Novemberrrrrrr

It's almost the end of the month which means I'm about out of time for making my two-post-a-month goal. So here I am.

I have two things to talk about. Thing the first: I am attempting to fix my motorcycle by myself this winter. I started the job earlier this month by taking the carbs off. Here is a picture of my bike all mutilated. The boat in the background isn't mine in case you were wondering. The metal thing on the ground next to the bike is my carbs and the air chamber. I spent an afternoon trying to take them apart, but there are 8 screws that hold the air chamber on and one of them is completely stripped. I spent an hour trying various things to get it out and nothing worked. So that's where I'm stuck right now. I'm pretty miffed that I can't get the damn screw out. If I don't find a way, I'm basically completely screwed.

The second thing I have to talk about is sewing stuff. I finished a project for my step mom for christmas and a gift for the exchange at quilt club. When I first started quilting my aunt gave me a little kit to make a table runner. I gave it to annette when I finished it. She liked it a lot despite the very poor construction on my part. This year she asked for a new one. This one is a million times better put together than the old one. It's nice to realize that i've actually made progress in the quilting realm.

For the gift exchange at quilt guild everyone who wants to participate is supposed to make a small "kitchen" item. I decided to get a basket from the thrift store and make a fun lining for it to use for rolls or fruit or a key/change basket or something like that. I kept running in to problems making it. I had no pattern and have never pieced anything with such an odd shape. It took some creativity to make a pattern that fit the basket properly. I had planned on crocheting the boarder, but it didn't work out since I needed finished edges (which to get would require me to shorten the sides) so I ended up just binding it. I never put a binding on a rounded edge before, but I watched a tutorial on youtube, and I think it went pretty well.