Ellies

Today I brought Mom back to the airport. Where did the time go? We did get lots of stuff done, but it feels like I just picked her up yesterday!

One of the things we accomplished was the above turquoise Ellie. The pink Ellie is the one my Mom made for me when I was little. She made Ellies for me and my sisters and my cousins. There were lots of Ellies, but she has since lost the pattern. So we took apart my sister’s Ellie and used her to make a pattern for a new round of Ellies. I think the pattern needs a little tweaking, but for the most part I it came out pretty well.

I think I made it sound like I was putting my Mom right to work while she was here for a visit, but really most of my to-do list was stuff I needed to get done that I just needed encouragement to complete. My Mom’s motto is a lot like Nike’s “Just do it.” I knew if my Mom was here and it was on my list I wouldn’t be able to procrastinate any more. So I finally bought a bunch of new clothes with a gift card, Pat and I got the tub regrouted (mostly Pat on that one,) and I completed a bunch of other little tasks.

When I don’t know how to do something right, I tend to put it off. With my Mom sitting right there watching me, that is not an option. She was funny when I was putting the bottoms on the feet of the Ellie. I was asking for instruction and she basically says- yeah its hard, just ease it in. I guess with sewing I really need to just learn by doing. The only way to get good at sewing curves, is to actually sew some curves. And they aren’t going to be perfect the first time, but I will never make a perfect curve unless I first make some wonky ones.