Hi, Jan,
We are making progress on many fronts as we get closer and closer to wedding festivities. Some gardening, some garage cleaning, some additional furniture (new mattress for guest bed, chairs for the new window room) and we believe that if we had a couple more weekends we’d be in good shape. Of course, we only have one. Hmmm…
One of the best things we did was to put a birdfeeder up on the deck, now that we can actually see the deck from inside the house. Within 20 minutes chickadees found it and led a stream of goldfinches, sparrows, house finches, cardinals, and today red winged blackbirds to the feast. And oh, yes, one cheeky squirrel. The long feeder is guaranteed squirrel proof (we’ll see!), but clearly the little platform feeder is the squirrel equivalent of a TV tray. I’ll probably switch that one over to jelly for orioles, as the woman at the feeder store said squirrels won’t bother jelly much.
My wedding jacket is starting to accumulate enough fabric to make me believe it is feasible to finish. I’m up to the scyes, and if I can make it to the sleeves by next weekend I think there is a chance. But I might go shopping for a backup, anyway, just to take the pressure off. It isn’t like I don’t have a few other things that I could do instead.
But with everything to be done yet, Wilson and I are not losing sight of what this is about - bringing two families together. Actually, bringing lots of families together, as today while talking with Paula she mentioned how she is looking forward to meeting you and yours. It will be fun!
Love,
Ellen
(edited about 3 hours later) P.S. I’m about halfway up the back towards the neck shaping now. Am I building false hopes, only to be crushed later? Stay tuned…
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:39 am
that wedding jacket will be lovely! … either for the wedding or another occasion!
April 27th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Very nice post title
but it sounds to me like you’ve got a shot at it! On the other hand, if you don’t finish it, it will still be something beautiful to wear afterwards, and a good story, to boot.
April 27th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
You can make it! It’s always amazing how much gets accomplished when there’s a big deadline. And this is an exciting one!
April 28th, 2009 at 6:54 am
We are all pulling for you! Maybe not the best expression to use under the circumstances ……
Can’t wait for the pictures!
May 2nd, 2009 at 10:11 am
Is it long sleeved??? If not, you can certainly do it!