Also known as tech hates me in 2017 ( Read more... )

I went to the sewing guild group on Saturday and took my Lilly rose ufo, and the december dress. Yes, it's still unfinished in March!  I moved up the 3/4 waist belt and shortened it as marked. the placement is ideal BUT the carpenter's mantra of measure twice, cut once holds true for sewing.  As I shortened the waist belt I did think "huh, that's ( Read more... )

I've no problem reading sequential books, though I'll admit being burned by Isobel Carmody's Legendsong trilogy, which I've been waiting for the 3rd book since 2002. That is book 2 was published in 2002, book 3 was due in 2 years, but that was over a decade ago.  I've given up on ever reading an Isobel Carmody until I can read Darkbane. The second ( Read more... )

I've got 5 items of work clothing started and incomplete, and this list is in order of preference.

Work clothing UFOsblue linen/rayon herringbone 1930s skirt - half cut out ( Read more... )

There's so much vacant space, which is bad enough on my work desktop, but on my little netbook at home, pffffft. I've been quiet, partly cos I've not been doing much. But also cos I forgot my password & couldn't log in at work until I remembered while I was at home that I needed to reset it. cos at home it's auto logged in blah blah blah.  Usually ( Read more... )

In an alt universe I pre-ordered the book in December 2011, and the 6 month wait passed, and lo, the book arrived in the post with much rejoicing.

In reality it's been delayed umpty times (where umpty is more than the digits of 1 hand) and I still don't have it.  The current publishing date is in 7 days time, but I'll believe that when I get the ( Read more... )

gahhh,  I can't easily add pics to my posts, unless I code it in HTML, and even then the one I added last night that worked (cos I double, treble checked it) had the coding all turned to snot this morning so that it was gibberish and totally unlike what I'd entered ( Read more... )

I woke up feeling like the day was wrong/evol for no known reason. Now it could be cos crafttclifford and luv2sew flew to Japan for a holiday early in the morning but actually I think it's been a crapola week. Bloatings, stabbing pains in the girl parts and, weird rashes and queasy.  Not actually sick enough to stay home, but blech.  On Monday I arrived at work ( Read more... )

On Saturday I barely made it to the ferry in time to meet Sarah for our trip across the harbour for lunch & a play. Despite the soggy day it was really nice. I had swordfish with polenta and green beans for lunch. A bit pricey for the portion size, but I have to admit to having the munchies.  I'd have loved desert but these days that's almost never ( Read more... )

It's been just over 2 weeks since my NSCT pattern arrived in the mail, and maybe you've guessed what I'm about to say.

I've no clue where I put it. No doubt my brain thought it was being clever, but it's not with my large envelope costume patterns. {foreheaddesk}   I was going to enlarge it to A3 on the photocopier and work out the measurements and ( Read more... )