Top of my weekend job list was to paint over the water damage in my bedroom, having had a nice long hot summer to dry out. However, we have had some “proper” rain bursts this week and the wall was wet again. I have not really encountered horribly wet weather since living here, unlike the relentlessly wet winter the year before. Everything is so dry that the trees are dropping their leaves very early and when it rains it dries up almost straight away. I have ordered a waterproof raincoat (second-hand from Vinted), not just a shower Mac. I have loads of coats but they are all designed for cold weather. The Mac I bought is a sludge colour, not my taste but less than a third of the cost of a new one!
I wondered how my house leeks would fare in their sheltered “theatre”. They are definitely not soggy which is a good thing as they should be given minimal water according to the RHS website. I am still amazed at what can be grown outside here. When I repotted them all from their tin cans the soil was hot. The tins have all been re-planted with hardy violas and I would like to put in some autumn flowering plants in my pots as the summer ones seem to have given up.
At work I have been taking photos of traded-in Bernina machines and checking that they are in good working order.
In between all of my other work tasks I decided to bind the Bloom and Grow L890 quilt using the binder attachment. I previously made a Youtube video about this contraption but I was frustrated with it for a while as it did not co-operate to begin with. There are quite a few sewing gadgets that are fiddly to operate that are supposed to make life easier but end up taking longer. I got it working nicely in the end and will make a new video on how it works. I have decided that the point of the binding attachment which attaches the binding to both sides at once is SPEED and I don’t have to work out how to turn neatly mitred corners as this is best done on a sewing machine. Instead the binding will be attached as 4 separate sides, like an Amish quilt and the corners of the outer strips can just be folded under and secured.
Inspired by TV’s “Sewing Bee”, I shortened a pair of flowery dungarees by removing a 4” strip of wide leg then rejoining them with French seams. The spare fabric was repurposed into patch pockets since I can’t abide pocketless garments. I am doing the same with a jersey dress that I could have sold for £1.00 on Vinted or improved so I will actually wear it.
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