Blog entries - November 2009

The Week of Fun Mail

Shelley — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 07:50:31 +0100

I got a bunch of fun mail this week: two envelopes stuffed with fabric and yarn and a small box of books. It's like a pile of inspiration sitting on my desk.

The fabrics, and the green yarn, are going to become a quilt similar to this one. It'll be a project for after Christmas and early January. Something nice and warm for our bed when the weather gets the coldest, to re...

A Whole Year

Shelley — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:20:22 +0100

Out for a walk on a hot day - August, 2009

I realized the other day that Abby has been part of our family for a whole year. It seems impossible to think of our home ever being without her.

First go at the food dish - November, 2008

Abby likes ...

Hoot Hoot

Shelley — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:13:57 +0100

I'm participating in an ornament swap this year. It's being organized by the Small Fox and I signed up a little over a month a go. I spent a little bit of each day last week getting my ornaments made and photographed before sending them off. Each person in the swap makes and sends ten ornaments and gets ten different ones back.

I decided to make Moonstitche's Zakka St...

Look, Look

Shelley — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:13:04 +0100

Amy and I went through the bookstore on our way to get some coffee yesterday afternoon and saw something very exciting (and I can't remember why I didn't get around to posting this yesterday): a much anticipated new sewing book.

One-Yard Wonders looks like it is a wonderful project book but it holds some special excitement for me. Turn to page 125 and take a close l...

Thinking

Shelley — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:37:36 +0100

I wanted to write today but was not sure what to say or show. I'm not given to grand thoughts or deep introspection but I think it is important to have some quiet, introspective time today, to remember those who have fought and died for for our freedoms and beliefs, and to think of those who are taking up that calling now.

These photos are from a walk I took for an afternoon...

Linen Produce Bag

Shelley — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:32:21 +0100

Pattern: Linen Grocery Tote (er ... sort of) via The Purl Bee
Yarn: Louet Euroflax in Melon Mix (I think - it's been "in stash" for a while)
Size: 48 cm / 15" long
Yardage: aprox. half a skein
Hook: 3.75 mm
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In the last year or so I've been seeing a lot of fabric produce bags being made up in blog world. I've been a long time...

Thursday's Dress

Shelley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:25:05 +0100

Erin, of Dress a Day, had declared last Thursday International Wear A Dress Day. I almost forgot about it but remembered in the nick of time when I was hunting for a shirt to wear to work. Of course having forgotten all week I'd never gone out to get wool tights and the only dresses I could find were light cotton but in a flash of inspiration I remembered wearing a sundress with jeans i...

Happy Hallowe'en

Shelley — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:16:08 +0100

I'm a little behind in my blogging right now. I knew I had some things from late last week and over the weekend to tell you all about but when I downloaded the pictures off my camera this evening I discovered things from October 23rd still on my camera! So you can expect some slightly-more-frequent-than-usual content this week as I play catch up.

I hope everyone had a safe an...