Border choices

These are the fabrics which will border the pinwheel quilt, the blue inner border will be one inch wide and the floral one will be....oh....about five and a half inches, from memory.  The EQ7 plan is in my sewing room, not here with me at the computer, and I'm too lazy to get up and fetch it.  The binding will be in the same blue.

The fabrics are 'Nature's Notebook' by April Cornell for Moda and I don't know if they are still available, as I bought them nearly two years ago before we left Sydney.  It was a very pretty fabric range in yellow and blue.

You will be pleased to know the Dreaded Lurgy is slowly becoming a distant memory, although as well as a lingering cough it has left a feeling of continual tiredness; hopefully that soon will fade away too, and the wombat household will be back to what passes for normal.

During the week we headed off to the main street of town to soak up the music festival atmosphere, and soak it up we did.......it was raining.......while I'm sure those camping in caravans and tents could do without it, our garden is loving it.  Three blocks of the main street are given over to buskers who range from really very good to perhaps a wee bit more practice would be a good idea........a group of five teens, none of whom looked a day over 15, were really terrific and have made the finals of the busking competition, according to the local paper.  Good for them!

Today I am toodling around on the sewing machine making small Friendship Star blocks of the month....while I don't mind making them because they go into charity quilts, making 4.5in finished blocks is much more fiddly than making larger blocks with more pieces.  My contribution of six blocks will hopefully be finished today and I will go back to thinking about borders on the pinwheel quilt....plain is easier, but I think they will end up being mitred because it will look better.....and doing some more quilting on the piece which was started in last year's workshop.  I'm not feeling love for it but am determined to finish it.  I can tell you one thing though, it won't be hanging on the wall when it's done.

"In receiving morning calls, it is unnecessary for a lady to lay aside any employment not of an absorbing nature upon which she may happen to be engaged.  Embroidery, crocheting or light needle-work are perfectly in harmony with the requirements of the hour, and the lady looks much better employed than in absolute idleness."

Should you happen to call there is every chance you may find me engaged at my sewing machine......but I will lay it aside for an hour or two, and pick up my light needlework so as to be more sociable.

Enjoy your days!