it set up. Screwed in the seam guide with a little difficulty. Guess the screw hole for that is a little gunked up? But it works. Plugged in the machine. Set the feed dogs back to forward motion. With some trepidation, put fabric under the foot and ( Read more... )

So, having sold the Singer 15 treadle on, as (1) I lacked the skills and equipment to repair the veneer, and (2) Squiddle is of an age and inclination to stick his fingers into, say, moving treadle flywheels, today I returned my mother's lovely Singer 201 to her and picked up an electric Singer 15 that I'd bought off the Goodwill auction site for ( Read more... )

Today has been a day of ick and crud, starting with a couple hours of insomnia at 4am. Yet somehow, paradoxically, today has also been a day of getting stuff done ( Read more... )

As Granny Weatherwax put it, I aten't dead. Just... busy ( Read more... )

Wonderful Husband, the Squiddle, and I went to Downtown Disney today and got a Toothless from Build-A-Bear. Really, how wonderful is it that we can get these kind of things and pretend they're for the baby when, really, they're not? :) Shopping followed by lunch at the House of Blues and beignets at the Jazz Kitchen ( Read more... )

Over last weekend, Wonderful Husband showed me how to sort my bookmarks on Firefox. Which led to going through them, weeding out duplicates, dead links, and things which no longer interest me. It also led to reading some quilting blogs I haven't looked at in a few years. Subsequently, I've dug out and completed a half-finished quilt top. ( Read more... )

Last night, I jetted out of work and took Lilo-2 the sewing machine to the sewing machine repair shop. Got there about ten minutes before closing.

Gentleman behind the counter: You should trade this in and get a good machine.

Me: You guys SOLD me this machine.

I know he was just being a salesman, but still. Not couth.

Class meeting Monday next week means I need to get my editing done by tomorrow night, and my photocopying done on Friday, because if there's a decent copyshop in Anaheim, I've yet to find it ( Read more... )