Crafty

[wayfaringwordhack]

So, I bought a dremel the other day.  It is still in its box.

I bought a sewing machine.  It is out of its box.  What was I thinking?  Among the things Little Miss Ambitious thinks she can make:  cushions and covers for a three-seat sofa and two armchairs; curtains; a fitted sheet for a king-sized bed; a suspended mosquito netting for said bed.  This is Little Miss Ambitious who hasn't touched a sewing machine since Home Ec back in the day.  I won't even comment on how long it took me to set the bobbin thread to stop making funky loops.  Still, I told J I could do it and I. Must. Succeed.  Today, I made the six loops for the cording that will support the netting.  Don't laugh at my paltry accomplishment.  It is difficult to sex (oooookay. Where is my mind?  Gutter, anyone?) SEW standing up.  I need a table.

I'm starting to have writerly thoughts again.  I hope this means a return of creativity and inspiration.

Thus endeth the update.

Pics of Mayotte will follow before next week....Probably.

Comments

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Well, to maintain sickpea status you can't succeed. That would mean that I actually had to get out my dremel and sewing machine and actually do something with them.

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can't do that. If I try to maintain status, J will kill me. And if he doesn't kill me, he'll never let me return to Switzerland or come to Denmark to visit you. YOu will be crossed off as a bad influence. :P SO, if YOU want to maintain status, you have to get cracking on the crafty front!

[frigg.livejournal.com]

Oh dilemma, dilemma!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

You must come over to the Light Side! Get that machine out and sex...OH. MY. WORD. What is it with me and the connection between sex and sewing? My fingers trying to tell me something?

[frigg.livejournal.com]

You really, really like sewing eh? *grin*

Ah, the Light Side beckons in vain. I wanted to work on my manuscript these days, but it's work, work, work for me. I hope to have caught up by tonight, though, and then it's May time. :)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

May time sounds lovely.

I need to get productive with all my Miquela time.

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

David does all the sewing in this household. You should see the dalmation puppy costume he made for Isaac last Halloween.

*smiles smugly at having married a guy who was actually good at Home Ec*

whispers: plus, you should see his cross-stitching!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

*forces J to read this post*

[rabiagale.livejournal.com]

Hee hee.

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

I understand the connection between a sewing machine and curtains, sheet, etc.

But does "I bought a dremel" have anything to do with "I need a table"?

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

bwahahaha...I'm not THAT ambitious. Actually the "table" is just going to be a plank of wood on some sawhorses, but I'm short one sawhorse and the plank. ;)

The dremel is for making jewelry and lamps. I also need a welding kit, but the bill at the hardware store was already getting hefty.

[cathemery.livejournal.com]

You make lamps? That sounds fascinating. What kind are they?

(I don't make tables with my dremel, either. Mostly I sand and drill holes in small things with it.)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

I'll post some pics when I finish. First, though, I must get that dremel out of its box! :P

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Yay writerly thoughts!

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I need all the cheering I can get. I'll will write again someday, won't I? :-(

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

You better! or I'll come down and make you. *stern look*

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

That's what I need: Discipline!

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

For every day that you don't write a page, you have to sleep without the mosquito net up. :-)

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

He's out to kill me!!!!

*gets to typing*

Julien says I have to sleep outside then, since he uses the net, too. He is speaking of spankings, too.

What is it with men and threats?

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Are you sure the spanking thing is a threat?

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Well, he never follows through on it:P Except that one time...

[kmkibble75.livejournal.com]

Okay, my mind should not be going there while I'm at work. I'll be good now.