Multi-tasking... The Best And The Worst!

Christmas may just bring out the best in us, or does it? For sure I can do my very best (worst?) multi-tasking at this time of year! While the embroidery machine is blissfully creating a band of trumpeting angels I have wrapped gifts, addressed cards, written a shopping list and hemmed a bridesmaid's dress. That bridesmaid's dress belongs to my daughter-in-law, the wedding is Saturday. "Sure", I said, "I can do that"! I wanted to hem it the way it was from the store; a narrow, rolled hem; machine stitched. I had no problem whatsoever with the attached slip. I fed the wispy-thin fabric into my #61 rolled hem foot and quickly made small work of that task. Then, onto the dress itself... as soon as I cut off the offending two inches I realized I was in trouble... it began fraying like it's very life depended on it! Arrgghh!! A medium weight polyester satin, with a mind of it's own, it didn't want to behave and play nicely at all. The aforementioned foot was making mincemeat of the raw edge, little satin threads were spilling off at warp speed. I continued to proceed slowly, cautiously, and held my breath... somehow I managed to make it around the bottom of the skirt before I turned blue and passed out. I made my dear daughter-in-law promise that she wouldn't let anyone inspect the inside of her dress! It's a complete shaggy disaster in there, this hem is definitely in contention for the title: Worst Work Ever! What's the best thing about a bridesmaid's dress? No one ever wears them again, despite what every bride may think! Oh, yeah... and while this dress altercation alteration was going on I managed to bake a batch of cookies and create three more trumpeting angels! So, there you go, that's the story around here; the best and worst of my efforts, all at the very same time! ...'tis the season!

Life is Good!