steam is crucial

Hello friends!
It's good to be back  after a long weekend. I hope you found some time to relax. I certainly did.  Here's a funny tidbit for you: D's parents bought me a top of the line, super fancy Rowenta iron for my birthday, but due to the fact that Dustin's father has a shakey handle  on online shopping principles, it's a little behind schedule. Here's the kicker:  upon finding out I had been gifted with an outta site iron, I promptly returned my newly purchased, cheapie iron (dumb move, I know) back to the store.  So, I've been without an  iron for a week and by yesterday I was getting a little crabby. One needs steam to sew, right? Luckily, Dustin intervened and took me to purchase another (only to be returned upon receiving my Rowenta) iron so I would quit looking lost and panicky and get back to the peaceful calm of sewing. It worked. Thank you, Dustin. What on earth would I do without you?
Disclaimer to Dustin's parents: This is not your fault. I have a sickness and it requires me to sew and steam fabric almost daily. I also have problems with being overzealous and doing things like taking irons back before new irons have arrived. I will learn a valuable lesson from this, I promise.

Check out this new development:
I began a temporary (hopefully moving towards permanent) membership to my local Y today, which has me pretty psyched. I know it doesn't seem like a big deal (and maybe it won't be after a few days) but I can see the Y from my house, so being able to bike over and swim a few laps as well as use all those fancy machines to increase my heart rate has me sort of excited.  I used to practice astanga daily and since that completely slipped away and I'm tired of beating myself up about it, I decided to switch gears. Wish me luck. Now I can say things like, "I Y".

After that long iron rant, you're probably wondering what I managed to sew?

Case o' baby owls.


 
and a couple of placemat clutch bags.  Both of which have been added to the site.

more soon.

Comments

[Carolyn]

sheesh! You were so productive this weekend.
the baby owls are kick ass, and I love your clutches...genius

[amanda]

your owls rock. and so does their case!!

[joleen]

lol so funny! I am glad it worked out.. love everything you made! :)

[Blair]

Look at all the owls! Wow, what a busy weekend, seriously...I can see why you needed steam. I only wish I could say "I Y", cause that would be fun to say.

[Jessica]

The baby owls seem so comfortable together, why would you ever break them up? Someone a case of baby owls just doesn't sound that weird to me. Congrats on the iron, steam is important.

[Robin]

Awesome baby owls! They look like your cheering squad for your Y workouts!

[Mirre]

Your baby owls are so cute!

[Dacia]

You were busy! I love those owls. They look very wise.

[D R E W]

I love the idea of using the placemats. I found some the other day, too, and plan to make some. I think I am going to use straps, though, instead of cutting out the handle.