But first a MOAN. Blardy house insurance! Up for renewal (Christmas Eve it's due) and of course it's gone up a big chunk again - I do NOT like having to pay for other people's claims or the fact that builders now charge more and builders merchants have put their prices up which is how these companies justify their excesses. Tam and Rosie are arriving later and so she will help me - thank de Lord. Oh dear, 150 m from a watercourse? That will bump the price up - BUT that watercourse is at the bottom of a deep gully - a canyon almost - and no way could it ever rise up sufficiently to flood us as we are probably 60+ feet above it and it is still 150m away. Yeesh - how I miss Keith, who always dealt logically and sensibly with all the paperwork. He came to me in a dream last night - just a "walk on" part - where he was being - hah, logical and sensible about something, bless him! Anyway, it has occurred to me that rather than filling in an all or nothing statement about having window locks (two downstairs (old) windows don't, it's better just to get locks for them and then that is covered. They could also do with a draught excluding tape too because they are early Victorian and worn and draughty. Is the rebuild value REALLY £1,399,000??? I don't think so!
Well, suitably cheered up by the Quilt Exhibition and seeing old friends on Sunday, I finally got around to the border on Gabby's quilt yesterday and that is half done now - another 3 strips. I think I will enquire if Alex (our teacher at the patchwork group) can put it through her long-arm quilter for me. Worth paying for that as it's a double so a lot of work doing it by hand.
I would have gotten onto it earlier but I had to strip and remake my bed - finally putting the electric blanket on the right way up! Dozo . . . I put the linen bedding on it and slept well last night - it settles around the body better than my high-count cotton Strawberry Thief duvet cover.
Not my colourway, but cleverly done.
These Bargello quilts are amazing.
The cat that got the cream :)
