I thought I had to work tonight but as it turns out, I didn't. To make a long story short, somehow I ended up at a quilting bee with my sister. It was at a sewing shop that sells fancy sewing and quilting machines. I found myself surrounded by mostly middle aged to elderly quilt crazed women. I overheard some of their conversations: Two elderly women talking about their experiences when their husbands died. Two women talking about being special ed teachers. Three mothers talking about their sons who had joined the military. A lady talking about how ugly she thinks her sofa is. A deaf woman apparently signing about wanting to go on a quilting cruise. A lady talking about her plans to go on a quilting retreat. The unveiling of the newest quilting/embroidery machine (which incidentally costs $9000).
All of the women there were either working on quilts or some type of embroidery. I sat there working my couch reupholstering project I had started 3 years ago. But hey, I got to use a fancy sewing machine! I was later filled in by my sister that a Pfaff is like the BMW of the sewing machine world, quality German engineering.
I didn't quite finish project "hideous sofa" but I'm certainly a lot closer as we all sewed until midnight. I suppose it was kinda fun...
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