Sunday This and That

 

 Meet Paisley, a Baby Doll Sheep from Patina Farm.

While Winter remains our companion, I found some small projects to keep me busy yesterday. I like to make sure all my Easter linens are freshly washed, pressed, and ready for service. I tend to be so busy the week before my favorite holiday that getting all those housekeeping things done on time keeps me organized. Later in the afternoon I spoke with a friend and she was doing the same thing. We had not planned this, I suppose great minds think alike.  This thing is a stinker to iron, just saying.

While the major cleaning projects are still in progress, I seem to always find someting that I forgot to complete since Christmas. Do not laugh, I will hear you. I have a Father Christmas Music Box on my sewing table upstairs. I have been looking at it but actually not seeing it until yesterday. It's big too, stands about 18 inches tall, red velvet cloak, holding a tree and toys. I may have a blind spot!

 

If you have serger/overlocker that gets little use I found some nice video's that may interest. I have several people (on my sewing sites) say they are sort of afraid of them. They are still in their boxes. My conclusion is #1, your dealer has fallen down on the job. It is their responsibility to help you start out. Threading is a tricky issue on many sergers. My Baby Lock is an air threader, could not be easier, the Janome is a traditional thread path and once you do it a few times, no big deal. #2, like anything else, practice is essential. There are so many video's on the internet now, you need only tune in. Watch and listen, it will make sense. #3, it is more than finishing seams. You can do many things with this machine. As soon as I finish the current quilt top, photo's soon, I am going to try a quilt on the serger. Now, this has to be fairly simple, no crazy piecing etc, but I have a plan.

Clever tips for your serger/overlocker, HERE.

How to attach a quilt binding with a serger/overlocker HERE.

Nancy Zieman uses a serger/overlocker to make a quilt, HERE.

• I knitted (loom) myself a head band type of thing to cover that poor damaged nerve on the right side of my face and forehead. (damage result of Shingles x 2, summer before last) I absolutely cannot tolerate the cold exposed. That poor thing will stab me and cause a headache like the Road Runner getting clocked with an anvil in the desert. I wear a tossle cap over that! I am a sight. With that and these glasses that darken in light, I think I am scaring the critters. 
• I have decided that specially made gifts are no longer on my radar. NO more quilts, knitted items, etc. Done. Lots of reasons and a decision long time coming, but there you have it. I know I am not alone. A friend mentioned a quilt, made for a wedding gift, requested actually, hanging in a second-hand shop window for 10 dollars. It cost more than $300 to make. It had never been used. I was only a couple weeks since it was gifted. Makes me ill. Thank You no longer is a phrase in our changing culture. I'm not the one changing. There. 
• Chicken in the oven, our typical Sunday roast. Sunday dinner tends to be mid-afternoon, around 2 pm. I have been doing this for decades. It is a big chicken, I see chicken tetrazzini on the menu and maybe a bit of chicken salad. Like I said it is a big chicken.    
• If you have Netfix and like French humor, dry, satirical, you might want to check out "Call my Agent." Of course, there are sub-titles. HERE, their website.  I am on season #4, what a hoot a bit edgy for some. 
•  On the search for a small, efficient printer.