First day of spring? Yeah right! Not even close. Six inches of snow, overnight.
If you couldn't tell from my last post, I am so done with winter. But apparently it isn't done with us.
If schools are closed, I figure the roads aren't good enough to drive on. Usually, since I have the option, I just work from home. But, for whatever, not very good reason, I left my laptop at work last night. It almost always comes home with me every day.
So what's a girl to do? Play hooky from work and have a jammy day.
And it was good!
We did a bunch of odds and ends and a bunch of just plain relaxing.
We hung pictures and took apart a television. I read, made Irish Soda bread, sewed, read some more, and went out to lunch once the roads were cleared. All-in-all, a perfect day.
We "reframed" some paintings that we bought in Italy. And by we, I mean Himself. We got the pictures from street artists as souvenirs during the trip in which we got engaged. (20 years ago, today!) The frames were kind of a gold painted wood with light teal matts and they didn't quite go any more with our décor. I was going to buy new matts, but a little bit of spray paint, both on the matts and frames brought the paintings back to life. I'm so lucky to have such a handy husband!
Back in January, I mentioned that I wanted to make a fleece jacket to wear around the house in the colder months. I started it and have been making progress ever so slowly. After cutting it and doing one seam on my regular machine, I decided that the serger would work better for that. So, the next challenge was getting the machine out of the basement and set up. If you know anything about sergers, they are a royal pain to thread. I'm happy to say that although it was challenging, and took multiple attempts, I didn't say any bad words in the process. Yeah for me!
Back in January, I mentioned that I wanted to make a fleece jacket to wear around the house in the colder months. I started it and have been making progress ever so slowly. After cutting it and doing one seam on my regular machine, I decided that the serger would work better for that. So, the next challenge was getting the machine out of the basement and set up. If you know anything about sergers, they are a royal pain to thread. I'm happy to say that although it was challenging, and took multiple attempts, I didn't say any bad words in the process. Yeah for me!
As close as the jacket is to being done, I started a project that is much more fun and has me really enjoying sewing once again. But I can't show you it yet. It's a baby quilt. The mom knows about it, but she just might see it here, so no pictures. Sorry.
Sounds like a great "snow day"! Can't wait to see the completed sewing projects.
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