For the record I am going with this pic:


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I am going to turn a photo into a cross stitch pattern - the background will be removed/faded/blurred/whatever as appropriate - and then I will make a cushion with some of holly's fur in it for stuffing. I picked some photos but idk what one.


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There's been talk at my weaving group of getting a stall at a market sometime to sell our work ( Read more... )

Actually, a little more than a weekend, but that scans better, and really that's all that matters, right?

At any rate, my project lately has been what I've been referring to as "Joseph's technicolour dream bag" on Twitter - a kete made from ribbon.


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I fail completely at being a girl! It's stinking hot so I was having a longish coldish (a bit below lukewarm really) shower and figured if I'm going to start wearing dresses I should make like the tv ads think women do every morning without fail and shave. Suffice to say, for a few moments there I thought they might have actually invented a razor ( Read more... )

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# One of my guildies in WoW bought me (and my sister) the Wrath of the Lich King expansion. We've talked in guild chat about the things we have to pay what are more important, and I covered my sister's last game time renewal as well, and a few days ago I was mentioning looking at prices which were higher than people expected because the gaming ( Read more... )

1. ...a post on ontd_feminism. Women are taught to hate themselves and tear themselves and each other down. It's socially taboo to say, "I am beautiful", or even to some extent any other qualities that aren't based on looks. So I would like everyone to take a moment to share some of the positive things they believe about themselves ( Read more... )

So I hardly ever wear trousers - normally it's ankle length skirts, or knee length dresses in summer. As it's not even winter yet and epically freezing, I was thinking I might make some under-skirts to give me more layers.

So: what is a fabric that is warm (there is no such thing as too warm here, I really feel the cold) and that doesn't get ( Read more... )