Whew!

One thing down, fifty bajillion yet to do.

Next Wednesday, I'm having a group of friends over for lunch to celebrate a birthday. We do this several times a year, switching off places where we lunch. Our birthdays fall quite conveniently: two in January, two in March, one in July--or is that June? I can't remember--and two in August.

Josie's the newest addition to our group--she's the June-July birthday. As she's from New Zealand, I decided to make her a tea cozy. The first incarnation showed up in this post. I wasn't pleased with how it turned out, and a friend, Mary Keenan of Procrastination Diary, suggested a design, to which I made my own changes. Thanks, Maire!

Here's how it looked last Saturday.

And how it looks now.

 

I made it adjustable since I have no idea what size Josie's teapot is. This last pic was taken on my 4-potter.

So that's the handmade part of my gift completed--except for bag and the card. But I have a list a mile long of things to be done before Wednesday.

(If you see sump'n speeding past you on the freeway, just wave. It's prob'ly me.)