Today I got an e-mail from my daughter to send her a recording of her performance with the Spokane Symphony. She wishes to send it in as an audition for a competition. She has asked me to do this several times. Today I tried to do so via e-mail. The almost 9 minute recording is too darn big to do over e-mail. So I thought about putting it on a different site and one thing led to another and here I am using my Blog spot to learn about designing ones own space and making it reader useful, not just for reading.
Several posts ago I wrote about getting direction from my family and friends. I have a calendar I look at on occasion, dreaming on....I can pop an appointment calendar into this space imagining that my sister could post on my calender, "Please plan a raking party for my yard by this date." I don't know if it would be fun for her, but Dave has been asking me to set that up, and I procrastinate. : ) We shall see if the family pressure works better.
Calendar and Playlist, that Clara can get her music from. So let us see if my study works.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 7, 2011
Entertaining Quilters: Mannino's Quilt Workshop, A Letter to its Members
Dear Quilting Buddies,
From the desk of a Messy:
I entertained three times in 7 days. My house was in order enough to spend the day without any cleaning. Well, the big stuff. I think a person who entertains twice a week scores a 7 on the clean house scale. At least according to Sandra Felton! : ) I don't REALLY want to be a 10. I think I can be happy with that score.
Today, Maleny and I and David spent the whole day, minus bread baking moments, in the basement. I had planned to let David play with my machine, writing his name, and anything else, while I made a block, AFTER I finished a turtle neck project. I worked on the TN, but Maleny wished to build a block, so she designed and I cut her some material and assisted her project, taking out seams on mine, and hers sometimes. I found myself getting a little impatient, but realized if I did that, she was not going to think it worth being with me, so
I caught myself without duct tape. : )
David was happy to be in the playroom by himself singing and imagining with the Play Mobile. Maleny completed a block, and I constructed the shirt I cut out last night.
Tonight I get to learn how to use a double needle to hem the cuffs and bottom of the shirt. I am learning several things, before I sew with Dana. She is actually very frightened of the process. One, being to take this process lightly, and remember that I am doing this more to "be with" than to have a great final product. Second that this is a learning process and I have to stick with it, and don't keep doing the same dumb things over again. An Alanon lesson. The shirt I made was done without taking any measurements. It fits OK, 'cept the shoulders. Too big. So I am not going to make any more clothing without measurements and I wont make any more for myself till Dana gets some experience. I don't mind wearing this with a jumper or sweater to hide the frumpy shoulders. : ) I will do better next time. The fabric was only 2.00 so I am not going to spend any more time with it, it will be warm any way. I found an old replica of this pattern in the envelope that was supper adjusted for pregnancy, CLARA. I made three of these shirts for her inside. : )
Tomorrow I have glider cushions that I cut out 5.5 years ago. I wanted to do these on the singer, but the Singer was at Beth's house. The plan is to let Maleny sew another block and I will work on the cushions. Problem, the foam is expensive and I don't like what they have at Joannes, it always looks like it is 15 years old, with yellow. : ( But I wont let that stop me. Dave is jazzed that I am working on cushions and told me he wanted me to replace the rocking chair ones as well. So even if I have to go to Royal upholstery for the foam, it will be done. : )
Wednesday is Dave's day off, I hope to repair the Roman Stripe blocks and make the last one. Yet when he has the day off, I never know what will happen. We shall see. I also have a trip to my Moms grave on the agenda, Dave might suggest a tandem ride there if the weather is above 45. BRRRRRRR!
Please think about dinner for Thursday night and give me some suggestions. : ) Put in your ideas early, because I need some time to procure and look it up.
In closing I want to thank you three for giving me motivation to expand my "sacred space". The most important is the place in my heart and I hope in God's Grace to clean up there too. This small group is social presence enough for me to work on that. Thanks!
Love,
Rhonda
PS We have a new member.
From the desk of a Messy:
I entertained three times in 7 days. My house was in order enough to spend the day without any cleaning. Well, the big stuff. I think a person who entertains twice a week scores a 7 on the clean house scale. At least according to Sandra Felton! : ) I don't REALLY want to be a 10. I think I can be happy with that score.
Today, Maleny and I and David spent the whole day, minus bread baking moments, in the basement. I had planned to let David play with my machine, writing his name, and anything else, while I made a block, AFTER I finished a turtle neck project. I worked on the TN, but Maleny wished to build a block, so she designed and I cut her some material and assisted her project, taking out seams on mine, and hers sometimes. I found myself getting a little impatient, but realized if I did that, she was not going to think it worth being with me, so
I caught myself without duct tape. : )
David was happy to be in the playroom by himself singing and imagining with the Play Mobile. Maleny completed a block, and I constructed the shirt I cut out last night.
Tonight I get to learn how to use a double needle to hem the cuffs and bottom of the shirt. I am learning several things, before I sew with Dana. She is actually very frightened of the process. One, being to take this process lightly, and remember that I am doing this more to "be with" than to have a great final product. Second that this is a learning process and I have to stick with it, and don't keep doing the same dumb things over again. An Alanon lesson. The shirt I made was done without taking any measurements. It fits OK, 'cept the shoulders. Too big. So I am not going to make any more clothing without measurements and I wont make any more for myself till Dana gets some experience. I don't mind wearing this with a jumper or sweater to hide the frumpy shoulders. : ) I will do better next time. The fabric was only 2.00 so I am not going to spend any more time with it, it will be warm any way. I found an old replica of this pattern in the envelope that was supper adjusted for pregnancy, CLARA. I made three of these shirts for her inside. : )
Tomorrow I have glider cushions that I cut out 5.5 years ago. I wanted to do these on the singer, but the Singer was at Beth's house. The plan is to let Maleny sew another block and I will work on the cushions. Problem, the foam is expensive and I don't like what they have at Joannes, it always looks like it is 15 years old, with yellow. : ( But I wont let that stop me. Dave is jazzed that I am working on cushions and told me he wanted me to replace the rocking chair ones as well. So even if I have to go to Royal upholstery for the foam, it will be done. : )
Wednesday is Dave's day off, I hope to repair the Roman Stripe blocks and make the last one. Yet when he has the day off, I never know what will happen. We shall see. I also have a trip to my Moms grave on the agenda, Dave might suggest a tandem ride there if the weather is above 45. BRRRRRRR!
Please think about dinner for Thursday night and give me some suggestions. : ) Put in your ideas early, because I need some time to procure and look it up.
In closing I want to thank you three for giving me motivation to expand my "sacred space". The most important is the place in my heart and I hope in God's Grace to clean up there too. This small group is social presence enough for me to work on that. Thanks!
Love,
Rhonda
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