Sewing, Chamber Music, and Rock and Roll!

Well, I have not been super great about documenting all of the goals I have been doing, BUT! I have done a few more that I can share.  Today, I wanted to hem some shorts of Jack's, but I couldn't remember how to thread the sewing machine, which my mom gave me a few years ago but which I have only used once.  So I actually threw the sewing machine into the car and took it to Joanne's fabrics, and when I got there I admitted to them that I did not know how to thread it an could they please teach me.  They were very patient, and helped me figure it out, which worked out for them because then I bought a "jelly roll" which is a little collection of coordinating fabrics.  When I got home, I practiced sewing by sewing all the different strips together into a stripy pattern:

Then to finish off the project I sewed the stripy thing I made into a small pillowcase for one of Jack's micro-pillows.

 After that I looked at a few you-tube videos about how to hem pants, and after that I finally hemmed Jack's shorts.  Not professional by any means, but it'll totally work.  So I think I get to cross off "do a project with the sewing machine." 

A few other accomplishments:  I organized a chamber group over the summer with Christina, Amy Jo, and Edie from Orchestra.  We are all violinists, so we are playing quartets for 4 violins, which is pretty fun: some Telemann and Vivaldi, predictably, but also this awesome piece by Grazyna Baciewicz written in the 1940s.  You can listen to it here:

Awesome Baciewicz Quartet

Also, I went to see a rock concert with Almut, Mark, and David.  We saw teh Barenaked Ladies.  It was very entertaining, here is a photo of David and I, and a little clip I took: