La Bella gave me these beautiful lengths of Pendleton wool in burgundy and blue, the colors mystically recommended to me back when I did the research for my initial SWAP.
Clearly, I will have to get back to sewing.
One of my clients has asked me the most economical way to do SEO, and I think I will have to post about that at my web marketing blog. I also have one of my pro bono websites to write content for today. I have a regular client to see to and a few papers that straggled in via email and must be graded.
Beyond that, I am going to take the advice of an email I received yesterday and “work on my business, not just work in my business.” As you know, I am resistant to the idea of having a business.However, I see that I need to get up to speed with my accounting software, and create some letterhead and report templates, and do some marketing on days when I don’t have a full day’s worth of billable hours so that there will in future be more days when I do have a full day’s worth of billable hours. And I have my ordinary Wednesday afternoon marathon as well.
But in between all those things, I intend to think about sewing. Matching plaids will be in the back of my mind as I file, and decisions about what shape of jacket or skirt to make with these nice fabrics will occupy my thoughts as I take my daily walk. Then perhaps on Friday I’ll take a PSD.
Thanks for the link to your web marketing blog. I very much enjoyed your post there, and learned useful things from reading it.
If you can get one for your sewing machine and don’t already have one, get a walking foot.
When you sew, there is a little thing under the presser foot that grabs the fabric, and gives it a little push. This is what you adjust for the length of the stitch. It’s called a feed dog.
A walking foot is like a feed dog in the presser foot that also pushes the TOP layer of fabric through.
If you’re trying to match plaids, it will make your life so much simpler that you will cry with joy.
You can find a better description of a walking foot here: http://www.jankrentz.com/displaypage.php?ID=46
You can find one here: http://www.overstock.com/Crafts/Walking-Foot-for-Sewing-Machines/2022843/product.html
Or, check my Amazon store at the bottom of the page (and top of next page) for an assortment of different feet. http://astore.amazon.com/losart-20?node=8&page=10
Lovely fabrics. What do you have in mind?
PSD?
@illgrindmyownthankyou – Personal Sewing Day
@princess_smartypants – If I were younger and thinner I’d make jumpers. As it is, I’m thinking jackets or skirts. I think I need advice.
Beautiful wool! I bought some brown and blue plaid, ruched wool fabric from Sew to Speak the other day. Yes, I said ruched. I was thinking of making a long skirt, but now I’m contemplating a jacket of some kind. Who knows what will happen, or when it will happen.
@alissasorenson – Hey, good to hear from you! I can’t imagine the ruched fabirc.