After figuring how to wind the bobbin through the dippity doo dah and the spool through the thizzle-nizzle, and subsequently playing around with the preprogrammed stitches that came with my new domestic death-machine, I got this:

“Trapezoid Monsters,” by karenology, 2006. Mixed media: thread and discount cotton scrap.

So maybe I’m not quite at the level of Project Runway contender yet, but I am proud nonetheless. I think if I shop this thing around to some local galleries, I’ll surely find an audience who will appreciate this fine contemporary piece.