Countdown to Work

Just a day and a half left of the school hols, and my to-do list looks like this,

so I decided not to tackle any of the items on the list, and I made this instead! Isn't it pretty!

However in my defence, I have (in what I try and call family time, even if I think of it as curfew) bound a whole stack of quilts.  You have seen them all at various stages, so I won't bore you with them individually but look at this fab pile: 

And from the end:

I have also worked on an embroidery for a pair of boxing shorts.  No, not boxer shorts, but shorts worn by a boxer.  Made by Susie Wong (?) they already have the boxer's name on the front,

but his mum wanted Granddad's initials on the back

in silver

with stars. 

I embroidered it, then machine stitched another piece to it, right sides together, snipped a hole in the other piece and turned the whole lot through.  It had to be stitched to the elastic part, so I hooped the elastic and stretched as much as I dared, then hand stitched the patch on.

 Have I told you we have a lot of settled travellers around here?

Anyway, it's done, so that's another tick on the list, so I think I've earned permission to look at moving one of these from the 'needs binding' pile to the 'finished' pile

Yes Katy, I have done my college work (-:

And family news: Lisa took her last exam yesterday, so is no longer a student, well done Lisa!  And Niki is going to work today for the first time as Front Of House Supervisor, (with additional responsibility for training all new staff) well done Niki!

 

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