I had a handyman here for a couple of days to fix my leaky roof. He also took it upon himself to fix the gate, mend the door on the outside gas meter and install a water butt, all fixings cobbled together from bits that came off the extinct satellite dish!
I thought I had better do some jobs while he was here on my day off so I cut up some OSB board scraps to make soffits for the shed using my very basic hand saw. I told Freya about my DIY plans when she phoned and she told me I was not allowed to balance the lengths of wood on a plastic box whilst wearing Crocs (just because I once cut up some branches for a bonfire like that). My electric screwdriver was too pathetic to attach the strips of board so I had to go and buy nails instead. Now that I have painted over my handiwork with black paint it looks good and should be fairly water and ivy proof.
The handyman was most complimentary about my cutting skills considering I only had a kitchen stool, pencil and basic saw. In fact - he said that he had come across real tradesmen who could not cut as well - maybe I should go back to college and retrain as a chippie.
It was a busy week at work as a retreat for the super-sized Bernina 990s was in full swing. There was a lot of background prep for that, making sure that everyone had the right kit. I had two customer quilts on the go - one was simple grid basting and the other was to do light custom on a wool appliqué wall hanging that took the maker 3 years to complete.
Saturday was wettish all day so I actually did some sewing on the patchwork coat. I wish I knew what I have done with the lining that I bought for it. It does not seem to be here in Devon. I am not in any danger of finishing it soon so either it will turn up or I will have to buy something else at FoQ.
