Tessie Saves the Day!!!

When I got up this morning, I heard a lot of heavy moving coming from the workroom.

It wasn't me... I assumed that it had to be Tessie, fooling around in there. 

I decided not to disturb her.  Sometimes it's better that way.

This time it certainly was!!!

When I finally got up the courage to open the door, There she was.  Up to her armpits in moving things around!

She had moved the dressing table from the bedroom into the closet. 

Granted, it's not as nice a room as the bedroom and she is going to have to do some more to the closet, but I told her that she is in charge of the two rooms. I am washing my hands of the whole thing. 

If she wants more done, she can do it herself. I am finished. No more running around in circles for me.

In fact, the next time I went back in, she had painted the ladder pink to match the carpet. 

I am going to have to go in there and turn the ladder right side up.  If I don't, she is going to fall on her head.

Anyway, I am no longer in charge of her bedroom and dressing room. 

Her changes makes it a lot easier for me.  I will use the dressing table with curtains somewhere else.  As soon as I decide where to use them, she will want them back...

I don't care. Just as long as all of the pieces get done. And as long as they fit together in whatever room she puts them in.  I am going back to work on MY dressing table now.  One of these days I am going to make a "Mini Me". Then I can go nose to nose to argue with her... Somehow, I think that I would win more arguments if I could look her in the eye.  

Back to work. See you tomorrow.

The Dressing Table and Babies...

I got all of the curtains and the skirt for the dressing table pleated this morning. 

I think that I am going to pull the  side curtains apart and re do them.  I don't think that the bottoms are close enough together. And I forgot to put a rod in the outside of them.

Tessie is not complaining, but I am.  I really hate the curtains.  They are kind of mushy looking.

It won't take that long to fix them. It's just a nuisance.

Walter was out in the front yard, picking up the mesquite seed pods and he found these.  I now have prickly pear minis! They won't stay that way long, but I will have them for a few months.

I have to go back now and fix the curtains.

See you tomorrow.

Just Enlist Tessie!

I got the fabric and other materials out to start the dressing table this morning... When we got back from the doctor's appointment, this is what I found.

Kota took all of  my materials and supplies and was using them for a bed when I returned.

If  I try to take them away from him, He bites and sometimes scratches to keep what is his.

I don't argue...

I send in Tessie.  She charms him every time.

She talks quietly in his ear and he usually gives up and lets her have her way.

I wish that I could do that... It doesn't work for me. 

Anyway, I got the materials away from him.

I cut a Long strip and turned one edge under about a quarter of an inch and glued it. Then I glued some tiny lace to the edge, on the outside, over the hem. After that, I pleated it by moving two squares forward and pulling it back to one square on the graph paper.

Then I cut two long pieces for the side curtains to go around the mirror.

I started at the outside edge of the curtains and pinned the pleats in the fabric.

I gathered up the bottom part that will go by the dressing table itself.  Then I spread the top out a little more and pinned it. That will go around a half circle that will go above the mirror. 

I have not yet cut the valance that will go over the top of the curtains.  That will be a tomorrow thing.

I still have to spray the pieces that you see with a second coat of hairspray to stiffen them up more.

I still need to cut out circles to make a stool to go in front of the dressing table too.  That will happen tomorrow.  The rest of the day will be some sanding on the dressing table top and the second coat of spray on the fabric pieces.

Back to work.  See you tomorrow.