DUST BUNNIES!

I told you yesterday my sewing machine needed a clean eh?

I wasn't kidding!...

ABOVE:  I was just a little bit ashamed of myself when I took the base plate off!  Talk about Dust Bunnies!  I got the vacuum cleaner out and sucked out as much as I could, then took to it with some tweezers to get the more stubborn bits out.

Luckily after I did that it went beautifully, and even gave me warning when the bobbin was running out of thread, like it should!  Yaaa.

ABOVE:  a couple of 'walk' photos from yesterday... totally different from the 'norm' too.  Hayley (walk organiser), took them as we walked off and left her to go home with her little boy.

Now, I mentioned yesterday I'd had a 'brilliant idea' for a new project ... well this was it.

I wanted to make a new runner for our kitchen island bench.
BUT... if I make one that fits the entire length of the bench (it's freakin' long)... if anyone spills something on it, I would have to take it and wash the entire thing.  Leaving the bench 'naked' for a period of time right?

Soooooo... I thought, what if I make several smaller sections,  and link them together somehow.  Then if one section gets dirty, I can take just the dirty section off and clean it, leaving the rest on the bench!

So, last night I sewed up 7 sections, which means I can have 5 on the bench and 2 'spare'.

I got two made last night:

ABOVE:  They are butted up against each other right now.  I was thinking of using buttons and loops to hold them together.  Not sure if I need to though, they might be more versatile just like that?  Not sure yet... I will give it some more thought. 

I don't think 'ties' would work.  Or Velcro.  Or domes. Zips would be a right pain in the arse.  So if I do link them together... maybe buttons and loops is the way to go? *sigh*.

Today?  No plans apart from doing the bench runner.
As for Stew and the kids?  No idea ... Brylee is probably working later on in the day.
I will find out what their plans are later ... once I'm actually out of bed!  lol

ONWARD...

3.15 pm, and the day has gone like this:

Sleep in - DONE
Watch mindless TV - DONE
Do some sewing - DOING

Stew is mowing the lawns.
Brylee has been to a job interview, looks like she will get a few more hours at another part time job.
Griffin's at work.

The day is dragging.
I'm feeling blah.   Just a general can't be arsed sorta day really.  

What are YOU doing?  I hope you are having a fun filled day, or at least doing something interesting? 

ABOVE:  Would appear the 3 sisters have reunited.  Wonderful... god help us all.

Wow, this has to have been the laziest day I've had in months!  I've had a headache for hours and just haven't even been arsed getting a panadol!
Might do that before I go to bed.
And that's where I might go soon.