Another project complete

On Friday night I finished the second of my five projects which I am working on as class submissions. I damp stretched it (instructions for this can be found in my book Portuguese Whitework) and it came up looking so lovely and crisp. I love damp stretching!

I then continued with the other project which I have already started. It is the one I think the powers that be are least likely to choose, but I’m enjoying stitching it.

Yesterday we were supposed to go to a baby shower, however it was cancelled because the baby arrived 4 weeks early the day before! I think that was rather a surprise for all of us, but particularly the parents! It meant we had a quiet afternoon at home with one of the girls’ friends coming over.

I spent the afternoon resizing a pair of leggings for The Gymnast. The National Head Coach is visiting her gym today, and they’ve been told they must be neatly attired with very neat hair. I realised that The Gymnast’s old leggings which she’s worn so thin that they now have a great big hole in the knee were not going to be acceptable! I already had purchased a new pair, but because she is so skinny, in order to get the right length, they were a little big around the waist. So I had to take them in at the waist and the ankles (because they’re not allowed to be baggy there, either!)

The national coach is not coming to see the girls in The Gymnast’s squad. She’s actually coming to see the elite girls who will be age eligible for the 2016 Olympics. The Gymnast fits into the 2020 group. However, The Gymnast’s coach has asked that all her squad wear Australian colours today (and particularly requested The Gymnast’s fake Australian team leotard that I made her for wearing during last year’s Olympic period) because she wants her girls to be noticed! She’s extremely proud of the girls she has in her squad and wants to make sure that the national coach sees the talent they have coming up in the ranks.

I think it is all a bit of a storm in a teacup, as the likelihood of the same person being in the national head coach job by the time the 2020 girls are ready for the Olympics is very low! But it is all very exciting for them, and I’m sure they’ll be on their best behaviour today. After school The Gymnast wants her hair redone from school hair to “competition hair”!

Despite all the excitement, I’ll be having a lovely calm day mostly at home, stitching away. 🙂