Even old people can learn....

BEI Design

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Jul 6, 2009, 7:45:14 PM7/6/09

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I sewed the sleeves into the armscye of the silk jacket
today. Since this is not going to be lined, I serged the
edges. And guess what? I DIDN'T take a chunk out of the
jacket body! As my DFIL used to say, when the kids made a
(sort of dumb) mistake: "You just learned a *valuable*
*lesson*!"

Well, I learned a very valuable lesson with the error on the
camp shirt, and I was extra EXTRA careful while guiding the
silk through the Huskylock. All is well, and I'm coming
down the home stretch, just position the loops, sew the
facings, hems and then sew on the buttons. Whew.

Beverly

Kate XXXXXX

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Jul 6, 2009, 8:28:07 PM7/6/09

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Yay! brilliant! :D

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Emily Bengston

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Jul 7, 2009, 11:14:22 AM7/7/09

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On 7/6/09 6:45 PM, in article h2u2ah$cok$1...@news.eternal-september.org, "BEI
Design" <nobeide...@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:

Good for you, Beverly! You did well.

Maybe you should hang the camp shirt near the serger to remind you not
repeat that terrible error. Or will a picture of it come to mind every time
you serge something now?

Emily

betsey

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Jul 7, 2009, 1:33:01 PM7/7/09

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On Jul 6, 7:45 pm, "BEI Design" <nobeidesigns...@comcast.net.invalid>
wrote:

it sounds beautiful! (and i'm impressed with the serger skill...i seem
to excell at taking chunks out)

BEI Design

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Jul 7, 2009, 3:52:29 PM7/7/09

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Emily Bengston wrote:
> "BEI Design" wrote:

> Good for you, Beverly! You did well.

Thanks!

> Maybe you should hang the camp shirt near the serger to
> remind you not repeat that terrible error. Or will a
> picture of it come to mind every time you serge something
> now?
>
> Emily

I'm going to repair the camp shirt, the fabric is just too
pretty for a dust rag. ;-} I fund a scrap which is large
enough to cut a new "side left front", so I'll make a faux
shoulder princess seam on the one side and call it a "design
feature". Once it's sewn in place and the sleeve re-set, no
one will ever know...except all of you.

Beverly

BEI Design

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Jul 7, 2009, 3:56:31 PM7/7/09

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I've only done it once before this time. I was making
business maternity clothes for my DSIL, and nicked the front
of a jacket. Fortunately, I was able to patch if and then
add a breast pocket, and she thought it was very sweet of me
to "add such a nice detail." ;-)

Beverly

Emily Bengston

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Jul 7, 2009, 11:59:16 PM7/7/09

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On 7/7/09 2:52 PM, in article h30924$pkk$1...@news.eternal-september.org, "BEI
Design" <nobeide...@comcast.net.invalid> wrote:

And we'll never tell, would we, friends? "Not I", say each of us.
Emily

BEI Design

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Jul 8, 2009, 12:18:21 AM7/8/09

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Thank you, thank you very much! ;-)

Beverly

Pogonip

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Jul 8, 2009, 12:37:20 AM7/8/09

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Do you know how much it costs to rent a billboard in Oregon? I
wonder..........
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/

Lizzy Taylor

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Jul 8, 2009, 9:18:54 AM7/8/09

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Pogonip wrote:

>
> Do you know how much it costs to rent a billboard in Oregon? I
> wonder..........

Song of the Open Road

I think that I shall never see
A billboard as lovely as a tree.
Perhaps unless the billboards fall,
I'll never see a tree at all.

Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Pogonip

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Jul 8, 2009, 5:27:55 PM7/8/09

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Candy is dandy
But likker is quicker.

Olwyn.Mary

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Jul 8, 2009, 5:34:37 PM7/8/09

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Pogonip wrote:
> Lizzy Taylor wrote:
>
>> Pogonip wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Do you know how much it costs to rent a billboard in Oregon? I
>>> wonder..........
>>
>>
>> Song of the Open Road
>>
>> I think that I shall never see
>> A billboard as lovely as a tree.
>> Perhaps unless the billboards fall,
>> I'll never see a tree at all.
>>
>> Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
>
>
> Candy is dandy
> But likker is quicker.

Sure, deck your lower limbs in pants
Yours are the limbs, my sweeting
You look divine as you advance
Have you seen yourself retreating?

BEI Design

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Jul 8, 2009, 7:36:04 PM7/8/09

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Men seldom make passes
at girls who wear glasses.

Olwyn.Mary

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Jul 8, 2009, 9:26:59 PM7/8/09

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Different poet, Beverley. That last one was Dorothy Parker, not Ogden Nash.

Olwyn Mary in New Orleans

BEI Design

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Jul 8, 2009, 11:17:47 PM7/8/09

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Ok, thanks Olwyne Mary, nobody told me we were required to
stick with Ogden. |:-|

Beverly

Kate XXXXXX

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Jul 9, 2009, 2:51:40 AM7/9/09

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Parsley
Is Ghastly.

Pogonip

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Jul 9, 2009, 4:01:50 AM7/9/09

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Kate XXXXXX wrote:
> BEI Design wrote:
>> Olwyn.Mary wrote:
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> Lizzy Taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you know how much it costs to rent a billboard
>>>>>> in Oregon? I wonder..........
>>>>>
>>>>> Song of the Open Road
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that I shall never see
>>>>> A billboard as lovely as a tree.
>>>>> Perhaps unless the billboards fall,
>>>>> I'll never see a tree at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
>>>>
>>>> Candy is dandy
>>>> But likker is quicker.
>>> Sure, deck your lower limbs in pants
>>> Yours are the limbs, my sweeting
>>> You look divine as you advance
>>> Have you seen yourself retreating?
>>
>> Men seldom make passes
>> at girls who wear glasses.
>>
> Parsley
> Is Ghastly.
>

The July 9 Bizarro seems appropriate -
http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/bizarro.asp

Kate XXXXXX

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Jul 9, 2009, 6:06:03 AM7/9/09

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Pogonip wrote:

>> Parsley
>> Is Ghastly.
>>
>
> The July 9 Bizarro seems appropriate -
> http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/bizarro.asp

Hehehehehehehehe!

Lizzy Taylor

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Jul 9, 2009, 6:50:54 AM7/9/09

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But do you know what Dorothy Parker called her pet bird?

Lizzy

Pogonip

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Jul 9, 2009, 3:57:16 PM7/9/09

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Google results tell me "American writer and wit Dorothy Parker had a pet
dog called Clich�. She also had a pet parrot which she named Onan
because it spilt its seed on the ground."

I do love Dorothy Parker.