sarah in nyc

 Yesterday, I followed the directions on this sign. I didn't purchase doughnuts sold by the PTA, because I am a snob. The elementary school my kids went to just a couple of blocks away sells only home-baked goodies on Election Day and not Krispy-Kreme.  I have been working away on Ezra's tallit bag. I had finished the fancy decorative parts of the bag but it was time to put the bag together. The tallit is a thick one so I had planned to add a gusset. Anyone who has ever attempted to machine sew velvet knows that it is a bear to sew. The nappy fuzzy bits lock into one another and make it nearly impossible to sew a straight line. One layer of velvet will decide to travel south and the other will travel north as you sew. This particular velvet is a crushed velvet and I thought that I was up for extra adventures in cursing. Normally I would have used my serger which is slightly better at managing temperamental velvet. My serger is however at Gizmo's the sewing machine repair p...

Our dear friends who live in one of the northern suburbs invited us for dinner on Sunday. We love our friends. We would love to visit with them even if Ira didn't smoke and cure his own brisket. But the brisket made over a period of a few weeks with several complicated steps is just a tiny indication of how gracious Pattie and Ira are to us. The stars all kind of aligned on Sunday. My client who had commissioned the baby quilt lived about twenty minutes away from Pattie and Iraso it made sense to hand over the quilt at Pattie's house. Pattie is a serious quilter and has quilted since she was in her late teens. She is really good and I was looking forward to showing the baby quilt to my accomplished friend. We took the train northward. As the train moved northward my eye was attracted to the industrial. My client showed up. We had met at least once on Zoom and have emailed one another frequently during the process of making the quilt.  Over these months I have felt like I have g...