Flypaper thoughts Friday night edition

• Well
• It has been a while since I sewed a Butterick pattern
• Shapes and end result were great
• But
• Where did these instructions come from?
• Remind me when I am boss of the world to ban "for knits" patterns
• With "for wovens" instructions
• Stay-stitching, hems that are basted, pressed, trimmed, finished basted, then pressed, then topstitching two parallel rows of straight stitches
• Twin-needles anyone?
• Cover hem?
• Serged seams?
• This is getting tiring
• No wonder new sewers or any sewer are buying the best indies with 20 pages of good, realistic instructions
• You got to keep up folks
• I try to do that myself
• If my 90 year old mother is on Linkedin why not?
• (she's down as "looking for new opportunities")
• My latest is trying to learn how to apply false eyelashes
• You can buy a lot of fabric for the price of extensions
• I figured DIY for $5 from the Superstore was a better idea
• After all I can make bound buttonholes
• How hard can it be
• Yeah well try making bound buttonholes with one eye glued shut
• Another trick
• Don't put them on upside down so they curl into your eye
• Fairly disappointing when you are going for glamour
• I am going to be so ready for Halloween
• About to gear up for the costume requests
• Trouble is they change their minds the afternoon before
• Last year that was after the feathers were stitched onto the owl cape
• And the owl decided to be a princess like last year instead
• My son-in-law is great at Halloween
• One year the kids were the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe
• The middle child burst into tears
• "Why am I wearing a stupid box with drawers painted on it?"
• So next year she got to be a racoon
• With claws I glued to some wool gloves
• I am thinking of going as the Cat in the Hat
• After all I am the one who says we need to clean this up before your mom comes home
• Currently babysitting a Golden Retriever
• He's having a great time
• So far we are down two pounds of butter, a small dog bed, a package of hamburger buns
• And the pumpkin pie before it got served for Thanksgiving
• What I have learned
• Golden retrievers have heads that are counter height
• Tomorrow I am cutting out a shirt for my son-in-law
• A summer shirt he has been waiting for since before we started covering the tomatoes at night
• Oh well
• Then I am cutting out for myself
• Stay tuned for trial versions of a series of T-shirt patterns
• Because next weekend I am going on a three day sewing retreat
• Same place as last year in the hall of a local yacht club
• So excited
• Nothing but sewing people doing nothing but sewing
• No more trying to pretend that you are really interested in anything else
• It's my birthday next weekend and I can think of no better gift to myself
• Don't you think so?