Cajun Corner - Vol. 5, No.48

 

 

Cajun Corner – Vol. 5, No. 48 – September 29, 2013

 

Bon Jour!  Welcome to Cajun Stitchery’s weekly email and welcome to our family.

 

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This past Sunday my wonderful embroidery tech visited for a few days.  She is always such a delight.  We played and played at the embroidery machine.  She resolved some issues that I had and taught me some wonderful techniques.

She is semi-vegetarian.  I call her that because her husband is vegan.  Vegan is her preference but she will eat just about anything served when away from her husband.  One of our dear little Nereid Love Ladies, Lisa, is the chef at Wild Roots on Pensacola Beach.  Wild Roots is a unique little restaurant.  They are open for breakfast and lunch.  They serve vegan, meat, gluten free, or whatever your request happens to be.  Every time my tech comes to town, George and I try to take her to cool places that have something on the menu that could kind of sort of be classified vegetarian.  Usually we fall short of that goal.  Wild Roots was perfect.  George and I got a meat laden sandwich while she had vegan.  We were all satisfied.  I highly recommend Wild Roots.  Besides, Lisa/Wild Roots were one of the finalists in our recent Taste of the Beach contest.  Way to go, Lisa.  We are so proud of you.  With all of the wonderful chefs on Pensacola Beach, to be one of the finalists is quite an honor.

There were two pillows on One King’s Lane sometime ago with an embroidered peacock on the front.  It was unique because the peacock tail flowed off of the pillow.  The pictures have pretty much gone viral on the internet.  A couple of people have approached me wondering how that embroidery was done and if I could do it.  This is one of the techniques my tech and I played around with while she was here.  And, we figured it out.  It really is not any new technique.  It is done in two pieces.  First the tail is embroidered and cut out.  Then the tail is connected to the fabric where the body will be embroidered.  Then the body is embroidered.  I tried it and it does work.  So, one of my friends suggested that I make mermaid pillows using this technique, with the mermaid tail flowing off the pillow.  I am digitizing that design now. 

Not long ago I embroidered some beautiful lace Christmas angels.  The design had little holes designed into the embroidery that I thought were for the hook to hang on the tree.  I was partially correct.  However, there were several of these little holes and I couldn’t figure out the need for so many.  My wonderful tech showed me that these holes connect, like buttons and buttonholes, turning the angel into a 3D ornament with only one of the holes used for hanging on the tree.  It was one of those “Duh” moments.

We have several lace Christmas tree ornament designs that I hope to embroider soon. 

Yesterday was partially spent making more You Have A Booger hankies since the last one was sold this past week.  I still get tickled at this.  That hanky has to be our best seller, especially around Christmas.  One of the hankies that I made yesterday had a black dot on the fabric.  I don’t know if it was from the fabric or if I got a drop of oil or something on there.  Nevertheless, George said it was perfect because it looked like a booger.  Oh yuk!

For those of you who wanted the mermaid flour sack towels, we have several listed in our Etsy store; as well as a pair of black and gold fleur de lis pot holders.

Tomorrow is the funeral for our neighbor, Ms. Joyce.  Cajun Stitchery will be closed but re-open on Tuesday.

Have a wonderful week

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Thank you Harold for the following:

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE THE PHILOSOPHY OF AMBIGUITY, AS WELL AS THE IDIOSYNCRASIES OF ENGLISH:

1. ONE TEQUILA, TWO TEQUILA, THREE TEQUILA...... FLOOR.

 

2. ATHEISM IS A NON-PROPHET ORGANIZATION.

 

3. IF MAN EVOLVED FROM MONKEYS AND APES, WHY DO WE STILL HAVE MONKEYS AND APES?

 

4. THE MAIN REASON THAT SANTA IS SO JOLLY IS BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHERE ALL THE BAD GIRLS LIVE.

 

5. I WENT TO A BOOKSTORE AND ASKED THE SALESWOMAN, "WHERE'S THE SELF- HELP SECTION?" SHE SAID IF SHE TOLD ME, IT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.

 

6. WHAT IF THERE WERE NO HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS?

 

7. IF A DEAF CHILD SIGNS SWEAR WORDS, DOES HIS MOTHER WASH HIS HANDS WITH SOAP?

 

8. IF SOMEONE WITH MULTIPLE PERSONALITIES THREATENS TO KILL HIMSELF, IS IT CONSIDERED A HOSTAGE SITUATION?

 

9. IS THERE ANOTHER WORD FOR SYNONYM?

 

10. WHERE DO FOREST RANGERS GO TO "GET AWAY FROM IT ALL?"

 

11. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU SEE AN ENDANGERED ANIMAL EATING AN ENDANGERED PLANT?     (Eat them both!)

 

12. IF A PARSLEY FARMER IS SUED, CAN THEY GARNISH HIS WAGES?

 

13. WOULD A FLY WITHOUT WINGS BE CALLED A WALK?

 

14. WHY DO THEY LOCK GAS STATION TOILETS? ARE THEY AFRAID SOMEONE WILL BREAK-IN AND CLEAN THEM?

 

15. IF A TURTLE DOESN'T HAVE A SHELL, IS HE HOMELESS OR NAKED?

 

16. CAN VEGETARIANS EAT ANIMAL CRACKERS?

 

17. IF THE POLICE ARREST A MUTE, DO THEY TELL HIM HE HAS THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT?

 

18. WHY DO THEY PUT BRAILLE ON THE DRIVE-THROUGH BANK MACHINES?   (This one I never figured out)

 

19. HOW DO THEY GET DEER TO CROSS THE ROAD ONLY AT THOSE YELLOW ROAD SIGNS?

 

20. WHAT WAS THE BEST THING BEFORE SLICED BREAD?

 

21. ONE NICE THING ABOUT EGOTISTS: THEY DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.

 

22. DOES THE LITTLE MERMAID WEAR AN ALGEBRA?
                        (This one took me a minute)

 

23. DO INFANTS ENJOY INFANCY AS MUCH AS ADULTS ENJOY ADULTERY?

 

24. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A CIVIL WAR?

 

25. IF ONE SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMER DROWNS, DO THE REST DROWN TOO?

 

26. IF YOU ATE BOTH PASTA AND ANTIPASTO, WOULD YOU STILL BE HUNGRY?

 

27. IF YOU TRY TO FAIL, AND SUCCEED, WHICH HAVE YOU DONE?

 

28. WHOSE CRUEL IDEA WAS IT FOR THE WORD 'LISP' TO HAVE 'S' IN IT?

 

29. WHY ARE HEMORRHOIDS CALLED "HEMORRHOIDS" INSTEAD OF "ASSTEROIDS"?

 

30. WHY IS IT CALLED TOURIST SEASON IF WE CAN'T SHOOT AT THEM?

 

31. WHY IS THERE AN EXPIRATION DATE ON SOUR CREAM?

 

32. IF YOU SPIN AN ORIENTAL MAN IN A CIRCLE THREE TIMES, DOES HE BECOME DISORIENTED?

 

33. CAN AN ATHEIST GET INSURANCE AGAINST ACTS OF GOD?

 

34. WHY DO SHOPS HAVE SIGNS, 'GUIDE DOGS ONLY', THE DOGS CAN'T READ AND THEIR OWNERS ARE BLIND?

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