I set aside Saturday for a football, fabric printing, fall afternoon and settled in for two of my favorite things and one of my favorite seasons. Unfortunately, things started to go downhill. Michigan, who should have creamed Akron, actually started losing. Not just keeping a close game, but losing. To a team who hasn't won a single away game in their last 27. Bad news. Luckily, in a nail biting finish, Michigan held Akron at the one yard line with 12 seconds to go, and won by four points. The bummer is, although the football game started poorly and ended well turned, the fabric printing did the opposite.
I ordered Permaset inks, and I really can't complain about the them. They probably work like they should, they're just a little more opaque than I'm used to, so my beautiful overlapping hydrangeas become pretty flat and one-dimensional. Not to mention, I managed to mix a hideous barney turquoise instead of the lovely aqua I was aiming for. Oh well. If a summer of chemistry research has taught me anything, it's that bad results point the way just as much as good ones. Here's to hoping that next week, however, shows some encouraging results.