This was a beautiful weather week. Temps were in the mid 60’s and Bill and I were able to ride our bikes and sit in the sun. It always feels soooo good. On Sunday we rode 14 miles from Bill’s house to the Dunkin Donuts in No. Berwick. We checked out a craft shop but didn’t find anything we really needed to take home with us. From there we rode back on Rt. 4 to Bill’s house. It was a spectacular day and we felt blessed to be outside in October feeling the warmth of the sun. Not only that, we are blessed to be healthy enough to exercise on a semi-regular basis (as time allows). We spent another day with Bill picking up leaves with the tractor and I cleaned up the gardens.
On the down side, my best friend, Su has spent the week in the hospital after surgery. She is doing well but isn’t expected to return home for another couple of days. She has suffered serious illness for the past several years and this is another bump in the road. I am considerably blessed with good health, even though I’m approaching 60 (yikes) which is the opposite of Su. I am always supportive and attempt to help her fend off the overwhelming depression that accompanies another health problem. I am also blessed to have Su as my best friend. She is such a wonderful person and I consider her my soulmate. It is difficult to understand why she is faced with illness over and over again. I pray that this time the final news is positive and she can look forward to some good years ahead.
On the quilting front, not much time to sew; however, I have been doing some background stitching on the butterfly picture. I am using a technique from Diane Guadynski which she has termed Diane-shiko. It isn’t difficult but time consuming. After 5-6 hours I have completed maybe 1/4 of the background. ti doesn’t really matter, this wallhanging was for Greg and Vanessa last Christmas. As they say…better late than never.
I also did a some border quilting on the red oriental flower wallhanging. I stitched a flower in variegated black and white thread. I still can’t get the hang of doing it without a pattern so I have traced the flower on tracing paper and use that to follow. The down side is taking all of the paper off when I’m done.
Two other good things happened this week, I listed my condo for sale and Bill and I finished my sewing room at his house. We painted the ceiling and I chose a very light blue for the walls. Bill pulled up the carpet and put down a laminate wood floor. It looks so nice, clean and bright. I still need to decide on curtains and blinds but I bought a new 6′ sewing table and it is set up in front of the window. We moved a small bookshelf from my house. It is holding fabric right now but will eventually hold children’s books and toys for the grandkids.
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