new project

A little while ago we purchased a new iron as our old one had gone up in a puff of smoke. The one we purchased had a really bad design fault: the cord came out the bottom of the iron and interfered with the stability of the iron when it sat upright on the ironing board. The manufacturer agreed that this was a fault and said that if we returned the one we purchased, they would replace it with the newer, redesigned model designed to be stable.

The problem with this was that it meant we were going to be without an iron for about 5-10 business days. Who can go without an iron for that long, especially when much of their life revolves around fabric?

Fortunately we were able to borrow an iron for part of the period, which made it a bit more bearable. And then the new iron arrived yesterday morning. The fault is indeed fixed.

Starting a new embroidery project for the book seemed like the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of the new iron! Yesterday I began a sampler project, with a huge collection of bullion embroidery motifs. Its not quite as large (in terms of the embroidery quantity, not size) as the tablecloth, but its not a small project either. Hopefully it won’t take too long!