I walked out of the classroom this afternoon, and the floor was absolutely covered with bits of thread. And a few sequins. The cleaning ladies will not have been thrilled. I cannot tell you how time flew with a really lovely class of 20 girls, all of whom wanted to know more, try things, and get things right. It was a hive of activity. Sewing machines, embroidery machines, cutting boards, groups trying various hand stitching, some using embellishments like buttons and sequins, and some doing those wordsearches I made with textile words. They had fun. I had fun. One asked me how long I would be at the school, and I said as long as it took to teach them how to sew. You will be here years she said. Hmmm. We will see.
I have just been to bookclub, and as always, that was good. Next month is our 150th book club meeting. We were going to go away for a weekend together, but now have decided to go out for a celebratory meal. I will give you the stats next month. And the list of the top 10 books so far. We will also need some photos too of course.
Reading has always been a great love of mine. I need to have books in a pile waiting to be read. I must work out how to put a list in my sidebar. I will have to go to blogging basics101 and see if they can help. Shannon and friends are wonderful. I wish it had been around when I started up. Having said that, I have not managed to do much so far. I can do hyperlinks and photos. I want to know how to cross out words with a line. I can't work that one out. And how do I contract my family friendly blogroll to a click-able box. Sigh. Can't work that out either. Or how to put 100 things about me in a sidebar. Groan. Maybe I should start again. With the basics. And Mr Linky thing? Hah. No chance. I feel like a toddler in the techy world.
BUT....... I can make coffee. I have made endless cups this afternoon since I have been home. Tessa arrived, followed by Julia. Lots of coffee. Lots. I am rambling. Too much caffeine. Obviously. I have nothing exciting to report. Maybe tomorrow.
Your lessons sound like proper textiles. We could have done with you in my rubbish college course!
ReplyDeleteSorry I didn't get a chance to say goodbye properly last week, I'll won't see you til May now, which is sad. I'm starting a blog though, which I'm sure you'll be pleased to hear!
Yay! I'm pleased to hear that too!
ReplyDeleteHow fun to teach a sewing class. That would be my dream job!
ReplyDeleteIt takes a while to learn how to do all those things but here's one I can help you with immediately.
To write a word and then put a line through it is called a "strikethrough."
When you're doing you post, make sure you're in html mode (not compose mode). Simply put <*s> immediately in front of the word without leaving a space and then put <*/s> immediately after the word, again with no space.
(Remove the asterisks. I had to type it that way to make blogger publish this comment.)
When baloney shows up in your post it will have a strikethrough line going through it. Easy, huh?
The sidebar stuff is trickier. One word of advice would be to make sure you make a copy of your template code and paste it into a document. That way you'll always be able to restore your blog if you mess anything up.
It's been fun to read about your teaching adventures! Home Ec sounds so fun.
ReplyDeleteSince Barb explained a strikethrough, the only other thing I might be able to help with is the Family Friendly Blogroll problem. A quick Google search brought up this page which looks like it has the code for the option you want. I hope! Give it a try.
http://ahumbleheart.org/blog/?page_id=269
And thanks for the birthday wishes! You helped make my day. :)
I agree that Home Ec sounds fun...can I come over and you can really teach me how to sew???
ReplyDeleteI guess I technically know how, I've made a couple skirts and simple stuff but I could use a refresher course...and some tea - or decaf!!
Anyway, I love the list in the post below...
Coffee??? You drink COFFEE??? I thought it was a law that all residents of the UK had to drink TEA exclusively! :0)
ReplyDeleteSo glad you asked the strikethrough question! I wanted to know that one myself.