– Carol Saline
Last Friday around 4:30 pm or so- heading into the last half hour of work before the weekend- I got a panicked call from one of my sisters. Her youth group (she's one of the leaders) was putting on a play at their church on Sunday and they were two costumes short; was there any way I could quickly sew up a couple for her? I had somewhere to be after work for a few hours, but told her I could sew them on Saturday. That was the problem, she said: the dress rehearsal was at 9 am on Saturday morning, so she'd have to pick them up from my place no later than 8:30. Sigh. I got home a little after 9 pm on Friday evening and then turned my mind to figuring how to make costumes without a pattern or measurements (I'd picked up the fabric from my sister earlier). Fortunately simple tunics/robes are pretty easy to quickly throw together, fit multiple sizes, and can easily be accessorized to look more "Biblical." But still, it was a rather late night. “Sisters function as safety nets in a chaotic world simply by being there for each other.” – Carol Saline As for my own current project, some time ago I came into possession of four chairs which belonged to my great grandparents. They've (the chairs, not the grandparents) been sitting in my spare room/sewing room for months because they need to be refurbished but I kept putting it off because I hated the thought of pulling all the staples underneath from whoever recovered the cushions the last time- probably my grandmother. In any case, I bit the bullet this week and got started; I bought some new foam, upholstery tacks, and upholstery fabric... so far I have one completely done. I plan to strip the varnish and redo that as well, but probably not until the summer when I can be guaranteed some good weather in order to work outside. “If you wait until you have enough money to decorate and make your home your own, it will never happen. If you wait until you can afford to buy everything new, you are missing the point. It is the old, the new, the hand-me-down, the collected, the worn but loved things in your home that make it your own.” —Stacy Risenmay, Not Just a Housewife
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