New Coasters!

I made us some new coasters, and they are C-U-T-E! :-)

Yay! I'm pretty proud of the little box for 'em too--it's on the left, even though you can't see it very well in this picture. I've still got enough of the mostly green fabric to make 4 big dinner napkins, and I think I may need to check the internets to see if I can get any more...soon my house will be filled with paisley snail patterned linen. Cute Police beware!

I registered for a Sewing class at the community college for Fall Quarter, and I am getting really excited. I'm 90% postive I won't actually enroll in the Apparel Design program afterword (which is really what the class is geared towards), but it should force me to actually work on projects and get them done and learn some good skills in the process. And maybe some patience.

I definately lack patience--hence the crazy sewing at midnight going on. But I am getting A Brand New Big Exciting Sewing and Embroidery machine and it is not here yet. I should be patiently waiting instead of starting all the projects I want to do once it arrives, because it is so fancy! It is so nice! I am so excited I have to sew and sew and sew until it actually gets here!

E-F-G, E-F-G, On my Ephiphon-Ey

And for variety, I can play G-F-E too! :-)

Oopps...

Retardo & I went on our first camping trip with the Element this last weekend, and it went pretty swell. We had a Great Deal of Gear for two people and no pets, but all was good...except for our Red-Neck Neighbors and their Really Loud Radio. We disliked them so much we decided to leave the campground at 5p on Saturday instead of staying another night.


Unfortunately, neither of us really questioned the road signs leading us back to Hwy 101....and we ended up on the wrong side of 101...the side right by the Pacific Ocean. Someone in the Dept of Transportation has a mean sense of humor and decided to name two very different highway parts Hwy 101. Jerks. In the end tho we got to have a nice little dinner picnic on the beach just after sunset. And I don't count mistakes that involve staring at the ocean, so we're counting it a successful trip. :-)

Recently Completed Book Archive

The Best Make-Ahead Recipes--Daniel Van Ackere (So I went through a phase where I requested a ton of cookbooks from the library...only to shuttle them home and shuttle them back again without cooking delicious things. So far we haven't actually made a recipe per say, but we've read so many interesting things about ingredients and such that it's being added to that big WishList in the Sky. 8/2)

A Vision of Light--Judith Merkle Riley (So this is the first in her Margaret of Ashbury trilogy--In Pursuit of the Green Lion is the second. Even though I read them out of order and thus spoiled thus suspense of Light's ending, I still liked. The plots in her books are really well written and I'm doing okay at ignoring the dialogue and 'thoughts' of the characters. 8/1)

The Knitters Book of Yarn--Clara Parkes (This is a really cool book-- and way more info than I could absorb before I had to give it back to the library and pay my late fine. She goes into fabulously complete detail about pretty much every kind of fiber anyone has ever knitted with. It's on the list of books I keep in my head that I'd love to get a copy once I have a real job again. 7/25)

The Best of Interweave Knits--Ann Budd (So I've been checking out tons of knitting books from the library and then marking with a post it the patterns in each book that I would really like to scan in and save so I can make them...someday. Well, after the 18th post-it in this book I realized it would be cheaper to get it on the 1/2 off sale knitpicks.com was having then to pay myself to scan in all 150+ pages of it. And I'm glad I bought it, cuz it's got absolutely gorgeous patterns. As soon as I feel I'm up to the intricate lacey bit, I'm making myself the Lotus Tank Top in this gorgeous cottony-silky yarn in 'harbor'. Yum. 7/20)