Yet another “friend finish

 Well, the title of this post is a little misleading.   I enjoy finishing off these projects for my friend -  some of them have languished for many years

I will be visiting said friend this weekend and hope to take it to her so am determined to finish the hemstitch edge and iron it.   (And today, at least that item got crossed off the to do list) And then only two, or is it three, projects left in the bag.

Meanwhile I am progressing on my hardanger table cloth.   Once again the picots defeated me and I opted for plain old Doves Eye filling.  But I am so pleased with this. And the colour combination.   Once the outer corners are complete I will need to decide on how to do the central square,   This is a fun long term project.

The blackwork box is all stitched and I need to get the pieces of card cut and construct the box.   It was to have been a present for my aunt, but it is unlikely to be fully complete by the time I visit her at Easter so this may yet end up in my own display cabinet.

Living in The Antipodes and being far away from wars and rumours of wars has its advantages but the inevitable cost increases are astronomical.   Our petrol (gasoline) prices have risen more than 20 cents in two days!!

I am thankful I’ve already booked and paid for my Easter holiday and my overseas holiday later this year.