Washing machine department: when I filled the machine tub with warm water and detergent, then added the Torah Mantle fabric, swished it around, and pressed the start button, nothing happened. Panic! Then Bruce tactfully mentioned that I hadn't shut the lid. End of panic. In gratitude for his pointing out the obvious, and in honor of his birthday, here's Bruce, ready to be woven (in shaded fancy twill):
And now back to the Torah Mantle department. The fabric is now washed and hanging to dry on the rack:
You can just barely see the wave pattern in this one:
And of course the trees. Everything will need a good steam pressing.
Today's task will be finding a suitable lining fabric.
And finally, the Photoshop department. Many thanks to Steve who suggested a workaround for the abbreviated menu problem in CS4, in yesterday's post. His fix can be seen in the comments section after that post.