It's a Monday...

And good luck and a series of good long uninterrupted sleepfilled nights to those attempting to recover from the weekend.

basal_surge has disappeared off to kick dust til Fri/Sat, or the following Weds - I'll find out at some point. This means I get to hog the middle of the bed, pig out on Tacos and other messy mexican foods, and spread fabric all over the lounge...

1st project is easy - cut out and sew up a length of purple canvas as mattress cover for the new chair/bed.* This should be done asap as it is a white shiney mattress which will not stay that way. Unfortunately this means the furniture will match the feature wall colour...

2nd project... Choices choices choices...
( What would you suggest? )

But first, before it gets too hot, shops for lightbulb and food. Freshly breakfasted, so it should be safe. Apparently 0.2 degrees off 30, so I really should sunscreen up and head off now, before it gets to 32 degrees.

*Checked online and discovered that IKEA Melbourne and Sydney have the double bed sofa version we would have liked to get. Oh well.

Now I remember...

Why I wasn't going to do any tent work til after Festival 07:
1. The sewing machine and I have tensioning issues. It took unpicking of at least 1 seam to remember the need to hand back stitch.
2. I hate pinning (or stapling) and sewing canvas. We wont think how much canvas we have now.
3. I hate machine sewing in hot weather (currently 34.6 degrees out) - no ones temper is improved by it and it is annoying retrieving the thread when you have thrown it accross the room.

But the cover for the mattress is done and after much shuffling, swearing and more tearing than I would like, is on. Looks good, but I ain't doing that again in a hurry.

I will probably leave the sewing machine set up on the kitchen table, but I'm going back to hand sewing for a while...