Another busy week has flown by! At one point I had 2 customer quilts on the go using the Bernina Q-Matic automated system. There was a very big quilt that I had to finish on time so its maker could take it home after she finished her sewing machine mastery course.
This week’s find was a small red swivel chair that was put out on the street. It is in good condition except when you lift it up and 2 of the wheels fall off. I expect some duck tape will fix that. I hope to take it to FoQ so we can offer clients an adjustable chair when they try the Q16 sit-down machine.
I was commissioned to sew buttonholes and buttons onto a waistcoat that the boss’s husband wanted to wear at Festival of Quilts. I was told to make a video of the process. First I had to practise since I have never had the need to do buttonholes. I have to say that I did a fantastic job. However, there was a bit of a hoo-ha as apparently I sewed the buttons on the “female” way and the male waistcoat wearer refused to wear it. I made modifications over the weekend so hopefully it will now pass muster.
I went to visit Mel in Looe on Friday. I wondered whether the Haar (sea fog) would be in at the seaside but it seems that this does not happen as much as it does in Aberdeenshire. The weather was perfect and we took a wander to Hannafore. There were Luggers in the bay and a sea shanties being sung on the quay. It made me wonder if I should move to the Cornish coast.
I spent Sunday gardening and assembling what I need to pack for Birmingham. Nessie is going on her holidays to the office manager’s house where they will probably play tennis balls and fulfil her every demand;)
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