Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, The Triune God, I want to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wondered so long. In Jesus' name. Amen
Excerpt: The Pursuit of God, The Human Thirst for the Divine, A.W. Tozer

Friday, April 14, 2017

Today's Sewing Project

Tim needed water for the office coffee pot that he used each morning and I also needed to find some new burner drip pans for the stove in the fellowship hall, so I took a trip to Walmart this morning and picked up a few other items while I was there.

When I got back home, I started working on a project for the church nursery.  The large tote that we keep most of the big toys in has broken and/or cracked places all over the bottom.  I found a bigger tote at the thrift store yesterday for $2.  I decided that I would make a liner for it.  So, that was my sewing project for today.
The tote.

I took some measurements from the tote to make my pattern pieces.

After I got one end piece cut out, I matched up the pattern on the material and cut another end piece out.  You can see the pins.

Here's a closer view.  After pinning, I cut around the edge to make the second end piece.

I got all of the pieces cut out and now I can sew it together.

Voila!  Here's the finished product!  I made the sides long enough to flip over the top edge.  I sewed a casing in the edge and ran a string through it so it could be tightened to keep it from falling into the inside.  The string doesn't work very well.  I may end up having to thread some elastic through the casing.  We will see how it holds.

I really like how it turned out.  I got this material at the thrift store quite a while ago.  I had some material left over, so I am going to make some pillow cases for the little pillows that are in the nursery without covers on them.  If I have enough, that is.

Alas!  No bird pictures today!

Tim was feeling better today.  He slept so much yesterday afternoon that he didn't sleep well last night.  He took a shorter nap today, too!  Maybe we have turned a corner and he will begin to improve!  Thank You, Lord!

Time to read!  Nite!

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