Amy Currioman

Yesterday afternoon I went to a Red Hatter’s Club event at the Queen’s house.  She was hosting a “surprise” event; all she would tell us was to bring a glue gun if we have one!  So I dutifully brought my glue gun to her place, and lots of glue sticks too!  When I arrived I found out the surprise was decorating miniature artificial Christmas trees that were metallic red.  She had several different types of trimmings, so we went to it with gusto.  Many times during the course of the event I heard one or more of the other women scream when they got hot glue on their finger(s.)  I thought to myself “what wimps!  I got glue on my fingertips and thumb tips several times and I just shook it off.  Well, when I only had ONE LAST thing to glue, I put glue on the surface of the tree skirt I was decorating and smashed the trim into the puddle of glue.  The glue seeped out and I ended up with the side of my ring finger in a puddle of hot glue.  Well, let me tell you that although I didn’t scream, that hurt a lot more than usual!  And now I have a HUGE heat blister on my finger!  I guess the side of my finger is more sensitive to heat than my fingertips!

Several weeks ago I went to a city over an hour’s drive away and went to a Joann’s Fabric store.  I found some really pretty beaded fringe there and bought all that they had.  When I got home and was using it I discovered that I really need another package (they came in one yard packages) of the fringe.  So I went to my local Joann’s – they don’t have any.  I went online to find it to buy over the Internet – I can’t find it anywhere, no matter how much google-ing I do!  So I guess I’ll have to drive back up to the other city and hope they have re-stocked their supply!  I’m really surprised that I couldn’t buy it over the Internet!

Later on this morning my hubby and I are going to hop in his truck and head down to a large indoor flea market that is about an hour’s drive from where we live.  He’s been wanting me to go to the flea market with him for the past several months, and I just have not had the time to go with him.  He’s been starting to feel like I’m avoiding going with him!  So this morning when I got up I found him out in the garage, tinkering with his truck.  I asked him if he still wanted to go to the flea market and he said that he did.  So I said I’d go with him when he was ready to go!

So now he’s finished tinkering with his truck, and is in the shower.  I guess we’ll be heading out in a few minutes!  I’m curious to see what bargains can be had at the flea market!

So here I am, in the middle of sewing a new scarf, and the bobbin binds up. Well, I’ve had that happen before, it’s usually no big deal. I just take a few pieces apart and remove the thread, put it back together and I’m on my way. Not this time! I can’t get all of the parts off that I need to take off. I asked my hubby for help; he couldn’t do it either! What a bother! I don’t know where any local sewing machine repair shops are! And I don’t want to have to take my machine and drop it off somewhere and wait for repairs. (Sigh.) Well, I called the local fabric store and asked them where I can take my machine to have it fixed. Would you believe the local hardware store? That’s a surprise!

So, machine is now in the hands of the repairman, and I’m annoyed. I love that little machine and although I have a back-up machine, I don’t like it as well. So now that I’m in the mood to sew, my favorite machine is in the shop, and it will cost me at least $60 to have it fixed! GRRRRR…….

One of the things I enjoy doing in my spare time is sewing. I like to sew a variety of things; lately I’ve been focusing on dancing costumes. My sister and I have started to take some belly dancing classes and we are having a great time. It’s great exercise, and we have a good time taking the class together. We share a lot of laughs. We’ve found that we want a few basic costume items – hip scarves and dancing veils and since I enjoy sewing I have bought some fabric and been working on them. I’ve created a couple of veils, and today was my first hip scarf. I found the directions on the Internet by googling “how to make a belly dancing hip scarf.” I followed the directions pretty closely and it came out pretty good. It took most of the day to do it; I expect the next one will be quicker.