My manic week-before-Pennsic sewing marathon yielded 4 new tunics, 1 new skirt. Well, I still have a bit of finishing to do on one of the tunics - the trim around the neck is getting sewn on by hand. (What am I thinking? I’m thinking at least some of the hand-woven trim on the tunic should be hand-sewn. It just looks better. And I’m very grouchy about this. It really looks stunningly better… almost better enough to pull out the stitching on the trim at the bottom of the tunic. Grumble.)
I mentioned that I had to buy a new iron, right? The hand-me-down iron (which Molly and Ted gave me when they moved back to Boston) has disappeared somewhere. So, off to Best Buy I scurried! Actually, the Fop wanted to go anyway, so I tagged along.
There, on the small appliance shelves, at the far end, there was a beam of light illuminating the best of the best, the goddess of irons, the Rowenta. Everyone I know with a Rowenta has raved and I’ve never actually spent money on an iron so I disregarded the rest of the brands and examined the Rowentas. I admit, I could only bring myself to purchase the lowest model available (which was still $50). For an unworthy ironer like me, the lowest model is still amazing. The Iron Goddess Rowenta has come into my home and does my ironing for me! Seriously, this iron is so amazing it’s like I’m not even doing it myself. (I wonder how much better the $100 model really is!!!) I am filled with wonderment at this Goddess.
So I spent the rest of the week remembering how to sew with the Goddess of Irons. The Goddess really is quite good at this game. This is the first time I’ve really appreciated what an asset an iron can be while sewing. This is the first time the iron was good enough to save me tons of time. I love the Goddess Rowenta. She rocks my world and irons my fabric. (Oh, and also blows our circuits but mostly because there’s too much on this one circuit…)
Oh, and I’m on VACATION!!!
I packed up everything today… garb, food, stuff, shoes… the Fop had been collecting the gear and staging in the living room all week. He loaded everything into the trailer and Durango. Okay, I helped a little but not much. We are packed save a very short list of last-minute things such as pillows, camera bag, fruit and the pile of sewing that I finished late today. I should add water bottles. And, I should sleep.
Tomorrow… driving!
tags: goddess of irons, irons, packing, pennsic, rowenta, sewing, travel, vacation
