Project 365 - January 4th

I have lived in my current home for 22 years. I've had the same neighbors on the north side the entire time. We've helped each other out with various things over the years. Lisa was even up on my roof with me for several day a few years ago helping me install a new layer of shingles.

Lisas daughter, Valerie, got married last summer and bought a home in our neighborhood. The home needed lots of work and the entire family pitched in to get it fixed up. The basement is an apartment and Vals younger brother, Kurt, and his friend were the first renters. The boys didn't mind that there were no curtains on the windows. But, the boys have moved out due to unsteady income. Val now has new renters and they insist on curtains. Aren't they picky?

Val, like most of us, is trying to be careful with her money. She went to Ikea and bought a bolt of fabric that she liked for under $70. Have you priced curtains recently? She had six windows that needed curtains and no way could she do that for $70. So, you're probably wondering why I'm rattling on. Guess what I did for three and a half hours today? You guessed it, sewed curtains.

Do you remember when you were in high school and you told your teacher that you were never going to use all those crappy fractions in your life? Well, um, okay, if you sew curtains you just might. After doing some math to calculate what length to cut each panel due to header, rod pocket and hem we commenced the cutting. Then, I sewed the first panel as a proto type. After that Lisa and Val did all the ironing to prep for the casings etc.

Those girls were hysterical as they were bantering back and forth about one trying to burn the other one with the iron. Or, how poorly the other one was doing on measuring correctly witht he seam guage. Funny, funny, girls. And, we got to catch up on each others lives. We've all been busy lately and just haven't seen much of each other.