So while I am all about recycling, reusing and all of that warm-fuzzy-good-for-the-planet-and-keeping-all-kinds-potentially-still-useful-crap-out-of-landfills, I will never again attempt to re-use any kind of cushion or pillow ziper again. You see, I am in the midst of a rather large job, making new covers for a whole bunch of cushions for a boat of some kind. When first told of the project, I was imagining about 6-8 cushions, about 2"-3" thick, 'bout 16" or less square....then they brought the cushions over. The client had told me one the phone that the cushions were pretty much filling the whole car. He wasn't exaggerating one tiny bit! The largest is rather a triangle, 77" along the bottom by about 3 -4 feet high. There are 3 smaller, but still rather large cushions, and then 5 that I am guessing go along the back of ... something. They are all about 18' x 30". Then there are about 6 more in assorted sizes. I ordered the zippers first. I order all of my zippers and thread and whatnot from Atlanta Thread and Supply Co. They rock, but lack zippers that are 102" long. So I figured that it would just be faster to rip out the old one and re-use it. True enough, I could not have tracked one down on-line any faster than I ripped out the old one. Fast forward a few days. I am finished with the gigantic cover and am ready to put it on. It's going much better than I imgined, the cushion is big, and the foam thin for the size of it, making it incredibly floppy, not helpful when trying to wrestle said chunk of floppy foam into it's cover. But it's going really, really well. I get about a foot from the end and the zipper pull pops off. I panic, decide I can probably get it back onto the teeth. Until I flip the pull over and realize that the pull, the METAL pull, is broken. The metal broke. WTF!?! I thought metal was pretty much indestructible. So much for that theory. So now I have to 1) find new super-longass zipper, and 2) install it into the already completed and sewn-up cushion cover. argh. Well I have now completed both. Thank fuzzykitties! Not that they were really any help, just much needed moral support.
The above is the only really major sewing thing I having going on right now. Knitting is outta hand! Still haven't gotten a single baby sweater completed, though the one for my cousin's baby is getting really close. I have also been managing to get more baby hats than expected churned out for afghans4Afghans. I have about 5 done so far. They go pretty quick. I really can't stand the thought of not sending anything in time for the due date. My pink sweater has completely fallen by the wayside. This with yarn for about 4 other things for me in the wings. I have some chocolate brown alpaca that wants to be a poncho, some buttery-beige Jo Sharp that wants to be the classic V-neck in her Knit 1 book, some pea-green silk/wool that doesn't quite know what it wants to be yet, and some purple that feels the same way. Should I list the Christmas projects I've got listed in my head? It's a little bit scary. I haven't replaced the DVD player yet. Don't want to spent the money right now. I've just gotten better at knitting in bed.
Oh yeah, and the picture posting, I am having no luck with this at all. argh. When, when will the 'puter gods ( or godesses) smile on me and make it all happen by magic?! ( makes scowling face while shaking fist at sky )
'kay, gotta go knit now.
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