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A Gamble with Hearts
Sep. 22nd, 2012 04:41 pmToday I have been to Terang, half an hour out of the City by the Sea. It is local football finals weekend, apparently. I don't know. There seems to be a higher than usual amount football-related guff in today's paper, at any rate. Driving out of the City by the Sea, some street signs and traffic lights were decorated with blue and white streamers, and others were decorated with black and red streamers, which I took to be a football-supporter thing. Only then on road sign outside Terang was decorated with red and blue streamers, so that was a bit confusing.
The reason for going to Terang was that my mother announced that she has grown tired of making patchwork quilts. This is a shocking development and I would have been concerned that she was, in fact, tiring of life itself had she not finished the statement by suggesting that she is seeking other sewing-based thrills, viz. would I like an overnight bag and, if so, would I care to come to Terang and buy the fabric? I'm still not sure why we had to go to Terang for that, but it was a nice morning out.
Terang is too small to attract the national retail chains, so it is full of little shops that evolve to fill various niches. We didn't cross the road to find out what Hatz Off sells*, but we stopped into Boxes & Blooms, which sells: tomato and cyclamen plants, Pandora charm bracelets, mugs and more Schleich horse figurines than you could poke a stick at, which seems like an unusual set of merchandise, but best of luck to them.
As well as the material for the bag, I also bought myself the owl version of these things (just the timber frame, not the kit with the charts and such). I could hang it off my new bag when it's done. What should I stitch on it?
This week's random word: ( 21. Abaft )
Next week: plain
* The internet tells me it's a hairdresser.
The reason for going to Terang was that my mother announced that she has grown tired of making patchwork quilts. This is a shocking development and I would have been concerned that she was, in fact, tiring of life itself had she not finished the statement by suggesting that she is seeking other sewing-based thrills, viz. would I like an overnight bag and, if so, would I care to come to Terang and buy the fabric? I'm still not sure why we had to go to Terang for that, but it was a nice morning out.
Terang is too small to attract the national retail chains, so it is full of little shops that evolve to fill various niches. We didn't cross the road to find out what Hatz Off sells*, but we stopped into Boxes & Blooms, which sells: tomato and cyclamen plants, Pandora charm bracelets, mugs and more Schleich horse figurines than you could poke a stick at, which seems like an unusual set of merchandise, but best of luck to them.
As well as the material for the bag, I also bought myself the owl version of these things (just the timber frame, not the kit with the charts and such). I could hang it off my new bag when it's done. What should I stitch on it?
This week's random word: ( 21. Abaft )
Next week: plain
* The internet tells me it's a hairdresser.