SHEs Organized

Harriet, do you put your wreath on the inside or the outside? Our door is 3/4 glass, similar to leaded glass between 2 smooth glass panels. We picked the one that has the highest privacy number. Still, I can put my eye against one of the glass pieces and see who's there, although they can be distorted.

I have success using those suction hooks, which I moisten and then press to the glass. I use three of them in a small arc. My heaviest wreath is my Christmas one, all made of pinecones. But I am mindful to keep an eye on them and give them an extra press to the glass if I see one coming off.

I got my fabrics together and separated into piles for the next 2 quilts. One was just screaming for some red and I shuddered to think I'd have the same problem of the dye migrating like before... but I bit the bullet and got the red out and rewashed.. astounded to see red was coming out. But 4 washings in the sink and 4 rinses seemed to do the trick. Water from the last rinse in a clear glass appears to be absolutely clear, and laying it out on white paper towel left no red behind. So, wish me luck. I have the quilt top all put together in my head.

Now I come with the all-time most stupid question. Hopefully somebody who uses a rotary cutter can answer me.

My cutter got loose and fell apart, pieces went every which way all over the floor. I couldn't figure out how to get it together again.

I took apart an old one, very carefully, I got the pieces together but the little curved metal washer slithered away, from who knows where.

I think I got the new cutter together. blade guard in the front with retaining disk on top, blade next underneath the guard with the bolt going through all. On the back is the loosening/tightening nut. between the nut and the back of the cutter is the little washer. Is that right? When I took the old one apart, the washer appeared to be stuck in the back side of the guard which would make it on the front side of the cutter and not the back. My new cutter doesn't quite go together right that way. They are both Fis kars and I can't quite find this model anywhere to see a picture. Found a picture of the old one and it appears similar to the way I put the new one together but doesn't show the washer.

Videos online are either different models with no guard or not completely taken apart to change a blade.

I'm sure I don't have the talent for all this that some do. I have just enough perseverance to get it accomplished regardless. Right now I'm about to go back to using scissors.

I finished another sage green pot holder last night.

I'm not doing any extra running around these days, and I did get my rotary cutters back together, though they are both different and shouldn't be. I did some cutting and it was ok. I'll check next time I'm down there, but will use it this way unless something seems amiss.

I cut another couple pieces of fabric. At this rate I'll be done about 2015.