It Happens
It does happen when a good project catches a hiccup. No wonder this Bird of Paradise squawked at one point in the stitching. I had the edge of the towel caught under the hoop during the stitching. We don’t throw the towel out any more than we would throw the baby out with the bath water. The portion of the stitching where the hem of the towel was caught is just a bit on the hefty order and the hem had surgery. If there has to be a boo-boo fixed . . . just do it and own it. After the surgery this piece of stitching will go into the water bowl to have the stabilizer washed off of the backing. The surgery came first so as to not fry out the area of cloth that was cut out. The towel will be dried and pressed and from my reckoning . . . as good as new. On the topic of what was to be a yard workout day . . . we got the acre done and trimmed. I did comment to Dennis that there may be some checking out of a new replacement trimmer. The Black and Decker trimmer is great. The problem is that it is old enough that new batteries for the configuration that is needed can no longer be purchased. The battery that it has doesn’t hold a charge long enough to get the entire acre trimmed where it needs it. Of course the battery takes a fair amount of time to recharge. Checking out new trimmers will take some doing. Since the time that this current trimmer was purchased, I have had both of my shoulders replaced and my hands have become more fragile . . . both items have had arthritis as the culprit. I will be taking a few trimmers out on a test in regard to the weight of it and the mechanics of what it takes to keep the trimmer engaged. This will not be a quick choice.