Sunday stitching

This weekend there has been only very limited time for sewing so I tried to do as much as I could. Yesterday I was involved in a Guide training on the new programme. It was released in July and all units have to be following it by September this year. We introduced to our groups last September and it's working really well. The training was a full day so with travelling time added in it only left me the evening. My daughters and I really want to get fit and part of our plan is going swimming at least once a week. The women's only session at our pool is on a Saturday 5:30 to 7 p.m. and so once I got home I only had time for a quick drink before we headed to the pool. The joy of the women's only session is that it isn't too crowded . The three of us managed several lengths all be it at quite a slow speed. I can certainly feel all the muscles I used!

When we got back from swimming we still had to eat and by then I was tired so I settled to watch some TV and do a little hand sewing.

This morning I had sewing time, Yipee. I pulled out Alex's quilt and got on with the quilting. My goal for January is to finish this quilt. I now only have about a third of the last row of blocks to finish and the borders. I have the fabric for the binding but it needs to be cut and pieced together

I'll crack this quilt by the end of the month come rain, shine or the forcast snow. A snow day in London is so unlikely to happen that I don't even bother thinking about it. It would have been lovely to carry on sewing but our older daughter Katy had arranged for us to visit the Gainsborough's Family Album exhibition at the Nation Gallery so at 1:30 I left my machine and headed out into the cold day.  In the event Katy didn't turn up because she wasn't feeling well. The exhibition was good but there were no photos allowed so I can't show you the pictures that I really liked. Most of the ones I liked a not usually on exhibit. Afterwards we enjoyed tea and a delicious lemon tart.

I can't believe that I didn't get time to finish the post yesterday evening. Here we are at 18:15 on Monday evening and I'm just finishing it off. When we got home I needed to prepare dinner and then I had time to start some stitching. My second goal for January was to complete the bottom border of my millennium sampler. I'd made a start on this last week and this was my starting point yesterday.

last week I had to do some unpicking as I'd used the wrong shade of gold, an easy mistake to make when you're working with 4 shades. I didn't take an after picture last night but I'll show you later in the week.

At the moment I'm still at work so there will be very little stitching time tonight. I was supposed to be attending a meeting but that's been cancelled so any stitching will be a win.

I'm meeting John from the train and he's just called to say he's two stations away so I need to sign off and head out to the car. 

Take Care.

Lyndsey