Current Mood : Happy, when I can breathe !
The cool, humid weather continues, so my wheezing at every small activity does, as well. So I kept things small today. Repaired a pair of Dearest Son's khakis with the patch I reclaimed from his wrecked shirt Friday, and washed, dried, and put away five loads of laundry. I figure, it won't be such a wrench to pick up ‘three hours' on Monday if I don't put it down over the weekend. And laundry is something I can do in short bursts. Even putting it all away took less than a half-hour. I saved the dishes for Monday, when weather is supposed to improve. Here's hoping. It's starting to stack up. I also cut up all the socks with holes in ‘em - they make good disposable small rags, and this way, they won't get mixed up in the wash when I find ‘em around the house.
I also measured out the rest of the duvet cover for the computer chair cover remake. I had it pinned before, but not sewn, and it didn't stay very well. Today, I decided to go ahead and sew it, especially since the zippered pillow case seat cushion is doing very well. Folded it to the right size - with seam allowance - and measured from the chair top to the arms, since the arms are bolted to the chair back. Once sewn, I tucked in the top corners to fit the head of the chair better, and the side splits into the arm crevices, and so far, it's stayed put. And I'm happy with my curb-shopped, last-year's yard sale computer chair !
Went back to the Chinese machine embroidery site, and hit a link at random - even with Google Translation, the site remains a mystery, since Google can't translate kanji or other ideograms. Turned out to be a great link, and I got about 20 new, free designs, including two barrel-racing ones for our horse-boarder, that's what she does.
What makes it odd is that I've seen at least one of the designs elsewhere, but I didn't have $20. to shell for just that one at the time. Now I'm wondering if the site is a bootleg or it's another case of using the same art that the bigger-name site did. I'd say 99% of what I've seen and pretty much all of what I've downloaded is unique to that site. I bet I've snagged about 30 star and planet-type designs from there, and there's pages yet unexplored. It's kind of ‘labor intensive' to visit, since I have to edit images, and everything's so small and often difficult to see what the design really is.
Otherwise, I kind of took it easy today, played with Dearest Son a bit, watched two KTMA episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on DVD while sorting socks and such, petted the kitties who've forgiven me for squirting that medicine on their necks Thursday. They hate it, and it wrecks their fur for two or three days, but ticks are already bad this year, so we all have to tough it out. I finally hit on the idea of giving them treats after treating them, so I'm hoping next time, DC won't lead me on a merry chase through the whole house to get those last three drops administered.
And I've picked out my ‘personal project' for the week. When we first got Brody, I knew we'd need some sort of digitizing software, so we could make our own designs. But the most widely used ones were ridiculously proprietary and outrageously expensive, so we bagged that idea. Later, we found Sophie Sew, a free work in progress program, but I've not made the time to work the tutorials and learn how to use it. All I've done is download it. So, next week, we begin. I've even made a list of the designs I want to create, designs I've never seen anywhere else, for free or for sale. Of course, whatever I do manage to make will be free to whoever wants it. It's only fair.
