Sunday, January 9, 2011

UFO PROGRESS!

This was a UFO weekend - we lost a day to repair the car - the squeaky, rattle noise that I've been hearing for the past, oh 6 months or so, turned out to be the rear brakes. Anyway, Greg took the wheel off and the brake pad crumbled out - hmm, guess should have replaced those at some point?. So we got one done on Saturday, it took 4 hours in decreasing freezing temps. The other side looked okay enough for us to wait for a warmer day. Those stupid little springs on the drum brakes are a royal pain to get back in - I don't know if there's a special tool or trick or what - but we obviously don't know it. G said he's never doing the drum brakes again. I think this would be the reason why we waited until it crumbled!


But today I got to sew again and finished up my practice Double Wedding Ring. I used the GO! die and watched Ebony Love's video series over and over - great tips and I don't think I'd have finished this quickly if not for those video's.

5 comments:

  1. My husband hates drum brakes too. I love your double wedding ring.

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  2. Your double wedding ring is adorable...love the colors...

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  3. I love your DWR sample....great colors.

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  4. The DWR is looking great Brooke! (sorry about the brakes, yukky job for sure)

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  5. I'm sorry about the brakes, I hate car problems of any kind!! Your wedding ring is looking really good, though, I love it! thanks for the video tip.
    :-}pokey

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