Yesterday was a little slow on the sewing front. I was working during the day and by the time I've spent the day on the computer teaching and attending meetings my eyes are tired and my head hurts. It takes a while to unwind and be ready for other activities. Having finished work for the day I spent some time sorting through papers and reorganising myself. I also needed to book a couple of appointments. My car windscreen has a very small crack in it and I needed to organise for it to be repaired. The guy is coming this afternoon and it is covered on my car insurance with no loss of my no claims bonus so I'm happy. We are away for the weekend and I'm pleased the repair is being done before we travel.
In the evening I settled myself with Scamp on my lap to complete the Shakespeare square on my millennium sampler. Picasso tried to join in but with him sitting on me as well I just couldn't stitch so I moved him onto the back of the chair. I managed to complete all the stitching on the square which was good.
The last square I need to work on is the spitfire. I started this quite a while ago but gave up as it was hurting my eyes. Trying to hand stitch whilst waiting for new lens for my glasses was rather silly. When I picked the sampler up again I decided to finish the two other squares before trying to work out where I'd got to in the spitfire pattern. Unfortunately you can only put things off for so long and the day has come for getting this square finished. You can see from the photo that it shouldn't take long. Once all the stitching is done the outline back stitching will help define the shape of the plane.
Things are moving forward at work and from October 5th we will be doing some teaching face to face. In all the communal areas we will be wearing masks so I need to get back to mask making. I currently have 2 which is fine for now as I don't go into shops or other areas where I need to wear them very often. I much prefer staying home or exercising well away from other people. I need to decide what fabric to use. I want something to make me feel happy as I go back to the office. Not that i'll be there a lot as they only want us to go in if we are teaching.
Cute little dolls. I keep thinking I’d like to get into making dolls, but then...quilts. So many quilts. Maybe one of these days. It might be a good take-along project this winter.
ReplyDeleteYour millennium sampler is absolutely aaaamaaaazing!!!! I know what you mean about achy eyes/head at the end of a long work day. I've noticed my eye strain has gotten worse over the course of this year. Your fall fabrics are lovely! Can't wait to see what comes of them! Enjoy your weekend trip...and coming home to a fixed car! Nice! :)
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