The name on everybody’s lips

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Yesterday I fixed some suboptimal areas of piping on the chair seat cover, put the cushion in, and installed it in the chair. Quite pleased. Echoes of Betrayal is good; the characters I like are getting their comeuppance. I made another batch of nut and seed bars, but made them chewy this time and am not sure I like them. Lunch and dinner were both difficult. I’m getting more sensitive to smell. It is the way of the dark season, but knowing it will get better in February is only helps so much. Ordered a pH-neutral natural deodorant. Instagram ads are millennial QVC. Looked for a vest fitting my constraints (sweater weight, minimal synthetics, machine washable, tunic length, pockets, cool brown) but like. Most sites have maybe three vest styles at all, let alone anything of the right weight and fiber content. I find myself at the wrong end of the dubious mercy of the fashion cycle. I don’t want to knit one, and there’s the same scarcity problem with fabrics I might sew one out of. I’m not desperate enough to buy something in the wrong color and dye it yet but we’ll see.

My cousin B and his spouse got a sewing machine and asked me for advice, so I put together a small list of resources for them. It was fun! I hope they stick with it.

I ripped out and redid some of the embroidery sampler rows several times and am fairly happy with it now. Double feather stitch, double herringbone, and an interlocking trio of closed loop? stitch.

Dinner, crossword, Elementary, snack, sleep. Dreamt of gym class: basketball, volleyball and badminton, for whatever reason. Xena Warrior Princess was there.