It's all happening!

This is the bag I sent to Sherry for her Pay It Forward gift, it has gone way across the other side of the world to Ontario, Canada. I was getting anxious when I hadn't heard that it had arrived but Sherry had been away. I made the background before we went to Canada (being organised, as I sometimes am) but then all projects came to a halt when I broke my arm. However when I had the use of two hands again I finished the applique and posted it off, so here it is, a flower garden bag.

Well, it's all happening here.....the 'For Sale' sign was hammered into the front lawn this morning and the house is advertised in the local paper today as well as being on the internet. The agent is confident that he will have a buyer very soon, so we may have the sale moving along quicker than we had thought. I am taking a break from tidying up and throwing out to have a coffee (I do like my coffee but I only have three cups a day) then I will get back into it.

On Saturday a friend and I are going to a quilt show about an hour from here, I was hoping to have my Maple Leaf bag finished to take along with me. Only need to finish quilting the outer layer, then make the handles and attach then, then line it. Only...... Between now and then there are things like physio appointments to allow for, but I will try. The shoulder is just fine if I don't use it. Like that is going to happen......just getting dressed in the morning is a pain, but the world is not yet ready for the alternative. I was supposed to have a physio treatment this morning but the receptionist rang yesterday to say the physio wouldn't be in today due to a family problem. Another appointment is scheduled for Friday with the other physio (there are two) so let's hope it goes ahead. But I don't know how physio is going to repair a torn tendon.

The wombat quilt I showed the other day has been bugging me so I have decided to take off the outer border, the one I have never been sure of, and look for an alternative. Yesterday a friend and I went fabric shopping (as you do), I bought the fabrics for my Plastered Pinwheels quilt. Lots of white-on-white print for the alternate blocks, setting triangles and narrow inner border, a pretty blue for the next narrow border and binding, and a lovely yellow and blue April Cornell print for the outer border. When I wash the fabric I will cut it out and make a kit for the quilt, then I'm more likely to press on with it. I get stumped at cutting out......have lots of fabrics and ideas but lack the oomph to cut them out......need to get over that and make kits.

"Never forget ball-room engagements, nor confuse them, nor promise two dances to one person. If a lady has forgotten an engagement, the gentleman she has thus slighted must pleasantly accept her apology. Good breeding and the appearance of good temper are inseparable."

Now back to the - achoo! - dusting and tidying.

Jennifer