Calling Tim Gunn - "Make it Work!"

When I was pregnant, I spent a month on strict bed rest. I found a lot of reality TV shows I wouldn't have otherwise taken the time to watch! One of my favorites was Project Runway. I loved seeing the designers frantically pulling off a design - and especially when something would go wrong. I liked seeing how different contestants handled the stress of thinking their work was ruined, and how they continued on.

All that Project Runway during pregnancy and late nights with my newborn taught me something. Some of these people were completely losing their marbles over a mistake, design tragedy, etc. and Tim Gunn - the fabulous extraordinaire he is - would give a terse (but supportive) "Make it work!" and move on. Since then, almost every time a work project is coming down to the wire, when my food is cooking faster than I'm reading the recipe, or when I just don't think I have the right resources to do something, I hear him in my head. Make it Work. I really channelled him last night.

I noticed as I was walking by my table that the corner piece seemed to be lifting up ever-so-slightly higher than the rest of the piece. I very, very, gently pressed on it and SNAP! It broke right on the weak spot. I couldn't believe it - this was the piece that took me two tries to cut the night before, and it broke right on the spot it broke the last time! So do you think I was going to cut that piece out a third time??? Heck no!!

I just foiled that crack and kept right on going. Make it Work.

The next piece of background went much better. It's getting a little easier to look at the glass and figure out where the break is going to run (where I don't want it to.) Once I figured out firsthand why I can't cut outside curves before inside ones, it seemed to go smoother.

This morning, I was happy to see the sun coming through the window onto my bench. The location we chose in the basement really seems to be the best. 

Here's the glass that's going to become the tree branches. The color is called "Root Beer"  - appropriate, no? Here's also the blue that I'm going to use for the bird.

I like the streaks in both the glasses - it's fun to decide which way the stencil should go on the glass because it reminds me a lot of the similar decisions to make when sewing a patterned fabric. 

If I get my housework finished and off my mind today, I'm going to head back down there to get in trouble some more. Hopefully if I get in another bind I'll Make it Work again.