Rambling and Boring to Anyone but Me

Over the last couple of days, I’ve been working on my ginourmous pile of mending. I’m actually very proud of myself right now; I am handier with this than I thought I’d be. I have lost the manual for my machine but discovered that I know exactly what to do despite that (which is, apparently, to sew straight stitches and only straight stitches). Everything I’ve done so far actually looks decent! And it doesn’t take forever either, like it used to. I was such a slow sewer that it actually exceeded my own ceiling on pokiness, which is pretty amazing. But lately I’m just bustin’ it out. During last halftime Monday night I rehemmed a pair of pants, which is especially great because that raises the # of wearable pants in my closet by 33%. Last night I did two more. That's a big whoop-de-doo for me.

I’m thinking about how doing favors for others is like a mitzah for myself as well. Kind of like when people are coming over and it makes you clean your house. I started my mending because I promised to fix a busted tote bag strap for D and B, and there’s no fucking way I’m dragging out my machine and taking the time to get it set up for only one thing. So, their favor becomes my opportunity to do all of that sewing that has been lurking on my to-do list for weeks. (AND now I can blog about procrastinating yet again! See how I come full circle on these things? Now that is buttoned up. Pun intended.)

Tonight will be the last night of just running hems and whatnot through the machine – YEHNEHnehnehneh! – and then after that I have real sewing projects. The only bad thing about losing 60 pounds? None of my clothes fit. I’ve gone through 4 COMPLETE wardrobes (spanning 6 dress sizes, can you believe it?) and I just can’t afford to buy more. Plus I’ve got another 10 pounds to lose, so I refuse to buy any more intermediate clothes until I hit my stopping point. I need to take in a bunch of skirts and tops, which will be a more difficult task, but hopefully do-able. And do something creative with a few things that don’t fit, but I want to transform them. It’s not lack of ideas, it’s just the know-how.

If I do accomplish anything interesting, as opposed to hems, then I might post it on a sister blog. I have this idea to add another blog with my craft projects on it, since I seem to be doing a lot of them lately. But it’s not quite ready for primetime, so stay tuned. And on top of it all, I just talked to my gal S about selling some jewelry. She likes to do paper crafts and make packaging, and can do marketing, so she basically has all of the important skills I lack to make something like that happen. I am intrigued...

Note to self: remember, Glare, you want to write about Spackle Girls soon. Do that.