Playing with paint: Science fiction and sewing machines: The Red Nebula.
 A customer asked for a treadle head in a red and black ombre pattern. So I started spraying with a red rattle can in one hand and black in the other in search of inspiration. The blackness put me in mind of outer space, and the title of a short story I read one time in Astounding or one of the other golden age science fiction pulps.
As I recall the covers of those often featured a space suited hero, rescuing the scantily clad heroine from the clutch of a bug eyed monster. Since my customer liked the name and the outer space vibe, I asked if she would like a tiny space ship or two, or maybe even a BEM, but, being way too young and beautiful to have ever read those magazines, she just gave an odd look and politely declined........sigh

Playing with paint........PRECY

 

Precy, who is one of my favorite co-workers, mused out loud that she wanted a PINK sewing machine. Further she wanted it to have HER name on it, so no-one else would use it. This presented some difficulties as I had neither one of those in stock. However, here at Flamingo sewing, we like to keep our customers happy,....and Canadian Tire had Candy Pop Pink paint on sale, and there was this semi ugly light brown and white old Japanese zig-zag hanging around on the sun porch, and sewing machine painting weather has commenced.

I thought that she might like some flowers too....