The Captain’s sister, Mia, teases her that she can’t
cook. I tease myself that I can
sew. The evening went to the captain.
I prepared by measuring twice, and cutting wrong twice. Wasn’t it good that I bought a yard of fabric
for this tiny project? Finally I sewed
the sleeve to hang the captain’s quilt properly even enclosing the seams. Just in case, since it was me doing the
cutting and sewing, I packed up the sewing machine and the sewing box to take
along.
Captain Poolie prepared munchies ahead of time to lay out on
her color coordinated new table, the salad waited on the sideboard, and bread
heated in the oven when we got there.
Her new gardeners decimated her yard well past dark while we talked over
them.
Yes, Mia, your sister can cook. She knocked me, the cook, out with a
marvelous salad that included assorted veggies, mixed lettuces, with dates and
glazed nuts. Better than good
stuff. Then came a mushroom and veggie
sausage sphagetti sauce over a delicious pasta….I gotta do that. Gerhardelli’s brownies followed as a perfect ending
for the meal. Dear Mia, we cheered.
Then came the quilt hanging.
G installed Molly bolts while I fussed with fabrics. I confess that I panicked a bit when faced
with two confederates who didn’t sew.
Then I panicked even more when I discovered the finished sleeve was
three inches too short. Yes, I brought
my scraps, yes, I machine sewed the top and sides of the sleevie on to the
quilt white telling everyone that this was supposed to be hand sewn. The bottom seam was basted down….dear G fell timely
into the breach and could be seen sewing one end while I took the other.
The end result was a triumph. Two well fed and happy guests up against the wall
with a well hung, tweaked a bit to look straight, quilt. What a wonderful, colorful, happy new home
for the Captain.
You two are quite a team. Good on ya!
ReplyDeleteA job well done is always a good feeling.
ReplyDeleteSo blessed to have you in my life!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is very impressive, Mage!
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to point you to a blog from Hawaii that had a bunch of photos from Hawaii Kon. I can't remember. Anyway, I think you'll enjoy the photos.
Here is Jalna's blog:
http://jalna.blogspot.com/2013/03/kawaii-kon-2013.html
A good team effort:)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful. A fab evening spent with friends. I gave my sewing machine to my oldest granddaughter. I still miss it, but she puts it to good use. Dianne
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