Grooving to ...

With bells on!

Mary at work set me the challenge of making her a card hanger to go along a wooden beam which spans her living room ceiling. At 11 feet long it was going to be a bit of a task, and I wasn't sure how to approach it at first.  I decided to make some Christmas bunting using red bias binding folded in half and some fat quarters of christmas material that I bought a few years back.  I got some small gold pegs off ebay which are perfect for hanging the cards onto.  Finally, whilst in Hobbycraft last week I saw some tiny gold bells which would make the perfect finishing touch for the points of the flags.

I'd cut all the pieces out a couple of weeks back, and damn and blast my sewing machine wouldn't work.  I had another go tonight and managed to coax just enough life out of the machine to get it finished. It's not perfect but not too bad as a prototype I thought.

Hope Mary likes it!

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It would be nice ...

to have some good news for a change.

Sadly today brought the news that my Aunty Margaret in Newcastle had suffered a stroke last night and passed away this morning after a massive heart attack. She had been a bit of a creaking gate for some years with chest problems, but nobody expected this to happen. Not now. Not so close to Christmas. Not so close to Sylvia's anniversary. My Uncle Malcolm will be lost, and their children Darren and Caroline devastated.

We will be making the journey north again next week sometime for the funeral. It's Micky's 21st birthday on 18th (the 1st anniversary of Sylvia) and we were hoping to go up there to spend the day with him and Les but I guess it will all depend when the funeral is going to be.

The 19th is Eileen's court case, so it's going to be a hell of a week.

I was so looking forward to having a peaceful Christmas this year, but it ain't looking like happening.