Getting some sewing out of the way

Thursday

I got up at 8. I got ready for the day. I turned on the sprinklers and moved them around every so often. I even ran one in the back yard for a bit. I watered the plants. I checked e-mail and messages. I finished up several 'rabbit holes'. I ate a can of salmon. Later I ate half of the fiber gel. I put on my suit and turned off the sprinklers, then laid in the sun and finished my book. I turned on The Highwire and made breakfast. I ate as I watched. I put on the Kaatsu bands. I cut up stuff for the compost. I emptied the vacuum cup and tapped dirt out of the filter. I steamed the large kale leaves. I added figures for VMIS for July. I walked to the post office to get the mail. Only junk mail, sadly.

When I got back, I read messages until Keli came over. She tried on the dress and the shirt. The dress was fine, but the shirt had to be let back out at the hips. So I cut off the extra fabric on the dress. I drew a compound curve at the waist and stitched those seams again. Then I re-threaded the serger with light thread. It was a bear!

I serged the shirt seams and then the dress. Then I turned my attention to Jamie's next skirt. I cut out a band, stitched the ends, folded it in half longways, and quartered it. I sewed it into the center of the circle skirt. I threaded 1” elastic through it and stitched up the opening and all around the band again. Then I saw the fabric had gotten caught so I had to take some stitching out and redo it.

I texted Jamie that her second skirt was ready. I sat at my laptop to read. I ate fiber gel and worked on my blog. I put liver, sweet potato and kale in a bowl in the toaster oven. I read outside till it was hot. Then I came in and got the bowl and ate outside.

Later I made tea. We watched one episode of Criminal Minds, then read from the devotional book. Chris went to bed, but I stayed up to read.