Firstly, B is improving slowly. She still sounds like an antiquated steam engine but she is breathing more easily. She spent most of the day on the sofa again because doing anything leaves her breathless and exhausted, but her eyes have a bit of a twinkle.
I fetched my car from the garage last night and it is going beautifully now. Poor thing, it must have been struggling for ages.
This morning I took out a partially quilted top which I'd abandoned several years ago and started to sort it out, quilting it on the sewing machine. All was going fairly well until I caught my shirt front in the fabric and proceeded to quilt myself into the quilt...Not recommended...
After extracting myself from that (a bit of ripping and a bit of dodgy language) I decided it must be a judgement on me for not doing the chores first. So I went and cleaned the bathroom. All was going fairly well until I was cleaning the shower and turned it on with me under the shower-head...cold water too...
Later I needed to do washing up so I took the flowers out of the sink which Mum had brought B yesterday, and arranged them in a glass jar. I picked some extra flowers from the garden to go with them. All was going fairly well until I accidentally knocked over the full jug of water from which I was about to top up the jar...two liters of water over the counter including my mobile phone and a lot of papers...
(remains of quilt top and shirt!)
Sos came home briefly to eat and collect her flute as she wanted to enter 'Sligo's Got Talent' which is on in town tonight! What a noodle! She has spent most nights of this week at my parents' since she is taking every opportunity to socialise, if that's what you'd call it? I'd say it was burning the candle at both ends!At tea-time Dilly phoned to persuade me that I really wanted a nine-month-old donkey and several geese...
And at quarter past eight this evening (after dark) I went through the front hall and discovered the front door standing wide open...weird! The dogs were wandering around the kitchen un-fazed, so obviously there was nobody there but...
I forgot to post this yesterday as I finished it the previous day. Its just cot quilt size, but I took a photo to show the quilting from the back too. The quilting turned out middling I think, but it was so much quicker doing it by machine even if the workmanship is not nearly as good.
This evening when I took the dogs out Foaly was on the edge of the boreen and delighted to pose for photos! I took quite a lot as he has grown so much. He's such a character!http://hecketyathome.blogspot.com/2009/07/photos-at-last-long.html -this is the size of him in July:
One last thing: the Bro sent me an incomprehensible email about his intended trip to South America in December, using airport codes to indicate destinations (like LHR-London Heathrow), which, if you don't know which country he's going to makes it a bit difficult to figure out. I emailed back ??? and he had the audacity to email ME back asking me had I never heard of Google? HUH! BROTHERS!
3 comments:
Wow! You have had quite a day. Some days you should just curl up in a comfy chair with a book and let the rest of the world go by. It's much safer that way.
Good to hear B is feeling better. Your quilt looks beautiful. Quilting by machine and by hand are two very different processes. The good thing about doing it by machine is you can do a whole lot more, and it's a case of practice makes perfect, or at least better.
I know nothing about quilting.
And that's all I have to say about quilting.
But I love horses.
If I had to choose between finding the perfect guy or finding the perfect horse.
It would be the horse.
Elaine- the armchair does sound the best option!An thank you for the quilting encouragement-needed...
CC- Foaly almost has me converted to your opinion he realy is cute!
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