It is exactly a year since I ran away from home to Devon and lived in an old caravan until I found my wee cottage. I have now experienced all of the seasons, including what seems to be an early, wet autumn. The conkers on the trees in the park are huge. Nessie and I are now familiar with the regulars in the park, including the 2 resident geese. I was glad that I invested in a decent second hand raincoat and have now added some reflective heat-press flowers so cars can see me in the dark.
I have done lots of DIY such as repainting the entire cottage interior, putting up shelves, fixing the shed and got quite into container gardening. The summer pots look past it now so I need some autumn/winter plants to fill the gaps. I decided to paint the shed floor with a donated tin of red floor paint but it is taking forever to dry in the cool, damp weather so I have not finished it yet. All of the chores are of my own making so if I don’t feel like dusting I really don’t have to;)
It was a crazy busy week at work with 2 days devoted to giving one-to-one lessons to a retired couple who knew absolutely nothing about sewing. I got them to make a zipped, piped cushion and put button holes on a jacket. By the end of the week I had done zilch quilts so went in on Friday to get cracking on 2 customer quilts as I now have a backlog of a dozen!
Despite already having several hand-sewing projects on the go, I decided to have a go at making “Bubble Pods”. They have loads of minuscule darts and are an absolute scutter so I can’t see myself churning them out as Christmas gifts.
