Takesie-Backsies

[mommadeb]

I have decided that I am going to go back to bed and start this day over. This was going to be my sewing day. Here is the rundown:

1. I started yesterday cutting borders for a baby quilt. The long borders were fine but the short ones were 1/2" too short. Uff. Know what I did? I went by the pattern and didn't actually measure for borders. Hellooooo-#1 quilters no no. I knew better. I just didn't even give it a thought when I was cutting.

2. Ok. I had to fix the short borders, so I had to cut pieces to fit to make up for the extra length. Looks like poo but not enough fabric to make a new set of borders. Got ready to trim them down to size and layed them both together and thought to myself 'measure them'. Did I measure them? Nope. Just trimmed them to what I needed. One was good and the other one was AGAIN 1/2" short. Really????? I set that one aside and put the corner blocks on the other short border and attached it to the quilt. No problem. So again, I pieced the last remaining short border and sewed on the little bits. I went to iron it and-voila!!! I had sewed them on opposite sides of the border. One was one way and one was the other way. I'm done. I threw it on my cutting table and left it. Oh, did I mention I need to finish it before Christmas? Oops.

I decided to eat a big handful of chocolate chips mixed with peanut butter chips and drink a diet pepsi. I thought it might help clear my mind. Do ya think it worked? Nope. I was on such a sugar buzz that I forgot to put on my glasses before my next attempt at sewing. Went to brush my teeth and slobbered toothpaste down the front of my shirt.

3. After that fiasco, I thought. I'll just work on a making binding strips for a couple mug rugs. So, I cut some strips and pieced them together with strips of the same color from another binding project. I got them all sewed together and ya know what? I went to iron them and low and behold. THEY ARE DIFFERENT SIZES!!!! One set was 2" and the other was 2 1/2". Oh, these are for Christmas too.

At this point I thought it would be better to walk away. Actually I crawled because I thought if I walk I would probably trip on my sewing machine cord. Ok, maybe go out for a walk. Bad idea. Very icy outside. I didn't want to push my luck.

I decided the best idea at this point was to just sit on the sofa, watch tv and crochet. I only have two dishrags and a baby afghan to crochet for Christmas too....


15 minutes later, here is my attempt at crochet.

How in the hel..............
I think I'm going to put a paper sack over my head and just sit here.