Originally Posted by
grandme26
I had started to work on the hand made gift that I will be making for my NICE. SS person and had to vacate my house in a hurry. My daughter called to tell me my neighbors called and said they smelled a gas leak from my house. They had knocked on my door but I was deeply into sewing and did not hear them My son-in-law picked me up half way to his house. Fortunately we live just a few house from each other. I am now sitting at their house waiting for the gas company to come and shut the meter off. Fortunately the only gas appliances are the heater/ac unit and the hot water heater. Any way I am over here for awhile. Will complete the gift tomorrow, pick up a couple more items and mail by the dead line. I hate just sitting and waiting.
A similar thing happened to me a number of years back. I was invited to a baby shower and had bought a sweet cheater quilt so all I had to do was put on the binding which was an islet ruffle. I waited until the morning of the shower and sat at the machine. Did you guess? The power went out and did not come back on til late afternoon. Lucky for me the shower was in the evening so I got it done but what a day I spent worrying whether to do it by hand or wait for the machine. Anyway, she liked it so all ended well. As it did for you. Sorry you had such a day.