Santa’s Sleigh & Tesco!

First the good news..

Yesterday I used my Embroidery machine to sew out the sections of a Santa Sleigh and his reindeer. I managed to get them joined together and decided I just wanted a small binding as it is a long way round so I would do it on my sewing machine.

This is a first for me as I have always sewn my double 2 1/2 inch bindings to the front and hand sewn them down to the back.

I cut binding 1 & 1/4 inch wide and ironed a 1/4 inch fold. This was then sewn to the back of the sandwiched fabric.

Turning the folded edge to the front I machined it down with a small buttonhole stitch, in hindsight I wish I had used a fancier stitch.

Santa and his Reindeer ready for either the mantelpiece or I’ll use it as a table runner.

Now the bad news...

For TWO hours FIFTY FIVE minutes I was waiting in a queue to reserve a Christmas slot with Tesco before I gave up.

I was so sick of looking at a Christmas dinner, Chris and I took it in turns to watch the site refreshing itself.

We’ll put you through as soon as we can... this probably meant sometime on Christmas Eve ! Even my ipad battery had to be plugged in as it was going flat waiting..