. . . poor, poor bernie . . .

. . . can we please have a moment of silence? . . .

. . . bernie is very, very sick . . .

. . . she literally quit last night . . .

. . . stopped dead in her tracks . . .

. . . a definite "no go" . . .

. . . as soon as merry&bright/red&white was finished . . .

. . . she gave up the ghost . . .

. . . hopefully {fingers crossed} she's revivable . . .

. . . but, we won't know for 10-14 days . . .

. . . which, in sewing terms, might as well be forever! . . .

{i'm cutting her some slack, what with her being 31 1/2 years old, and all}

. . . if i'm working on a special order for you,

please forgive me . . .

{only amelia and her in-laws will understand this post title}