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Not exactly what I planned for my weekend.

We got a bad hailstorm last night. It wasn't a big cell, but it was slow moving and we got hammered for 10-15 minutes straight.

Wensley wanted to go out in it - he always wants to fight the weather instead of shaking in a corner like my last dog. I let him out to inspect once the skies cleared up and the steam coming off the ice on the ground was creating a weird fog effect.

We're definitely getting a new roof, new gutters, new screens (most of them are shredded), and probably new everything that sticks up out of our roof - so yay, I guess. Our roof vent turbines look like someone hit them with a baseball bat!

This morning I started debris clean up, and 5 hours later, we've filled 12 lawn bags with green leaves the trees dropped. And there is still a pile of ice on our front porch!

I hope everyone else is having a less eventful weekend!

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Studio video tour!

I spent the day priming things for paint and then I remembered to shoot a quick video. #SewingStudioBuild

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Paint!

I started cutting all the edges while Janet was away yesterday morning. When she got back after lunch, she pulled out a roller and started filling in. I'll put a pic below in the comments. #SewingStudioBuild

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Time-lapse floor install (part 2)

We broke for lunch and then came back with a portal ac unit plugged in to an extention cord from the house. Can't wait until they finished hooking up all the electrical and we have the mini split cooling the room for us - it was stupid humid today! #SewingStudioBuild

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Ruffle tail

I draped a really rough half-scale ruffle tail for one of the debutant dresses Janet & I are making. I just eyeballed and freehand cut a scrap of (un-ironed) muslin in a spiral and pinned it to my little dress form to make sure it was long enough to reach from hem to waist. Then I marked the folds and traced it onto graph paper and cleaned it up. The graph paper makes it easier to copy at 200% and tape the pieces back together.

I'll transfer the enlarged frankenstein paper pattern to brown paper when I'm back at the studio tomorrow or Friday and then make it out of the real fabric.

#ruffle #fiestabuild

February 14, 2025

I made 2 of these valentine garlands. Found the tutorial via Instagram and thought it would be perfect to send to Ashley, my daughter in Oregon, and Madison, my birth daughter in North Carolina.
Pics are from Ashley.

What I did at work today

My hand hurts! I spent all day trimming net away from embroidery and weeding out sections that were too dense for what I need this fabric to do.

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