Thursday 8 May 2014

Iced (bitter)sweetness

Hola!
Its still cold and wet here in Cambridgeshire,but that will not stop me dreaming about Summer! No way ,so I dug out one of my first ever Lawn Fawn sets Here's The Scoop,MFT Peekaboo Trio and faced my nemesis,my sewing machine. (Brief back story: my sewing machine and I were besties once. We did everything together,cards,tags,bunting-there wasn't a job we couldn't do together. Until I gave it a card to sew that I had spent literally FOREVER on. Completely oblivious of its evil intentions,I fed my precious hard work under its foot and.... SQUARL-NASH!!! (That was the actual sound it made) it ate my card in one go :-O (That was my actual face I made) Since prying out my tattered card from under its destructive foot,we haven't spoken. I even put its dust cover on it (Kind of like a naughty chair for sewing machines) UNTIL TODAY!
 I had eyed up Virginia's View sewing challenge when it opened up.
 I looked at the naughty machine in its dust cover and wondered if it had learnt its lesson.... I got it set up,and put some nice sunny aqua thread on its spool...I cautiously made up my card and introduced it to the machine. The machine looked shifty. I gave the machine a warning in my best stern voice. I put my card along with its heap of glitter (in hindsight,maybe best to be a bit more sparing with the sparkles)under its nonchalant foot,shut my eyes and pushed the foot peddle...

 Not a whisper of malice,it just calmly went round the border,as asked...


As if nothing had ever happened...


Has it changed? Is it a reformed machine? Was it just having an off day? Who knows! But at least I can enter the challenge and think about forgiveness ;-)



Forgiven,machine. Forgiven....(but not forgotten!)

Lou x


3 comments:

  1. Hello, Louise! I am so glad that your sewing machine cooperated! What a darling and sweet card! The stitched borders give such a refined touch! Thanks for entering Virginia's View Challenge! So glad that you join the fun!

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  2. Oh Lou you have no idea how funny that was ...very same thing happened to me ....i just got a nice shiny new machine that plays ball every time i ask it :)
    Awesome card ...i still haven't got that set :( me need it now.
    Kate xx

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  3. Love the commentary Lou ... made me chuckle xx

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