The blog is twitching, but not quite dead.

Ok, i'll admit I've kinda forgotten about this for the last *mumble* weeks.
I have, however, been off dogsitting my baby girls, who are 11 and 12 years old. So of course they're my babies. ;)

Had a good trip. Probably wouldn't fly jetstar again though.. the service in flight was fine, but they don't connect your bags for you - you have to re-check-in at every stop... and they pushed back my flight back to tassie twice. One time without telling me. I was so lucky that I was staying with my mum, and not renting a hotel or something. Also lucky I checked the day before, to see if the flight was still at the same time!

I'm working on my brother's christmas present at the moment, then it's just figuring out what to do for my brother in law (though the gigantic advent calendar I made for my sis, bro in law and neice should be enough lol) and maybe something extra for my dad.. then i'm done!

I've also finished a really cool thing for my swap partner through Sprite Stitch, they should be getting it soon.

OH! I almost forgot to brag (lol)! I have been playing with painting aida, which acts a bit more like dyeing aida, when you accidentally add too much textile medium. So far i've made 3 pieces, one emerald green, one purple, and one black.

I've got plans for the green, the black may make it into a cross stitched bag, but the purple is listed on the shop. Australia Post sure know how to charge for shipping, though. :(

https://www.shopdelighted.com/shop/SmallStitchShop

*brohoof*

Doctor Whooves Notebook Cover! :D

Busy Busy FJL!

I've been wallowing in the motherlode of longstitch and tapestry goodness. I found a heap of unstarted canvases at my local op shop.. and bought most of them. Some had kits, some didn't. I've learned things - I can do french knots! ..in wool, and wool alone. >.<

I'm not sure *what* to do with th ones i've finished though - I think the tiger and the lady will be gifts, though - they were the two kit ones, and turned out the best, imo.

The other ones, I don't know. I might list them, I might gift them.. I might just frame them and spruce up the house a bit. Hmm.

There's one (the tapestry flowers) that i'verun out of BLANC on, but that's easily solved next time I go down to spotlight.

PICTURRRES!










(this one's still in need of a proper stretching)



I hope you liked these! And my washing machine! ;)


I've been working on these more than the Zep. cross stitch - I find Longstitch to be more enjoyable, because it provides more instant gratification. I like gratification. ;) It was a really nice change of pace, too.

I haven't found anything more down there, yet, that aren't literally cut in half or something irreparable, but I'm keeping my hopes high!

OK... I suck at the last days of dieting. Plus, Free Pattern!

Yeah, I caved and broke last night.

I blame the Fiancee - he's having Pizza from our favorite place for birthday dinner... who could resist!
Oh yeah - someone with that thing called 'willpower'.

I did have two bowls of soup today though, and was really getting sick and tired of it. I think if I do it again, I'll only make it a 5 day thing - Fruit, Fruit and Veg, Banana, Meat, Rice. That way I won't get as bored with it... I hope. Plus I'd probably make a nice big roast lamb or something before I do it, and freezer away some of that meat, to have in the soup. It really gives it a lovely sweetness!

I have also finished a pattern from a tattoo pattern I found on my hard drive earlier, made with KG chart. I can't give credit, as I'm not sure who *did* the original picture. It wasn't me, that's for sure! It's pretty huge, as a word of warning. I'll likely make a smaller version, but for now, here's the big one. Enjoy!

*this will be listed in my etsy and Shop Delighted stores soon. Possibly.*