This morning started with the Monday Morning Gang - where, I can report, I lost 4lbs so not too shabby. The textile group then closely followed. For a variety of reasons we were low in numbers but were tackling some wool felt applique / reverse applique. The hardest part was the cutting out but the finished product promises to be very effective! 
So, racing home to an afternoon of fence painting - and it had turned FREEZING!! (I should add that it warmed up later but by then I was distracted!) Ah well, I can look at the work covered yesterday with pride - it's not often that I would be out working in the garden in February after all. So, what's a girl to do with an unexpected free afternoon? Well, after the usual dog walk, it was back on the Splendid Sampler treadmill. Now I am going to put this out there - you know what I am like for a deadline! My aim is to finish this quilt by Saturday - it is a Scamblesby day and so it might actually be finished on Saturday! Let's see how that one goes! Today's task was the relentless trimming of blocks down to 6 1/2 inches square ready to add the sashing. Once that is finished the next job will be to lay them all out on the bed, arrange them as I wish, take a photo and then start to sew the remaining 5 rows etc etc etc! By the end of the afternoon I had 9 blocks to finish quilting and trim so it's going well!
On a totally different note, the post arrived with a free gift for Millie and Daisy - clearly a promotion from Tesco along with vouchers but they won't mind!!
4lbs! Brill! You and your deadlines!
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