For the word "Damnation" you may substitute something of a more Anglo-Saxon origin - I am just trying to stay ladylike! I am MAKING - no, FORCING myself to sew two diamonds on it each day. (12 more to go). This takes me all morning or afternoon. The bitch lady that made it sewed it together using the cardboard piecing method, and never removed the cardboard, which is now rotting in parts, as is the silk fabrics used. She also used what appears to be extra-heavy black thread, damn her, but thinking on it that is probably just ordinary cotton thread back in the day - not like the polyester rubbish we have now. I am having to use snipe-nose pliers to pull the needle through.
It is very fragile and very difficult to work with. Oh, and did I mention she put a canvas backing on it? Cow . . . I am at the "I want to abandon it" and sell-as-is stage, but I have started so I will damn well try and do my best with it/for it, as it IS beautiful still.
Storm Eowyn (144 mph gusts in Ireland) isn't too bad here - trees just shaking a bit and occasional stronger gusts. Tam's power went out again but it turned out it was just one tree down across their line and it's been restored now.
Off to get some fresh air now. Stay safe all.
Update : Practice nurse never phoned to make me an appointment for my holiday jabs, which means it's going to be into next week and I daren't have it until the following week now. After the Fair.
Sharon - think I will take your advice and draw a line under it. Each mend is taking hours and still not to my liking (e.g. invisible mend).
In honour of my dad, who died today 45 years ago, I have been doing some Family History. I have - FINALLY, I have a tendency to procrastination - blown the dust off the big 10 generation printed chart and have been filling in the details of his family today. I was checking out Nancy Stumbles again (my 3 x g. grandmother, born 1785) and looking for newspaper links. The scanning of these turns up some odd words at times (e.g. they don't exist) but I just HAD to check out a Mrs Hairy . . . turns out it was Harry!!
It seems that you are feeling better! Walking is good for soul and body even when we must cudgel ourselves to get out there. It has been so cold here for over a week that I have to persuade myself that being outside is beneficial.
ReplyDeleteI would have to abandon the repair of that quilt. Many years ago I was asked to take on finishing projects that others had started. One was a group effort; none of the blocks were the same in size, points askew, etc. The other was blocks pieced from heavy sheets. After a couple of sessions I decided that the results wouldn't be worth the time and effort. I did salvage a quilt nicely hand-pieced in 1916--used the sturdiest of the 4-patch blocks, set them with a new but vintage-look fabric. I still have that one for its sentimental value, although it is fragile. When I worked at the quilt shop we sometimes were brought unfinished projects discovered in someone's attic. There was usually a very noticeable reason for the abandonment! We did our best to salvage these but I disliked being associated with the finished product.
Darling cats--always companionable.