For next time

Mental note for next time:
Masking tape doesn't work well on oilskin...
Staplers work wonderfully though.

Oily fingers now - should possibly have done the tent hand sewing before the oilskin hand sewing.

Should think about sewing/hand projects to take and start packing that... and packing in general.

Off to wash hands...

Time for a change

New desktop background time:
Milky Way, LMC, SMC and Comet McNaught from Argentinian Patagonia. Taken a bit further north than where Z was working and apparently a mosaiced image involving a 100 degree view.
Gorgeous though.

Mountains, comets, stars and galaxies... what more could you want?

(APOD for 30 March 07.)

Remember to check your pin cushion ...

Just pulled out about 18 needles from the centre of the pin cushion. I had been wondering where so many of them had disappeared to.
Ow.
Better storage method needed I think.

A positive sewing machine post (shock horror!)

When they work, gods industrial sewing machines are glorious.
~14m of rolled hem done in far less time than it took to staple it and she went over the rolled interlocked seam bits as well - we had thought we would need to hand sew those later.
Z is just doing the second top corner - imagine sewing 6 interlocked seams with 4 layers of canvas into a corner. There is a reason Z is doing it.
I get the grand job of pulling out all the staples we spent the last 2 hours putting in. They get to join their failed fellows (definitely more than went in successfully) in a small paper grave. The stapler itself is buggered and I suspect Z wants to beat it further into submission with a hammer or two.

Bed is done, tent frame is done, wax tablets are drilled and ready for waxing.

There may be some eyeletting in a hotel along the way tomorrow night. This may be the most exciting thing happening in Balranald/Hay/Naranderra (depending on where we get to)...

Packing? Oooh... plenty of time...