Keeping on

Started a third bookmark for next years mothers day stall at school.

The big one

Put a bit of time into the big project today. Kids were kidnapped by Grandmother so had some uninterrupted time.

I'll MAKE it work!

Watched a bit of "The Voice" while I whipped up another one. Added a bit to the first one as well. To try and make it a bit more seasonal. Edited them to be pretty on the picture taking device before I sent them to the internet.

Gah! Why!?

I finally get around to getting back into it and quckly (as far a a stitching project goes) bang out a bookmark and I want to pretty up the photo for my crowd of followers and the technology fails me!

Curse You, Facebook!

Suck a time sink. Stupid games. Stupid checking if "friends" have done/said anything. Stupid. I Quit!
Oh fine! Now I can't put the bloody photo in! I check it tomorrow.
Edited 22/mar/2013: Ok so it's quite a few days later and picasa are sucky. they've made life difficult. i can still upload photos but it's clumsy now. So with no further delay, the picture:

Cat Door Stop

My youngest son loves animals. So when I decided to bite the bullet and make a door stop already so I don't have to use random crap to hold the door open we decided on a cat. I googled cat images. Cats are kinda lumpy bumpy and I really wanted to use a Milo tin to hold the dirt for weight. Not very lumpy bumpy. One of the images led me to Wee Folk Art where they had a stylistic cylindrical cat. So I used that as a jumping point.

I used suede type material coz it feels kinda furry without being too furry. Felt on the bottom coz it'll be a bit harder wearing (I hope). Wadding around the tin (so it's not so hard) covered by the material with polyfilling in the head cavity. Machine stitched the lines with thick thread on top normal thread on the bottom. Hand stitched the nose with embroidery thread.  I forgot to put the whiskers on. I was going to use fine fishing line knotted with a bead on the inside so they'd stick out like real whiskers but I got ahead of myself and only remembered after I'd finished sewing the bottom on... that's a lot to undo. I've got plenty of materials to make more... I just need to drink more Milo :P

Progress

Husband has become fascinated with Derren Brown. I hope he doesn't use his powers for evil.

Modern Technology

I thought computers were supposed to make things easier.
Image this imagine the other way up and cropped a little.

Oh Look! You don't have to imagine because it actually did what I asked it just didn't show me it did what I asked... Good Grief Charlie Brown!

Back into the Fray

It's been a while. I didn't achieve my goal of having the ornaments done by Christmas... but there's always next Christmas!

I have a reason!

We've been away. I did take some projects to do while i was away but there were other outdoorsy things to be done so they didn't happen.
I did about a dozen stitches last night and I had to fight to get those done. I'd forgotten about a meeting I had to go to. There's no picture because the camera crapped itself.
I am a happy positive person. I am a happy positive person. I am a happy positive person.

Change of pace

Later the same day

While watching some of my backlog of Once Upon a Time and then Flushed Away sans kids. 

Haircuts

I had to drop everything and give hubby his haircut.

Next!

Hubbie played Quantum Conundrum again and his language deteriorated the longer he played it... it's getting difficult.
I, on the other hand, finished the snowflake and have moved on to the next one.

Once Upon A Time

I watched way too many episodes and was saved by my Handsome Prince wanting to play Quantum Conundrum (awesome, by the way).

ahhh. hi

I can't remember stuff. I'm tired and Team America sucks balls.

Fe Fi Fiddily

Tricky stuff now. Stars with metallic thread.  Hubbie was channel flicking. Settled on a hippy simpsons. blah.

Speed of Life

I think I've finished the cross stitching on this one. Next bit is the fiddly stuff; ribbon, beads and metallic thread.
Watched "Speed of Life" which was pretty cool except for the overly dramatic music.

At this rate

I might be finished for Christmas 2013.

ergh, boy germs

Hubbie has a cold. I feel doomed.  Watched Big Bang Theory.   The one where Penny takes a "stand".  I do enjoy them.

Sick kids suck

Eldest had a fever for 5 days and then had an earache for one day (yay for not turning into something worse) and he's sneezing and coughing and snotty and germy and I really really really really don't want youngest or myself to catch it... or hubbie, but he has less chance coz he gets to go out of the house.  My hands have cracked from all the handwashing.
Decided that even though I'm tired and grumpy I needed to do something just for me so here is tonight's progress whilst watching Once Upon A Time.  It's very convoluted and I hope they don't screw me over like Lost did.

Stormy Weather

Set the alarm tonight so I can go to bed at a decent hour hence the unfinished thread.  Hopefully we'll get some sleep since it's supposed to be really stormy tonight.

Channel Flicking

So many channels and nothing on. Finally settled on a NCIS repeat of flashbacks, blah!

Here we go

7 pounds is not a good movie to watch whilst stitching. There's too many visual clues that I missed. And where does that pound of flesh saying come from anyway, and I can't remember what it is exactly either.

Where we're at

Since I intend to continue on with the Christmas Ornaments I figured I should let you see where I'm up to. There's 6 ornaments that when finished are mounted on a cardboard shape with felt backing and a ribbon loop to hang it on the tree. They're quite large for a tree ornament, 15cm or so. I've stitched and beaded and gold ribboned 4 of the 6 and am currently stitching the 5th. I'm planning to do the mounting all at the same time. Or at least one after the other :P so that hopefully they'll look similar.

Where the heck have you been?

So I think I over did it with the rush to get the bookmarks finished for the sale. Then I got sick. I still am actually. And then I stay up late watching a movie and finishing off the last bookmark. Idiot.
FINE! I'll upload the photo tomorrow. I am being commanded to bed. I wish it didn't take so long to upload the photos.

So this one is all done and going to a friend. Next... I supposed I should try and get the ornaments finished for this Christmas :D

Back to it

Had a little holiday from my mad dash to get them all ready for the stall. Watched Bones & Castle, didn't want to eat crap so got it out.

I've decided to stop watching the Voice. All the hullaballo outside of the singing is boring me. I'm not interested in what Sally and Tom thought and cared to share with the world on facebook or twitter.

Continuing on

Took a few nights off after the mamoth effort. I'll be giving this one to a friend from school who saw the other ones and wanted it. She said she'd pay me. I said forget about it.

And I think I'm going to run out of Light Red. I'll check my stash before I run out completely and if I don't have anything close I'll go shopping.

Oh No!

I don't think I'm going to make it! I'll take it to playgroup tomorrow morning and do some after lunch and hopefully it'll get done so I can hand it in to the office in the afternoon. Fingers Crossed.

Job's Done! Small Wallet

Finished! This has got to be a record for me, I made the two wallets today. The brown floral type pattern one got a bit wonky but I think they look nice and the boys like them. I haven't put the monograms on because, quite frankly, I don't feel like it.

Deadline approaching

Help! I've only got tomorrow left to finish this. I'm also feeling a little inadequate as one of the other mothers showed me her efforts for the sale. Nevermind. She churned out 100's of items in the time it took me to do one of these suckers.

For Lack of a Better Title

Watched the Breakfast Club which was interrupted poorly with shoddy cutting to tell me that the RBA has lowered the interest rate half a percent. Whoot. Which the people who think about these things expected but it was a total surprise to the market...? What?

I may have to look at updating my photo manipulating software. Mine's from 2003, practically geriatric.

Stinky Dog

Hubbie gave the dog a rawhide bone yesterday. Today his toots are very fragrant.

New Project

When I started this blog I was thinking about cross-stitching and tapestry type stitching but I figure it takes me so long to do my sewing projects they can count as stitching too.
Eldest brought his wallet out of the safekeeping of his sock drawer and it got spilt everywhere so youngest scored some dough and I got $15 bucks out of it. Eldest eventually got upset. He didn't stop playing games when we told him it was a problem so blegh. Anyway, youngest now has some cash floating around his sock drawer so I decided to make them matching but different wallets with a monogram. Did some Googling and found Sewchristine's tutorial.  Went to Spotlight today and got some materials ($18).  I plan to have them two tone with a push stud fastener instead of velcro and no clippy strap thingo.  I plan to stitch the monogram with ribbon. That's going to be a challenge because it's not something I've done before and I may have to carefully calculate where it needs to go and do it first.

Ah, Childhood

Been watching The Goonies on telly. They inspired many games and map making in my childhood.

Did a little bit while we were at MIL's but the light was bad so I did more when we got home. There was a bit of a lightning storm tonight but didn't get to see much of it as we were watching Tin Tin (ok movie but I wouldn't go out and buy it) and the storm had pretty much finished by the time we were driving home. Also, my cropping software sucks today.

Job's Done

I must admit my backside needs some work. It's a bit wonky.

So she was Medieval Queen Bookmark Kit made in bonny Scotland by Textile Heritage, Item Number BKMQ.

Whoo, Nearly Finished!

This morning Hubbie & youngest went for an epic walk with the dog. Eldest played Little Big Planet until his eyes bled. I back stitched with interspersions of "what does this say mum?"

Now all that's left to do is the tassel and green felt backing. Whoot!

One Week Left

So, the contributions to the Mothers' Day Sale are due 4th May. I've got just under a week. Back stitching does my head in! Can't cross off on the pattern the bits I've done.

After this I'll have to finish the butterfly bookmark.

Box watching

Watched A Life Less Ordinary. Bit different. Cute.

Finished cross-stitching and started on back-stitching.

ANZAC Day

We didn't go to any dawn services or parades but we did talk to the kids about what it's all about.  We drove to a beach near Fremantle to have a squizz at the US aircraft carrier anchored out there. Massive.
The kids were kind enough to bug Dad for most of today so I got some stitching done:

She can see you now.

Pecked out her eyes

I've been watching the blind auditions for The Voice Australia. Don't have to put up with the people who are truly deluding themselves. Had some sore losers on this episode though. Saw them on Today Tonight (or similar, always confusing them) having a cry.
The judges/coaches turning their chairs is so subjective it's kind of ridiculous.

Just have the border, dress, flowers, backstitching and then putting the tassle and felt backing on and she's done. Maybe another couple of nights.

ARgh!!

Can't a girl just update her blog without the 20 bloody questions!?

Merry Easter, or something

My cropping software hates me. It tends to bomb at least once but tonight it's feeling especially affectionate and has died 3 times.  Hence you get to see more of my table than usual.