Sick and sicker

Never mix being carsick with sushi… possibly bad sushi.  Let’s just say I had a very miserable ride home, an unpleasant night, and I plan on cancelling anything and everything I have scheduled today… except for my late afternoon hair appointment, because no one but Jim or me has cut my hair in ten years, and I’m tired of looking like a country bumpkin!

But sadly, I had to leave my Bernina 830 with the tech at my dealer.  He spent several hours with it, and couldn’t figure out what was wrong with it.  Thank heavens I kept my 630, I would never be without a back up machine anymore!

While I was there, I spent some time petting the Aurora 430.  I have missed my 440 ever since I sold it, and keep thinking about replacing it with the 430.  But Bernina University is this week, and I think I’ll wait and see if anything more exciting than the new “3” series comes out.

I picked up two new patterns while I was up there.  The one on the left is your typical clothesline covered project, except that there are no raw edges.  I’ve not liked the raw edge look of these that I’ve seen, but this pattern uses jelly roll strips, with the edges folded into the center for a clean look.  That’s a lot of prep work… no guarantees I’ll get around to this one.

The pattern on the right was sitting next to several shop samples, these were awesome in person!  They have “fat” bottoms (hey, just like me!) and I can’t wait to try one!

I snagged several (okay TWO severals!) packs of Bali Pops, yummy!  I spent some more time petting… this time fabric… when I saw the Hoffman Batiks in person. 

Most importantly, I got measured for the My Label software finally!  Woohoo!  I am so excited about this.  The woman who measured me was incredibly nice, and I really enjoyed visiting with her.  She ran a Bernina dealership in Little Rock up until 2001, when she moved up to Springfield Missouri.

I have the first border completely appliqued down.  I’m not sure if this is how it should look or not, but I’m pleased with it.

Today I’ll prep the next border, then decide if I’m going to do all four sides and make it square, or just the top and bottom and figure out what else might look good.

I did not make it to Haik’s as planned… maybe next trip when I go back for my sewing machine.