- I've started refinishing a five-drawer dresser. I'm an eighth of the way finished removing the paint from the first drawer. No, maybe I'm a tenth of the way finished.
- I'm currently in the middle of three crochet projects. One is a scarf, another a belt and the third is some sort of rug or something I'm making from plastic grocery bags cut into strips.
- I cut an old pair of jeans into triangles and I'm learning how to quilt....by hand.
1.16.2006
January
I'm really glad that Jon is back. It was good to see him at the airport on Saturday night. This is the main little flame flickering in my current January dark. Of my three piano students, one has decided she is too busy for lessons and other can't take lessons this month. This leaves me with decidedly less income with which to pay some impending doctor fees. crap. Therefore the job search is back on again. In the meantime I've been hanging around the house due to the cloudy weather and my lack of finances. (And lack of boyfriend being in town. I'm really glad he got to go learn about how God is at work in Colombia though.) Hanging around the house has not been all bad. Here's why:
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hmmmmm. . . quilting denim. . . by hand. . . you are one courageous woman. Sewing denim on a machine can be challenging enough due to its thickness. Good luck! And good luck on the dresser refinishing. Did I ever tell you that I finally stripped those garage sale chairs that we had in our apartment? I did the stripping, Mom did most of the sanding, and we both did the staining and varnishing. They are quite beautiful chairs after the 6 coats of paint were removed.
Lisa
Wow.
Awesome.
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