After the storm

• The St. Jude storm's been and gone, and didn't affect me apart from minor inconveniences.  (Lack of TV reception, being kept indoors for
  much of yesterday due to monsoon like rain.)  However,  reports of people killed by falling trees and a teenage boy having drowned put any little grumbles in perspective.                  At least being cooped up indoors forces me to get stuff done!             

 I've sewn the backing on to a couple more draught excluders and am stuffing 'em with filler.  A rolling pin comes in very handy for that.  You can't use anything sharp to force the filler down to the far corners.  Something like a knitting needle would pierce either canvas or backing fabric, but a rounded edged wooden rolling pin is ideal.                                                                                                                           I've also completed a couple more swatches following on from my experiments with heart motifs (see previous posts).   In the last of 'em the heart disappears entirely so the pattern's totally abstract.   In between this I've dug out a piece of patchwork I started ages ago and am - very slowly - adding a few more tumbling blocks to it.  The 3D effect you get is so effective, and I'm pleased with the choice of reds for the fabric.  Makes for a warm and cosy look.   More on that another time though. 

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• Swatches showing a pattern in development.

 














Hey!  They don't do this with their rolling pins on the Great British Bake Off. 

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