Sew What?!?<\/b>
\nI’m in the middle of about a million projects. Ok, maybe not that many, but there are a lot! I’m making a wedding gift. Can’t say what ’cause I think the future recipient might read this occasionally… I have a couple of cross-stitch pieces to do for my twin nieces. Christmas is coming, and I have wonderful intentions of making a number of the gifts I’ll give. And I volunteered to make the twins’ christening gowns. Two of them, of course. So, maybe I’m nuts. :) I have six weeks to come up with two (identical) angelic gowns. The thing is, I can’t wait – I wish I could skip out of work right now and go buy the fabric. There’s something about buying all the stuff to start a project that’s particularly enthralling. But, I’ve decided I need an apprentice. The thing I hate most about sewing is laying out all the pieces and pinning and cutting. Especially with slippery fabrics – satin, organdy – all the stuff these gowns will be made out of. If someone else did the cutting, I’d enjoy this so<\/i> much more… Unfortunately, it’s not likely I’ll be able to talk Denis into it! :)<\/p>\n
I’m wondering if it’s genetic to always have more on my plate than I ought to be able to handle. My mom’s like this too. I think my grandma might be. I guess it’s like being Italian & Catholic and having guilt built right into my pores – the chronic need to fill up every second of the day with something to do is just written on my DNA. I can rarely relax in front of the TV without some knitting or cross-stitch or something – even laundry to fold. And to just sit and veg – that never<\/i> happens – there’s just always too much to do. I suppose it’s unhealthy to not be able to sit still and do nothing for a while? But then again, I wouldn’t get half so much done. And as it is, I’ve got, oh, about a million projects half-finished in the closet… :P<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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