The table runner is done!

Here it is in all its glory.....this is Christmas fabric from about 12 years ago, when The Fabric Designers decided that Christmas would be soft and muted rather than primary and bright. The cream setting fabric and pink binding are new.
Here is a close up of the quilting, the centre is quilted with a continuous curve design....very easy with the walking foot and just eyeballed, not marked on the fabric. But I want you all to take a close look at and be gobsmacked by the amazingly outstanding quilted- not embroidered, but quilted - holly leaves. This is done by someone who avoids free motion quilting because she doesn't do it very well. The cream setting triangles looked a bit stark when the runner was together and the centre quilted, so I found a suitable sized holly leaf picture on the interwebz, traced it onto lunch wrap, pinned it on and quilted through it - then decided the cream borders on the ends looked bare, so they were given similar treatment. Then I stood back, looked at what I had done, and gasped in amazement.
Here it is again all dressed up for Christmas, with the little silver tree matching the silver metallic on the pink and green prints. That's my sewing room through the door on the left, wherein this masterpiece was created.

Those of you out there in blogland who can quilt a king-sized quilt on their DSM in an afternoon and still whip up a dinner party for 20 people that evening wouldn't understand why I am so excited, but for me it's an amazing achievement. Might even spur me into trying again. Table runners are a good size to try a new technique, aren't they?

Last weekend the rivers and creeks rose again, we had a flood which was deeper than the one in late July. According to the long-range forecast we are in for a wet summer so we may yet have more floods. My Canadian and American friends and family are freezing in their winter, while we are having a soggy summer.

This morning the new reading glasses were ready and I am wearing them as we speak.......OK, type.........while not yet quite as comfy as the last pair, I'm sure they won't take long to get used to. They do not have skinny rectangular lenses. I am not that trendy.

And the computer seems to be working, the problem of the missing doo-dad was solved by plugging things into different holes. And other technical stuff like that. So I have my EQ7 back again, woo hoo! And the wombats can come back, yay!

We are being entertained or assailed, depending on one's point of view, by Christmas music in shops now, have you noticed? Aren't some of the versions dreadful? I do wish some of the singers would remember that it's not a pop song they are singing.

"The Christening.

The christening and baptism usually occur at the same time, and are regulated according to the practices of the special church where the parents attend worship. As these are quite varied, it will be sufficient only to indicate the forms and customs which society imposes at such times."

So far this month I have attended several Christmas parties, but no christenings.

Enjoy your days!