WIP Desk Clock

It feels good to be stitching something a little more challenging again and this clock I think will be, though as I write that not sure it will be. Will see though the actual cutting of the card to the correct sizes tends to be the trickest aspect the stitching part is a doddle. Anyway still sometime till I get to that part but it seems to be going ok so far, will post larger images of the centre of the clock which I completed this morning.

Other things a foot going to be making a batch of 'Tea Bags' this week so they will be up soon, just need to cut out the fabric and well make them.....but shouldn't take all that long.

Also back to doing a spot of baking which has been rather nice to do considering the weather is so shocking awful today, what did I bake a Gooey Treacle Sponge, not something I used to like but this is to die for. Especially if you team it with a fresh pot of tea. Highly recommend the recipe someone linked it on Twitter and so had to try it out, doesn't take a lot of effort or a lot of ingrediants and most of them I had knocking about. Also have some bread raising in the kitchen so I'll be popping that in the oven shortly. Before I start to snuggle down on the sofa and drool over Chris Pine. Yes I have my copy of Star Trek, god I loved that film. I was going to do a lot more stitching today, but you know what I don't feel guilty it's a nice to just potter about and pick up and put down stuff. In between drinking lots of tea!!!

Hope your all safe, wrapped up in doors and eating lots of yummy things!

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Insulting Tissue Holders

So I've been stitching again. Little and often for me seems to be the key for me then I don't get so bogged down on the issue of not making anything, then if I do and it doesn't go well. (I have a box of stuff gone wrong) I don't feel so fed up.

This is what I stitched last night, then made up this morning whilst it was sunny, it's 4pm now and turning darker. Did I ever say I loved winter? I was born in the spring but I love winter more, I think it's owing to the love of being able to snuggle up with a good book and a mug of tea and not move. Okay perhaps that is something you don't have to limit it to winter, but it does seem more apt for this season than say summer.

Opps now I've gone and sidetracked, what was I talking about? Oh what I've been making, a handful of tissue holders, one carrying on the Onomatopoeia Collection this time using a different coloured thread, linen and liberty tana lawn. The others which are new are two somewhat playfully insulting tissue holders. The Insulting Tissue Holders come in snot and drip, and also working on the idea of some others, but my mind has gone a little blank.

Other than that I'm about to go and work on the basic maths for constructing my next clock, with the sale of the toadstool and flowers clock I feel the desire to make something new. The scale of this new clock will be much smaller, based on the size of the clock movement I purchased, and because I think it would be nice. If I like the style I'll make more at this size and have the larger scale as a one off for commissions only. Though whether or not I would make another one remains to be seen, though I would like one for myself. Only when I have my own place.

Over and out!

Showcase: Gift Guide

Gawd not been in a gift guide or anything like it for yonks. So that was a nice surprise this morning.

Stocking Stuffers