Or should I say… bobbins?

Aren’t these trays nifty? One of the gals on my Bernina sewing group has her hubby making these wooden trays to hold the larger “M” sized bobbins, which is what the new Bernina 830 uses (black cases in back) and also what the HQ16 uses (metal cases in front).

I ordered two from her, for each bobbin type.  Very nicely made!

I’m way behind today… I want to make those perennial pants today, but now I have to decide if I’m going to indugle myself and sew, or go to town and get some groceries like I ought to!

I got up late this morning at six, nursed a cup of coffee, went out and watered the garden, let the dogs out and then watered the chickens and turned them loose.  Came in, started some dough for bread, woke Jim up and fixed him breakfast, tossed a load of laundry in the wash machine, and headed out to pick blackberries.  I’ve been picking a tray full like this every morning, not bad for their first year!  My bread was out of the oven and bagged by nine thirty, not too bad baking it early in the day.

I hooked up the sprinkler and have been soaking the grapes and blackberries the rest of the morning.  After all that rain in May, we’ve not had a drop in June… even the shrubs are starting to die.  I can’t water it all, but I’m trying to save what I can.

I don’t know if it’s just my lack of commitment lately to anything, or a remaining fear factor from embroidering through my finger last week, but I can’t seem to talk myself into working on the little monkey quilt.

This is as far as I got on it.  Ignore the quilt it’s on top of… a bit distracting I know.  That’s another UFO!

I recently got a new pants pattern, Perennial Pant # 721 by Kayla Kennington.  I’m still looking for that perfect casual slouch pant.  I’m going to give this one a whirl and see what I think.  I’m still saving those beautiful rayon batiks I bought for when I find a pant I like well enough to cut into them.  Anyone made these?

I thought I’d post a picture of my finger, now that the stitches are out and I’ve managed to clean most of the blood and betadyne off so it doesn’t look quite so nasty… as a further inducement for my fellow sewists NOT to make my mistake!

Ugly isn’t it?

I think it’s going to take awhile to heal up.  I’m finding it a royal pain in the butt working without this finger!