All this week I've been feeling tired but I know the reason. The trip to my Aunt and Uncle's 60 wedding anniversary involved quite a lot of driving over the three days. Whilst car seats are comfortable, they aren't brilliant for someone recovering from surgery. This week I have also been trying to get myself back into my usual routine. That includes trying to be up and about as if I was going to work. I managed that for two days! As a result I needed to rest more. More rest involves gentle walking but also more sitting and stitching. Stitching of any kind makes me very happy.
Over the week I made the quilt sandwich for the scrappy quilt below and I quilted it with diagonal lines. Nice and neat and easy. This morning I have added the binding and so this quilt needs the binding hand stitched down to the back. I will make a start on this later today.
During the week I also revisited the Japanese panel that I want to turn into a quilt. I started by cutting the panel into blocks.
I also hunted through my stash to find any fabrics that could possibly be used when creating the quilt.I have dark navy fabric for the sashiko and I also found this fabric which could be useful for the backing but I'm not completely sure. There is reasonable yardage of this.
I've been working on the Star Trek cross stitch but I don't have a photo at the moment. I may well leave posting a photo until the end of the month.
I was looking through my photos and found some from a trip that John and I made to the London Transport Museum in Covent Garden. I can't remember when it was but the visit was interesting. This is a fun visit for the whole family. As the name suggests it tells the history of transport in London, so the underground, overground and buses.
The photo below is of the B type bus. This was the first mass produced bus for London. At the start of the First world War in 1914 they were commandeered for the war effort with over 1000 being sent to Europe. Once there, they were used as troop carriers, ambulances and lorries.
This model shows the transport system above ground and the development of the underground.
Original buses were horse drawn. Many of the exhibits you can go inside and try the seats. A lot of the seats had limited padding and I wouldn't fancy riding the bus for any distance.
The omnibus below had quite comfortable seats compared with many but was quite small inside.
I took a photo of this one because it was so bright and cheerful. The bus had moved on from horse drawn.
A model of the omnibus I showed earlier.
I loved these old style buses. You got on the bus at the back, no door, just a platform. Why did I like them? If the bus was moving away from the stop you could still jump on or if they were stopped at traffic lights or in a traffic jam. The 37 route is still running.
I hope you are all having a good weekend. I'm now going to get on with some cross stitch for the afternoon. The sun has finally come out and I think I'll sit and sew in the garden.
Take care
Lyndsey
