The first half of my muslin thingy, remember that piece? I haven't had it on here for a while....it was almost finished, there was just one area that I felt was too stark, blank, stuck out like a sore thumb. Well I have remedied that now with a simple strip of cloth attached with running stitch along the edges. I then...to continue my new found love of loops and in an abstract way I feel these can be seen as loops.....bound it to the surface with bands of wrapped threads. I talk a little more about this in the video, (which to spare you is only 2 minutes long and I have to say it was good to chat with you. I always like that).
The next stage is to finish the other half, (almost there) and join them together, add a lining, add the zip and hey presto. In theory at least. I will keep you posted.
In other news....as you know if you were here yesterday my travel agent came through for me. The two week holiday we had originally booked before the wedding of the year was announced is now cancelled. Minimum loss financially (phew). Today the i's will be crossed and the t's dotted and our altered holiday to attend the aforementioned wedding of the year will be booked, done, signed off. Relief all round. There are also plans afoot to fit in a short break to Sweden in June so I can't complain except to say that I was looking forward to some rather nice cake in Chicago in September that will now have to be deep frozen in order to keep it fresh for when I do eventually manage to get there.