One bag missing and two found

 The RSC colour for this month is black or brown.  Great, I'll get on with stitching the last of my selvedge strips and make a final two handed oven mitt for the year.  You may remember that I have been on a quest to use up my remaining selvedges.   But where was the bag with the selvedges and the hessian for the backing?  It should have been hanging up on the coat rack with various other bags of stuff, but no, it wasn't anywhere to be found.  Perhaps it was in the crates in the wardrobe, where I had repacked stalled projects after my wardrobe malfunction a couple of months ago.   Pulling them both out, I diligently checked through, and no, not there.  Surely I wouldn't have discarded this bag?  

So the crates went back into the wardrobe and I checked every bag hanging on the coat rack.  Several  were empty and used for shopping or to take projects away on Sew Wot days or quilt club nights.  But there were a couple of forgotten surprises found.  One bag contained an assortment of 5inch squares which I had received from my neighbor Dorothy's stash, all packed up by her in little bags.  They will be handy for future RSC projects.

Lots of squares rediscovered

The other found bag was even more exciting.  There was a cot sized quilt top in blue and yellow, which I added to the pile of tops in the sewing room to be layered and quilted sometime.  Then there were two lots of nine patch blocks all stitched up and with their respective fabrics to complete the projects, another blue and yellow project, and another in pink and blue.  Yes, it's all coming back to me now, I remember stitching these quite some time ago.    These two nine patch projects were added to the crates in the wardrobe to be completed in due cause.

One quilt top, two tops in the making

So.... I didn't find my bag of remaining selvedges and I've checked all sorts of places where it could have ended up.  But I did find these other unexpected projects which I had long forgotten.  As I used to tell Robin, I'll never run out of things to do!

This week has been rather social, going out and about.  First was a trip down to Tatum Park with my friend Dot, where we enjoyed a Devonshire Tea.  The main reason for going to this establishment was to confirm the booking and details of my upcoming BIG birthday family lunch later in the month.  The day was cold and miserable outside, but we were  toasty warm inside.

Dot and Jenny enjoying Devonshire Tea, actually coffee,  on a chilly morning

And then the following day I had lunch with two friends at Otaki, sadly our fourth friend was unwell and could not attend.  This cafe is so busy, and we were amazed by the queues of customers which kept streaming in.  Just as well we had booked a table, I thought.  There was plenty to chat about with these ladies, we go back a long time and there are many memories of earlier years.

Trish, Robyn and Jenny

So it's been a busy old week, but still no sign of the missing bag with the last of my selvedges.  I'm hoping  it will turn up sooner or later.