Thanks for the info on the printers. I'll have to look into it. I was wondering if toner was needed. I like the fact that it doesn't dry up.
Friday was Mom's birthday and I intended to clean up, take her out to eat, and do something nice for her but I was sick all day instead. I did still cook for her but the Pepto took awhile to kick in so I had to keep running to the bathroom. Once it did kick in I racked out. Made up for it yesterday. She got this lap tray from Amazon that looked nice in pictures but was flimsier than it looked and the cushion part of it wasn't visible in the stock photos-- and that cushion was UGLY. It's a blue lap tray (Mom's favorite color) with a molded cup holder. The "cushion" part was a really ugly flimsy fabric with a bag of styrofoam microbeads inside. Not much weight and not enough filling. Fabric was undersized and was weakly hot glued on. It didn't stick. It was falling off & was uncomfortable. I wanted to make her something better, so I watched some Youtube tutorials to get ideas. I liked the idea of a more defined shape and adhered to cardboard-- although I found some foam board in the store that was perfect. I won't bore you with the details, but once I got the foam board cut to size & notched for cup holder, I punched holes in it so I could sew the fabric on. I also decided to add a zipper. I was lazy and did a visible stitch for the zipper but I might go back and do a ladder stitch. I had to pull up Youtube to remind myself of the technique after abandoning some of the other stitches that weren't working. I started working on it at 2pm and had to take a break after 10pm. Had to cook for Mom and get something to eat. Then I resumed for another hour. Got frustrated with the sewing issues & decided to nap-- plus my back was hurting. I took a nap for a couple of hours but my brain wouldn't let me stop thinking about the sewing. I decided on the ladder stitch and got up to go work on it again. I sew sloooow. Plus I have the hardest time threading the needle. Anyway, after I finished sewing it I sealed up some threads with hot glue (on the foam board part) and then stuck it on to the lap tray. I took it to Mom and gave her some fiber fill stuff to put in it so she could fill it as much as she wanted. It came out pretty nice and I'm pleased with myself. Finished after 7am so I'm in need of another nap. My back and wrist hurt but it was worth it. I'll have to get a picture of it fully stuffed later on.