The Damnation Quilt - sewing through cardboard

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.

These faults won't be ignored by potential buyers, who will use them for bargaining. . .

Oh yes, the canvas backing! Bet she'd been told to clear her stash . . .

Ladies of leisure.  I wish I could join them.  I need to get out for a walk to get some exercise and clear my head.  I've just put the lamb in the pressure cooker for my Lamb Biryani tonight.

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!!