Ten pounds lighter!

Aha - and I'll just bet you're dying to know my secret aren't you?  I'm happy to share my diet with you, because it's painless and it really does work.  Don't we all like that sort of diet?  There's a minimal amount of exercise involved with this one too, so that makes it even better.  Right??

And....here's a little bit of progress on my pillow cover...

I know this is a very odd angle to be taking a photo, but I wanted to share with you how I made the vine.  First I drew the outline onto my fabric (white gel pen worked well for this).  Then I used pearl cotton and a running chain stitch to embroider the design.  I wanted the vine to appear thicker than just the chain stitch so I found some crochet thread in my stash and used that to whip the chain stitches, adding an element of depth to the design.  Now I will add some flowers and I'll show you that next time.

Now back to the diet!

(There are a number of steps you have to go through)...

1.  Get up from your chair.

2. Walk into the bedroom.

3. Open closet door (you can repeat this step up to five times)

4.  Bend over and touch your toes

Or...if unable to reach them...

bend down as far as you can.

5.  Pick up a large plastic tote.

6. Tug and pull (good for the abs)

until tote is free of closet.

7.  You may, or may not, need to rest before

proceeding.

8.  Pick up tote and return to sewing room.

9.  Dump tote (and the yarn it contains) onto floor.

10.  From a seated position, bend down and pick

up a ball of yarn.

11. Place yarn into one of two piles labeled 

'Keep' and 'Discard'

12.  Repeat as often as necessary.

13.  Reverse above steps to return 'keep' pile to

closet.

14. Discard remaining,  using method of your choice.

(see?  I told you - 10 lbs - it's a cinch!)

Now, there, wasn't that easy?

Instead of a quote, how about this...