Amy Currioman

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.

A few days ago I was shopping at my local fabric store. I was looking for some beaded fringe. I couldn’t find what I wanted anywhere! Well, I had a little time to kill, so I decided to just “window shop” and browse around and see what kinds of “neat” things they might sell there that I didn’t know about. Just in case I had a need later on down the road, I might know where to buy it!

Well, one of the things that caught my attention was bra cups that you can buy to sew inside shirts, dresses, etc. so you wouldn’t have a wear a “real” bra. I also so some adhesive bra cups that claim to be adhesive and reusable. The theory behind these is that you can adhere them to the garment, or to your body, remove them and then wash them and be able to use them again. I wondered how the adhesive managed to stay “good.” So I picked up a package of them and started to read the box. I was amazed to see the statement on the package “this product is known to cause cancer in California.” I had to wonder WHY they were being sold anywhere if they are known to cause cancer in California. I mean after all, common sense would dictate that if they cause cancer in California, they probably cause cancer in every state, in every country! Seems to me that this product should not be sold anywhere!

I really like to decorate Easter eggs.  The problem, though, is that I can’t bring myself to break the shells and eat the eggs after I’ve decorated them!  They are just TOO PRETTY to break!  What a dilemma that used to be when I was a child.  It would break my heart, and besides I didn’t even LIKE to eat hard boiled eggs!  But when I got older I learned that you use hard boiled eggs to make egg salad (and I LOVE egg salad sandwiches!) and devilled eggs (also a big favorite of mine!)

So I let the kids decorate the eggs that will get eaten, and I save my decorating energy to eggs that will last much longer – ceramic or papier mache, or some other type of more-permanent surface.  I like to paint on them, or decoupage.  I really enjoy letting my creative juices flow with that sort of thing!