Beethoven's Ninth

Have you ever sung Beethoven? I have the feeling he hated sopranos judging by the screeching we endured this evening at choir practice. Loads of Top C's. It was no joke and I'm frankly knackered - tho' log lifting might have some bearing on my exhaustion.
Either that or eating too much stuffed duck - which I cooked yesterday - finished the remainder this evening - and ooh la la - le canard is tres naughty and probably lying low - heavily - on my tum. Together with the Mars Bar I ate whilst writing this Blog.

Nearly finished the Singing Garden Quilt. Machine quilting the borders at the moment and I'm very pleased with the result.
Will have its first outing on November 11th when I give a talk to a local group.

Which reminds me. I received latest (November) issue of Popular Patchwork Magazine this afternoon - with a very pretty pink cover.
Magazine contains my latest BOM (block of the month to the unitiated) - "Pink Marigolds" - which doesn't make sense as marigolds are usually orange. Indulge me. I have my reasons.
Will post my autumn marigold block after I've uploaded my winter basket block (almost finished) to the www.popularpatchwork.com website.

The current 'Basic Instructions' thread on-line contains a series of step-by-step pictures showing my quick method of layering and basting a quilt on a table using a micro-tek gun.
This method does away with painful kneeling on floor - tacking a quilt using needle and thread or hundreds of safety pins.
Makes me tired just thinking about it.

On that happy note will away to my bed and Courtney Bryce. Now WHO is he I hear you cry and wot is he doing in my bed ? Aaaaah . . . Lucky 'ol me!