Hmmph!

 I finished quilting and binding the enormous quilt, and it will be picked up tomorrow. 

It all went without a hitch, which I'm very grateful for. Now I need to pull the Statler to bits and give it a spa treatment while there are no customer quilts due. Lots of oil, new needle, pull off the needle plate and clean out the innards, adjust the tension, and maybe order more bobbins. That will keep me busy. 

I'd like to quilt a quilt for myself over the break, so one day will be spent getting the backing and batting prepared for that. By the time I've done all that it will be time to head off to Adelaide again. 

Alas, I spent too much time trimming units without a break, and then binding 2 quilts in one day, and now my right arm has pins and needles and my wrist is sore. The only cure for that is rest, and rest is boring. Super boring. I'm reading, which is fine, but unproductive. I'm tidying up in small bursts, but I can't shift anything heavy, like boxes of fabric, so basically it's just shuffling things around. Even typing hurts. I'm not very patient it seems.

I've dug out some more old fabric for the mystery;

I bet Bonnie herself would recognise these old patterns.

Today I will tidy up the workroom and set up a small jigsaw, and maybe when that is finished I'll be back to light sewing duties. I can only hope.