Keep Calm and Sew On!

To be honest, yesterday could have been worse.  The heating engineers might not have been able to come and install a new pump and get the house all warm again before this weekend's freeze; the car could have been completely buggered and rinsing out the fuel might not have worked and dear husband might not have been home from a work conference to sort it all out.

There were other things that were never going to turn out great, but because everything else was sorted before teatime, coping became an option again.

So last night I pulled half a dozen of my favourite fabrics, those that remind me of people, places and happy times and cut simple 2.5" squares and made them into a quilted cushion panel.  Simple has a time and place, and last night was it...

OK so when I got making up the actual cushion this afternoon, there was a one of these...

... quarter-inch foot vs zig-zag stitch clanger; but I soon had it sorted...

I have just finished hand-stitching the binding, I am going to try and think of something witty to stamp on the back and it will be ready for delivering to an amazing friend on the weekend xxx

Kaput!

My hard drive and mojo are kaput.

I am still here; we've had a great day at my parents. The bag went down well, and we avoided the rain until late in the day.

Now watching the Olympics and pulling fabric for a project I am looking forward to being able to show you.

My MacBook is destined for the menders tomorrow, so finger's crossed please everyone that they can find the 3 weeks of my life, since my last back up xxx

I don't like Mondays!

...and today started even more despicably than usual!

In the shower, shampoo a-bubbling nicely, then the lights, electric shower and everything else went OFF!

So a lot of shouting to the kids finally produced a plastic jug from the kitchen, to finish the rinsing and then I had the delight of the school run with very cold wet bad hair and the realisation that it wasn't a full-on power cut (outage), just us.

All credit due, the Electricity guy was here within an hour, just when I had resigned/consoled myself to a morning off work and some owl action; and he had it all fixed in about 15 minutes.  I was in work an hour late but all was illuminated and switched on in the FB homestead again, phew.

So I only have these Christmas pressies that are destined for my sister to show you today...

A laminated/PVC zippy pouch, made from an A4 sample and Kona Aloe...

Check out those zipper ends!

And a muted heart brooch, which I promise to put in the post and not keep!

Tonight I am planning to go bigger than owls, for my Dad's birthday, so hopefully I will have something fun to show you tomorrow.