Stitching Right Along
By the time the words are done dribbling out of me, my Bernina will tell me there are no more stitches left in it for today. Everything in the studio went without a hitch today. Needing to fill a bobbin is no big deal. I did take the time to fill five of them. In between time, I have been placing threads back in the storage boxes. I place them in sequential order so there are eight boxes with 30 spools each. Inside each box is a slip of paper giving me the range from lowest to highest number. Restocking the thread goes quite quickly. I felt compelled to capture the colorful pot holders and mitts with the camera. The repair stitching of mitts will be for another day.
I thought I would have enough umph left today to sew up three of the four oven mitts with their faces having been stitched. Not! Where did the umph go? When I lifted the Mr. Coffee this forenoon, the handle let loose. The same thing happened to Dennis last month. He was lucky in that the full pot landed and splashed in the sink and all over the counter. My luck . . . the pot fell on the floor exploding hot coffee and glass everywhere.
I shut down the sewing machine in the studio. I needed to do a “clean-up on aisle one.” I used a loaded Swiffer to push everything to one pile. With the dust pan and brush, coffee and glass went into the trash. I used paper toweling to corral more of the same. I took the dust pan and brush outside to make sure no glass slivers remained. I needed a breather and got some fresh air.
That is when I captured a bit of bliss from the back door. The Star of David blooms don’t last long, but they are the sweetest part of the early spring. You can’t kill them, as I have tried. They self-pollinate at will. Over time their greenery dries up and doesn’t leave a trail.
Back to the kitchen mess. With the coffee having been mopped up and the floor dry. I got out the little shop vac and with the smallest attachment that left no air between attachment and floor. I covered every square inch of flooring in the kitchen, bathroom and living area. The bathroom showed shards of glass, the living room not so much. I wasn’t going to take a chance.
After I post this blog, I will do the vacuuming again. The bright spot of taking breaks was getting cards in the mail from the kids for Mother’s Day. Sweet! Sweet! I will have a great Mother’s Day weekend as I know they will also.
With that I take my leave. ♥