Is it time for new furniture?

Oh my goodness --- what a coincidence! Someone was in Buenos Aires waiting for that plane that had the onboard death in Sao Paulo! What are the chances! It's sad as that gentleman was on his way to a cruise. I hope his body got back home without too much hassle. It does make you wonder how much hassle the family must go through and at what cost to get a person back who has died while on vacation. 

I've definitely become a slacker when it comes to taking photos. Trust me—I took lots of photos, but not for sharing on this blog. But it was a good day. One writing assignment is over, and now it's time to dive into the next one. I'm going to take a break for the remainder of this week. Then, next week, when the schedule isn't quite so tight, I'll have the flexibility to move things around a bit more. 

I have sewing machine events until next Monday, and then I'm done with this set of Zoom presentations. As I finish with one topic, I put the stuff away. I still need lots of stuff hanging around, though!

I even managed to get more paperwork done. I'm looking at the pile waiting, and I think I could clear it in a couple of hours. I have a presentation much later today and only one, so that's a positive thing, and I should get most of it cleared up. OK—who am I kidding? I'll work for an hour or two, then I want to get to the sewing machine. I NEED to get there, as I'm far behind in multiple projects. 

I have to share something with you that I've been working on in little bits. I'm always trying to learn new things with the mySewnet embroidery software and working on digitizing this chicken. There's an online group, and the administrators are wizards! I'm following a small tutorial designed by one of the administrators. 

The original diagram

Oh shoot—all I see is the original drawing. Now, where did I file my partially digitized chicken? Oh, here it is. This isn't the nice, clean view with all the stitches showing, or should I say this is the version with all the stitches showing, and you don't see the thread! I'll find it later today.  

My version of the chicken

It's looking pretty good so far, and I hope to complete it by the weekend. It's so cute and so easy. I still have so much to learn, and this has been a great exercise. Now, the issue is creating those vector versus raster files. That's still my biggest issue, and I must do more research. I did manage to digitize some frog eyes for someone last night. I started with this: 

Frog eyes to digitize

And I got stitches in a file! I did NOT test it out - OH - I'm realizing that I switched the colors - I put black where it was white and white where black. Oh, that's easy enough to change. 

So, I'll do more research on the vector/raster thing and hopefully figure it out. I know how to digitize with both, but it's much easier to start with vector, but it's harder to get it into that format. 

When I was done for the day, it was time to sit in the living room and read my book. I'm reading The Sequel, which is the sequel to The Plot. Both books are by Jean Hanff Korelitz. The main character? Oh - she's a piece of work! Can and will the past come back to haunt her? Only time will tell. 

Lexi is such a calm dog. However, last night, when both DH and I were busy on calls, I could hear her dancing and howling in her little howling voice. What does she want? ATTENTION! Fortunately, I could take a wee break and put her outside. Murphy just barks loudly! 

But Murphy was begging for attention, and so, to appease her, I let her sit in the chair while I sat on the ottoman. I know—where's the justice in this world? 

Mom - thanks for sharing your chair!

However, we were roughhousing, and she jumped out of the chair, oops! Well, the upholstery is old and faded. I'm not a fan of those chairs, although they are reasonably comfortable. I'll just duct-tape it! Kidding - I'll just flip the cushion over, as the chairs have to last another couple of years. Our goal when we move is to toss all the furniture and buy new to accommodate wherever we end up. I'm trying to remember when we purchased those chairs, but the other set in the living room? I bought them when I lived in Montreal in the 80s! So, none of the furniture in our house owes us anything. It's all destined for the dumpster, but not for another 10 years at least! 

Shhh --- don't tell anyone

However, we may need something in the family room, as what we have is a mess—and that's because of DH and Lexi. Since we don't entertain, we need some media chairs. One for me on the rare occasion I watch a movie. One is for DH, and Lexi can have her own small chair. Yes, that might be a good idea. Media chairs—I must speak to DH about that because our sectional is ugly and dirty! 

And you'll understand more about the media chairs tomorrow!

Now, for some extra entertainment, check out the QUILTsocial blog. I wrote some posts on the Husqvarna Viking Jade 20 sewing-only machine. It's a pretty sleek-looking machine and great for someone who has a smaller space or doesn't sew all the time. I love the case! 

QUILTsocial - Monday post

QUILTsocial - Tuesday post

And on that note, I'm off to spin class! 

Have a super day!!!

Ciao!!!