new sewing room rug, shopping, and weekend plans

I had a busy afternoon and evening, so no sewing happened. I had a doctor's appointment and since I was on the east side of the area and right down the street from the bike shop, I stopped there for chain lubricant which I should have bought when I bought my new bike.

Next I wanted to get some information on a bike rack. I'm just thinking about getting one, but I needed to know what to get and how much it would cost. The shop wasn't busy because the weather was awful and one of the fellows help answer my questions. First, I need a receiver for the car. This is the one he recommended. It would cost $308 before tax.

Then for the bike rack he recomended this one for easy of use and for the size and weight of my bike. It's a mear $799.00! Yikes! I am going to have to think long and hard if I want to make this kind of investment.

After the bike shop I stopped at the grocery store and then Menards. At Menards I wanted to see if they had more of the bacon I liked and to check out some carpet tiles. I had bought these rugs to replace the carpet tile rug I had made out of carpet samples from when I was on the school project. I am constantly tripping on these rugs! They are lightweight and so annoying.

Menards had a stack of 24" x 24" odds and ends carpet tiles for a couple dollars each, so I rummaged thru those until I found 8 that matched fairly well.

By the time I got home, unloaded the car, put the groceries away, got something to eat it was already 6:30. I decided to roll up those awful rugs and constuct my new one. I had bought a roll of Gorilla tape to tape the tiles together. I got 6 taped together and saw I had space for some partial pieces. I took one tile and cut it into 3 8"x24" pieces.

Here I am tapeing the pieces together. That is not duct tape; it is a Gorilla tape that is much sticker than duct tape. I ran out of that and had to use some of the clear Gorilla tape.

I put the taped tiles on the floor then slid the big section over the long taped edge to join them together.

Done!

This weekend my plan is to finish the tote bag and get the labels sewn in the curved topped pouches.

Have a great weekend!