Two of the label edges have been finished with a narrow border of the backing fabric, the remaining sides will be tucked under the binding; a hem would be slightly bulky, as interfacing was ironed to the label before the embroidery was started. The thread is DMC floss, colour 3781, using one strand. I wasn't sure if quilter Margaret wanted her full name slathered across the internet, so....when in doubt, don't.
This is the controlled chaos of Arboretum, with its binding made, pressed and ready to be sewn on.
The Cunning Plan was to have it done by Tuesday morning so it could be taken along to quilt group for hand-stitching the binding to the back, but that may not get done. Never mind....
.....because.....
tomorrow morning my guitars are coming home from the guitar spa! They didn't suffer too badly in our two plumbing floods back in 2017 because they were in their cases, but the cases were on the floor sitting in water. I have been meaning to get them made playable again, but you know how it - life gets in the way sometimes, doesn't it, and there is always something more pressing that needs to be done. A couple of weeks ago our musician friend stayed with us for a night on his way to warmth and sunshine up north and I showed him my guitars, which he hadn't seen before.....oh, this is nice, rosewood with a cedar top, he said, and the other one has a Brazilian mahogany back, very very nice, he said.....when I'm back here in January I want to play these, he said, so I decided it was time to stop thinking about it and start doing it. Off they went to Matt the instrument repairer, and it will be wonderful to have them back again.
Now my aging fingers will have to re-learn to play instruments with wider necks than a ukulele, but that's probably good for my equally aging brain. The classical guitar has softer nylon strings but a wider neck to stretch my fingers, while the steel string guitar has a narrower neck but harder metal strings for my fingertips, so they require slightly different techniques.
It always saddens me when I see instruments in museums used for display but never played. Some of them may be past playing, I understand that.....but just the same they need to sing, because they all have a voice which shouldn't be silent.
The wattle is now blooming.
How has everyone been this week? Stitches have been sewn, binding strips has been cut, joined and pressed. No stitches were knitted but the coming week brings appointments, so they probably will be. Songs were plinked and sung. Words have been read. Food was foraged, and so passed another week.
Despite some quite chilly frosty mornings, and the promise of more to come this week, days have been fairly pleasant. A sheltered spot to sit on a sunny winter day can be a treat indeed.
We have finished with the duties of groomsmen, so now we move onto to domestic weddings.
"Weddings at home.
Weddings at home vary but little from those at church. The music, the assembling of friends, the entree of the bridal party to the position selected, are the same. An altar of flowers, and a place of kneeling can be easily arranged at home. The space behind the altar need be no wider than is allowed for the clergyman to stand. The altar is generally only a table with cloth over it. Other floral accessories, such as the marriage-bell, horse-shoe or white dove, etc., can be arranged with ease by a skilful florist, if desired."
While I have been to weddings which were not held in a church (including our own wedding) I have never been to a wedding at a private home. As far as my experience was concerned, home weddings only happened in movies.
Enjoy your days!
Jennifer
