Puh-faf
I talked to my mom last night, who is an avid quilter. She bought a new computerized sewing machine a few years ago, but she still has her old Pfaff, which is about 30 years old now. She said my dad paid like a thousand dollars for it when it was new. Pfaffs are like the Campagnolos of sewing machines. And she said she'd be happy to lend it to me!! So awesome! She also wants me to take a few days off around Christmas so we can sew together. I'm stoked because my dad and I have cycling and current events to talk about, but before this, all my mom and I would talk about was my relationships and clothes and movies. It's nice to have a hobby to share with her. My grandma and my aunt are also mad about sewing (although my grandma's arthritis makes it harder these days). My aunt makes really artistic embroidered abstract painting-looking quilt things with beads and shells and stuff sewn into them, and she paints them.

In related news, I've been looking at beautiful printed fabric online. I'll make a post about it later when I have all my bookmarks (at home). There's some super-rad stuff out there, I think because my generation is aging and becoming domestic.