Overambitious.

It has rained just about all day long. Too wet most of the time to even go out to try and take a photo. Sadly it doesn't look like there'll be any chance of seeing the Aurora Borealis that has been predicted for tonight.

I have spent most of the day sewing at the kitchen table. First I finished off the second 'box' cushion cover. Then, because I found another cushion and I still had odds and ends of fabric and a zip I thought I'd made one last cushion cover. Nothing fancy, just a different patterned fabric on each side. But then I decided that some left over strips of the grey velvet would look nice as piping around the edges. Aware of my lack of skill I thought I'd play safe and stitch the piping onto one of the squares first. That was fine until it came to dealing with the corners. The velvet was too thick to bend around the corners so I had to made separate mitred ends at each corner. Oh my! the fabric was thick and slippery and my fingers are kind of chunky. Let's just say it took a lot of hand sewing, and unpicking until I achieved a reasonably tidy finish. I've still got the zip to sew in by hand before sewing the sides together. After which I think that's my sewing done for this year. 

I'm off soon to choir. This is the only time when I have to drive in the dark which I don't enjoy but it sounds like the rain has eased off which helps.