I was reading my email from Sentimental Stitches and she talked about a song that her parents had taught her and she taught her son, etc. She wasn't the only one. I also was taught that song and so I played the song and it brought back happy memories. It's a song that has a good meaning but just listening to the music made me want to move my body and smile. Soon I found myself singing along with it. THEN I discovered that what I was taught was the song was really just the refrain and chorus. Go figure. Listen to it if you wish and read the words. The music might be a bit campy for today but the message in the song is certainly appropriate and it fits my word for 2021. It made me happy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCN893hzueQ&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=jamjar30002000
Remember yesterday when I showed block 7 of Simple Yet Elegant? I knew I had enough leaves since I had laid it all out. STILL it took me 20 minutes to find where ONE leaf went. I took off the paper backing and was in the middle of fusing down the leaves when I discovered I couldn't find TWO! What?!! I found one fast since it was stuck to another one. Static electricity will do that sometimes. I thought the other one had done the same but nope. Couldn't find it. 20 minutes later, when I had decided why am I wasting time looking for something that I could just do over in less than 1 minute. Then I found it. Static electricity had struck again but this time it had stuck the leaf to the lid of the plastic bin that I had kept the project in. It wasn't until I had thrown out all the paper backs that I discovered the leaf was stuck by static electricity to the BACK of the lid. So I quickly fused it down. So this is what the first/top row will look like (minus the sashings).
I still have to sew the leaves block as well as the bird block down but that will happen after I finish the test project and my fingers get back to normal. Hand stitching makes them stiff as well as after doing a lot of it for a long time my finger tips get really sensitive so I need to take periodic breaks. I guess that means it is time to do some piecing and not applique work. :)
Anyway, I hope you all have a great day and let that little light shine and remember that you got this! Let 2021 be YOUR year.
Hugs!
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