weekly challenge, but more chatting tbh - part 5!

[lucykate]

ready, steady, go...!

Lol at the necklace Whizzz, my dds would love that! (they are at the, er, interesting tastes ages )

I am v. excited - I got some bag handles I ordered the other day, they are LUSH! Plus I got some lining fabric and some wild silk and some wool - lots of bag making coming up!

I have now made one pair of the two pairs of curtains that I have to make. I vow never again to offer to do curtains. I found it incredibly stressful and yet boring at the same time! They look ok but I can only see the faults and I am not particularly happy with them. I would guess that in the end I will be getting about 50p an hour for the time I have put into making them . Ah well, it's all a learning experience - I will know better another time!

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The necklave did make me laugh when I unwrapped it! I have also blogged today before I forget how to!

have revealed a little secret on my blog this morning!

go see!

Oooooo how exciting - well done you

Ooh well done you. Very exciting. (and Amy Butler too!! impressive lineup)

I think I have sorted out the chaos that was the fairy tale swap.. have emailed everyone hope you all got your e-mails...

i looked at the list of other people involved this morning and thought crikey, what am i doing there!

i'm going to the festival of quilts in a couple of weeks which will be good as am meeting up with manda and janet there, am really looking forward to meeting them both.

amy butler is giving a talk there that day too.

lk- you are brilliant... never doubt that... your crafts are great and if I could sew I would really try to do your tutorials... I will have to sort out a kit or something... with soem proper materials and set out to learn to make a few things... you really deserve to be up there with the big names... ohh i'm so excited to have a famous friend.

Meri - yep got the email. Pleased to see I've been teamed up with a kindred spirit .
LK - erm I think you're on the list 'cus you're erm well fantastic!! !!

have blogged a java jacket tutorial/pattern as well as the fairy tale swap partners....

let me know what you think... I know its really simple but well I like java jackets... and I can make them... aside from scarves and small pouches thats about all I can knit... my brain goes into meltdown when I attept patterns...

well done lk!!! you are right meri, we are i illustrious company!!

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dior- I'm not 100% sure about the ribbon.. its not my style but the beads are very pretty and and the colour is fab... oh and lovely swappy things you sent out for the kid swap... I still have to finish mine off...

shit. kid swap. Not sure I should tackle it tonight.

Dior, have left you a comment, I (being rather contrary) rather love the ribbon and the colours, although for me to actually wear I'd rather have jade or turquoise.

Oh LK, fantastic, I always think of you as crafty royalty anyway, since I spotted several X stitch kits bearing the legend 'designed by' you once, whilst browsing a crafty supplies site. Don't suppose you can recommend a good little X stitch kit for a dexterous 5 year old?

Now I've got onto Blogger, am off to look at the peg people.

dior - i'm not keen on the new necklace, just not my colours, quite like the ribbon idea But i love the rootbeer set wow

can't seem to access blogger... at all.. very wierd... all i wanted to do is some blog hopping for 5 minutes while DS watches how its made... and i cant even view my own... WTF..

same here meri - try wordpress blogs?

vintage-- it lets me acess some but other blogger ones I get a pop up that says "internet explorer cannot open www.whatever blogspot.com .

opertation aborted"

huh?

hello arts and craft people
can you answer a question for me please, I don't want to start a thread in case it's a sensitive topic for bereaved mums:

what on earth is doll reborning?
I am taking ds1 to be an origami-geek-on-display at the city craft fair and I notice one of the stalls is a doll reborner, not rebirther but reborner?

What is that? (When it's at home)

suzy-- creepy as all hell is what they are.. as far as I can tell they are just dolls like newborns... the scare me... issues with creepy dolls as a child... there was a program on tv awhile back with a nutter woman who collects and makes them.. you buy kits and paint them and add hair and clothes etc... I don't really get it...some poeple do carry them around in prams and things... a bit unhinged I think but thats just me...

oh and hello and welcome to our little enclave.

that's what I thought
creepy as hell
creepy as feck
and as for the DREADFUL grammar, well that's another issue

hello little enclave
I had a look through my old 90s Rowan knitting books last night. Did people really do Kaffe Fasset pieces in real life?
It's not really ever cold enough for a good collection of woollies here, shame. It's more wet than cold in winter but last year I did do dh a black alpacca 1950s cardigan.

I want to make a cover for my futon like sofa cushion, well it's a carved wooden daybed thing with a big flat foam rectangular cushion and we need a change of cover for reasons of hygiene, but I 'm not sure if I can be arsed measuring it up and fitting in the zip. Hey ho.

So what else do you talk about on here? Any sizzling gossip or dissension or revolution?

hi suzywong - i sure someone must've knitted those Kaffe cardi's but did they actually wear them?

yep meri - i'm getting the same with blogger blardy annoying isn't it? i only want to see if anyone has left me a comment as i have blogged twice and one post is about a really cute giveaway @ grosgrain but it ends really soon.