Stories from the Sewing Room

Like I mentioned above, we went to see my daughter on Saturday. We took her to IKEA, Lowes, and Walmart to pick up odds and ends and groceries. It's been really expensive to get her set up in her room she's renting. 

Speaking of expensive, I thought I'd like to get an Apple Pencil while they were on sale ($80, not too bad) because I'd like to learn to use Procreate ($13, also not too bad). I've been trying to learn all different softwares and do things that scare me this year. So far I've taken a Pro-Stitcher Designer course for Modern Textiles, I've signed up with Karlee Porter to do a class this fall, I went to QuiltCon, I took Alderwood Studio's pattern writing class and learned how to use Affinity Designer, I entered quilts in IHQS and the fair, I watched a technical editing roundtable and started offering quilt pattern technical editing, I went to h&h americas and started an Etsy fabric shop, and changed my business to an LLC. Whew! That is a lot. I'm glad I made the list so that I could see everything I've done this year.

Let's get back on task here. It turns out my current iPad is too old to support the Pencil. It's so old it has a home button (which is starting to fail, but I'm stubborn and will use something until it is completely non-functional unless it is replaced by my family before I give in). So that led to my husband deciding to buy me a new iPad and the upgraded Pencil, which led to needing a case and screen protector. My birthday is this weekend, so I guess this is my extravagant birthday present for my milestone birthday. Good thing all these quilts are coming in!

My son has taken over house-sitting duties for my neighbor since my daughter has moved. He's finishing up his summer college classes this week. He told me it's been a stressful summer. And treated himself to some video game system that is coming from Japan to make himself feel better. On my tab of course since it required a credit card and he has yet to give me cash to reimburse me. He'll start regular school on the 7th. Did I ever mention that he and his friends had a PowerPoint party? They each created a 15-minute+ PowerPoint slide deck to present to their friends. 🤣

I was joking about needing our passports and realized that his was probably expired since young kid ones expire sooner than adult ones. I dug them out to check and he had about a month left. So we went and got a new one ordered on Friday. More money, but the guy at the PO took a very flattering picture of my son. We were near the local jeweler and I mentioned that I needed to get the prongs redone on my wedding ring, so we dropped that off too. I feel naked without my ring. I hope they get it back to me soon. The jeweler said six prongs need to be fixed. I think it only has six, or maybe eight? You'd think I'd know this after wearing it for almost 30 years. LOL. I've been putting this off for about five years, so I'm lucky I didn't lose my stone.

One highlight for me right now is that one of our favorite shows--Claim to Fame--is back on the air. We have a lot of fun trying to figure out who each person is while avoiding spoilers online. We had to coordinate with my daughter to try to stream the latest episode at the same time so we could discuss it through text. 

I also stumbled across a show that I've been enjoying immensely--My Name is Gabriel. It's a Korean show available on Hulu. I have to pay close attention to read all the subtitles. The premise is that well-known Korean stars spend 72 hours in another country, assuming someone else's life. They have to figure out who they are and live as the person. The first few episodes feature Park Bo-gum and Park Myung-soo. Bo-gum's episodes are very touching and Myung-soo's are funny, so it's a great mix. 

A surprise last night on our evening walk was discovering that we have a flock of chimney swifts in our neighborhood. Our volunteer pumpkin patch has produced one pumpkin, which is fully ripe. The rabbits or squirrels or deer or whatever eat most of the blossoms off the plants (including my zucchini 😫).

I've gotten rather lengthy here. If you've made it this far, thanks. I'll be back tomorrow with the July OMG Finish Link Up in which my Churn, Churn, Churn mini will make an appearance.

Linking with My Quilt Infatuation, Quiltery, and Alycia Quilts.