Finishing lines

I have been in Rotterdam, supporting my incredible sister and her partner as they represented Australia in the amateur team at the World Triathlon Finals.


They both crossed the finish line in very respectable times,  and were still up for a big celebration in the evening.


Lots of stitching inpiration in the photos of the pontoon where the swimming leg started

and also from the food stalls  in the superb Markthal.





And in the mesmerising,multiple escalators

All of that dedication and training pushed me to my own finishing line, the binding on Kaleidoscope, started in December 2012.

I evidently don’t finish enough quilts, as I had forgotten how to join the two binding ends together seamlessly. This video, from Heirloom Creations, is the simplest explanation I have every found, a boon for those like me who find the upside-down, back to front instructions of others completely confusing.
 Twenty feet of binding to hand stitch down now, the last part of my quilting and piecing triathlon on this quilt.

Lilies, sunshine, gold and bronze

My lilies erupted into bloom yesterday at last





The sun shone, and we saw Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome win gold and bronze, 500m from the end of the course………,


and the photo in here ( keep scrolling!) says a lot.

Life is good.