Mrs. de-I's New Toy

Define Baby Lock:

1. A device used to keep your child from harm
2. A small set of manacles and leg irons to keep your toddler from killing him or herself
3. A device used to lock your child up safely so when you, the parent, is going crazy you don't go after the child.
4. None of the above

The actual answer is none of the above because Baby Lock is actually a brand name...the brand name for a line of very, very expensive sewing machines and not inconsequentially the latest new toy/vehicle for hobby and personal growth.

If any of you read Pulisha's recent ode to her Mom, her sentiments are merely the a shadow of the esteem in which Wife is held in the de-I family. Basically she walks on water and that's just when she's toning it down a bit because in our view she's fully capable of walking on air. So pretty much what Wife wants, I want to get which is probably one of my great motivations for working and building the PG Empire (that and my megalomania). Up until recently this desire has not been terribly disastrous because Wife has had a propensity to study and study and study a proposed purchase. For example it took her two years to pick out a camera. Ergo the time value of money alone often offset a substantial portion of the ultimate price.

Unfortunately in recent months she's become much more pragmatic and decisive. A couple of months ago her sewing machine died. It had labored for some 35 years and although Wife was had been fighting change for over a decade, the time had come. With a blitzkrieg of research you settled upon the Baby Lock Ellure Plus.

THE MACHINE!

This is not the old fashion sewing machine. As with much today it is highly computerized. It can sew, embroider, quilt, and do things I've never even heard of. It does much of this automatically using pre-designed patterns. It even has a USB port so you can go to the internet and download patterns. The instruction book is intimidating onto itself. Wife has signed up for a myriad of courses to get herself up to speed.

A Sample page from the instruction manual

So Wife is busy at work. With her creativity and an automated machine, I'd suggest that everyone whittle down their Xmas gift requests to things that can be sewn, embroidered, or quilted. Should I be worried about Wife's phone calls into getting workers from Nicaragua?

Sample of work from the future sweatshop