Pins and needles

That would describe the weekend.  I did some more work on the wraps and had some crummy movies on in the background.  Side note: Quarantine 2 is so bad I had to turn it off.

Pinning and cutting 

You must be dying to know the status of my immigration paperwork.  My work permit came on Friday!  There is a scary looking black and white photo of me that looks like it's from the 1900s and one of my fingerprints on the front of the card.  My name and birthday are written like they're on a flag that's blowing in the wind, all squiggly like but there's no flag in the back.  It's a weird looking card. Maybe they could hire me as a designer.  Seriously, the jobs out there look bleak.

One of my friends (who is also going through the same process with her husband) on fb commented that my immigration paperwork was moving along very quickly.  I suppose based on some of the comments in the immigration forums out there that it is.  This morning I got another letter from the government.  Our interview is April 16th!  Submit your practice questions here and I will attempt to answer them.

And now, a  giant cat watching water drip in a bathtub.  It's all I've got today.

One man band

I mean, one lady factory.  It's a mess over here.

V is going to a conference next week where he and his wildlife rehabilitation group will be speaking and offering their ideas on rehabilitation.  I've been busy making fabric wraps to help wrap injured birds and mini sock-type things to protect their feet.

The wraps have flaps that need velcro sewn on and my wimpy plastic 90s Singer isn't heavy duty enough to sew through it so I'm using two machines to complete the job.

My first sewing machine, still going strong for light duty jobs

A neighbour gave me this vintage Singer when it didn't sell in a garage sale she had a few years ago. It can only do a straight stitch but is super powerful, can sew through anything, and doesn't have a finger guard. 

I've made 12 wraps so far and need to make a total of 40!

Indecisive

I am still undecided on which fabric to use for my mini curtains in the laundry room.  I've spent a lot of time looking online for the.perfect.fabric. and I've changed my mind on all the fabrics I mentioned in this post.  Many of you commented that I should include a bit of red in the fabric so I've been trying to find something that works with that in mind.  Thank you!

J had a good idea.  She suggested browsing through vintage tablecloths for sale to cut up to make curtains.  There are a lot of cute ones, almost too cute to cut up.  It's a great idea if you're looking for very unique fabric.

The photo for this tablecloth available on etsy made me laugh out loud.  The seller's write up is pretty funny too.

How about this fabric?  Who would use this?  And what would they make? That guy is winking AND HIS PANTS ARE UNBUTTONED!!!

I spoke too soon.  A quick etsy search shows that apparently you can buy a shopping bag (to buy tools?) made with this fabric.