Sweet and Sour....
Feb. 5th, 2025 09:56 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ianukWork just rolled back their DEI and the phrasing makes me twitch. I will post more on that later but I was livid when I read it and wanted to start day drinking.
But I left work (from home) at 130 and trundled to the sewing shop to take my serger class. It was a small 6 person class and I did learn things which was nice. I then had to wait for my kenmore to get brought back to the shop but I donated my Juki to them for charity and then got my feather weight and the kenmore back.
I hit an antique store for a quick spin around and found a brought from Queen Liz for not Estrella. I then hit Sprouts for things non-dairy that I needed. That store is not my normal sprouts and everything is weirdly placed but I was in and out pretty quick.
Got home and Benton was annoyed that his school laptop wasn't logging in and he was tired and cranky. I made tacos for dinner and he ate after his shower and then went to bed pretty early. I sat down to finish up the beads on the stems of the laurel, taught myself the fly stitch. I'm using DMC Diamant for the leaves. Things I've learned is to use short sections since the 3-ply splits and gets weird. Use a very short tail and keep the angle very deep for the stitch. I really need to find my stitching stand. But I'm pretty chuffed at the results thus far.
This is where I ended last night with 2.5 leaves done and the stems mostly beaded.
Progress 2/4/25
It sparkles nicely and the recipient wanted progress picks to keep her motivation up. She also works in the same industry and is dead inside for work and motivation is hard so I get that. Help with the brain meats with progress photos is what I can do.
I also booked my trip to San Jose (solo) to see her elevation at West Crown. So that should be fun. I'm also going to hit up the Winchester Mystery House while I'm there cause REASONS.
But I left work (from home) at 130 and trundled to the sewing shop to take my serger class. It was a small 6 person class and I did learn things which was nice. I then had to wait for my kenmore to get brought back to the shop but I donated my Juki to them for charity and then got my feather weight and the kenmore back.
I hit an antique store for a quick spin around and found a brought from Queen Liz for not Estrella. I then hit Sprouts for things non-dairy that I needed. That store is not my normal sprouts and everything is weirdly placed but I was in and out pretty quick.
Got home and Benton was annoyed that his school laptop wasn't logging in and he was tired and cranky. I made tacos for dinner and he ate after his shower and then went to bed pretty early. I sat down to finish up the beads on the stems of the laurel, taught myself the fly stitch. I'm using DMC Diamant for the leaves. Things I've learned is to use short sections since the 3-ply splits and gets weird. Use a very short tail and keep the angle very deep for the stitch. I really need to find my stitching stand. But I'm pretty chuffed at the results thus far.
This is where I ended last night with 2.5 leaves done and the stems mostly beaded.
Progress 2/4/25
It sparkles nicely and the recipient wanted progress picks to keep her motivation up. She also works in the same industry and is dead inside for work and motivation is hard so I get that. Help with the brain meats with progress photos is what I can do.
I also booked my trip to San Jose (solo) to see her elevation at West Crown. So that should be fun. I'm also going to hit up the Winchester Mystery House while I'm there cause REASONS.
