It’s with great pleasure that I can inform you that as of yesterday afternoon, my Cindermouse is finally finished – broom and all! 😀🎉🐭👗 One thing I changed, possibly my only alteration to the project, was not to sew the dress onto her: I have plans to make her at least 3 different outfits and although I want…… Continue reading Oh yes! – Of felt, housemaids and finished rodents.
time’s always running short these days but I did manage to stitch in the past few months (especially late at night) and get a couple of things crossed off the list – so I thought I could just list them for you really quickly while I wait ’till the moment I can save up half a day…… Continue reading just a couple of updates
first of all I would like to thank you all for the sweet and understanding words regarding my previous post; despite the usual exceptions, I am sure the majority of my readers do care about me and my point of view. I wish there was an easy fix to this, but for the time being, I…… Continue reading GiGi, TUSAL, IHSW, 3 finishes, happy mail, a year with the Pumpkins [sit down: a lot of updates]
very little time these days; we got a break from all the humidity and hot hot HOT temperatures during the weekend, but before that whenever I had a spare moment I just wanted to unplug everything (except for the fan 😉) and doze off. summer. just like every year it’s a killer! – – – because I very egoistically would…… Continue reading the gifts of nature (GiGi and TUSAL updates)
hello! hello! I’ve been busy in the past days working feverishly on the games for this year’s enigma and I’m more than happy to announce that I made it! YEAH! 😀 it took me WAY more than I expected, and I won’t do anything this elaborate for probably 5 years or so but hey! I hope…… Continue reading monthly goals, TUSAL & SMALLS updates and Maynia!!
I promised myself it wouldn’t happen again but, alas, here we are: weeks late for a bunch of updates with a fat lot of catching up to do. bear with me, it’s going to be a long post. – – – the TUSAL update. let’s get this one out of the way first. 🙂 as you…… Continue reading the A-I-O post
the mini 😉 😉 stitch enigma continues with the third clue, I don’t plan to post any in the next few days so think about it, scroll down for the previous clues, and guess away! 😀 one of the reasons why I changed the fabric for this project is because the one it came with had been…… Continue reading TUSAL update and third clue
because I’ve been MIA for a couple of weeks, and I’m late for at least a few appointments, I thought we should bring back those “chapter” posts that some of you liked so much. I’m taking some time this morning to write for as long as I can and schedule the chapter-posts that you can…… Continue reading Chapter 1 – SALs, quilting and Downton Abbey
so you remember the tiny weevils that have been plaguing my entire summer, right?* well, they’re back. AGAIN. better said, they never really left – just hid until they felt confident enough to come out again so that I could spot them on my bestie, Dustpan. 😒 I called the company once more and they…… Continue reading showdown
another post today to (finally!) catch up with this month’s TUSAL report, only a couple of days late. this month it’s a huge pile, you can see it on the right. there are ends and frogs from Mary’s Sampler, mainly browns and whites, plus lots of bright greens and pinks from Manu’s StitchME. but the big…… Continue reading a TUSAL update and a winner!
The Grey Tail 