Making the apron

Tuesday

Chris' alarm woke me at 4:30. But it didn't wake him so I did. I tried to go back to sleep. I don't think I did. I got up after hearing Chris leave for work at 7. I got ready for the day.

I made a point of working in the denim apron. First I digitized the logo and found some applique embroidered letters for BBQ. I imported a B and a Q. I made another copy of the B. Or at least I thought I did. Looked good on the screen. I wrote it to the card and put the card in my machine. However, on the machine it looked strange with extra curlies. First the words were embroidered, no problem. But then the first B only got a outline stitch and the second one only got a satin stitch. The Q got both, as they all should have. So I had to go back and put a satin stitch on the first B and carefully trim the satin stitches on the second B.

I took a break for breakfast. I sat outside and read for 15 minutes. I went to Saronna's house to practice for an hour. When I got back, I made channels for the upper sides of the apron. I hemmed around the rest. I sewed a pocket on the front. I threaded some ribbon through the channels and tried it on. I thought it looked terrible. I sent a pic to Michelle, who thought it was cute. So I ripped the channels off and sewed ties to the top and sides.

Chris came home from work. I had him try it on and he liked it. I thought it didn't hang right so I sprayed it with water and tried to press the edges flat. I ate fiber gel. I handstitched where the seams were too thick for the machine to sew through.

I made and ate supper. I walked to the post office to get the mail. When I got back, I made a salad. I read messages. I watered in the back and set the sprinkler on the shady side. I went to the garden to check the irrigation system. I came home and shut the shady sprinkler off. I worked on my blog. I gave myself 6 hours of community service for the apron. I made tea and we watched one episode of Longmire - a season ender. Chris read the next section of the devotional book and I answered the questions as best I could. Later he went to bed. I stayed up to read, and then I went to bed.