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I’m feeling particularly uninspired for things to write about tonight, so it must be time for a gratuitous photo of Parsnips: She’s quite scary in extreme close-up! (But isn’t the texture in her eyes cool?)
Experimenting again
I’m at home this morning while the painters finish off the repairs to the ceiling, so, having run out of work I can usefully do from home, I decided to return to my experimental quilt and practice some more free-motion quilting. The pattern is called Nikki’s Jigsaw Puzzle, and was a nice easy one to…
Big booms
was confused last night to hear a strange booming noise in the distance. It sounded like fireworks, but Classical Sparks was last week, so I couldn’t figure out what it would be. I looked out the kitchen window, because sometimes fireworks in town are just visible from there (Hagley Park is about 5 km away…
Swiftness
I decided to stick with the totally random scrappiness for the next bird, the swift, and I think it looks ok: It’s funny, as I was choosing which bundle of fabric to use for it, I found myself reasoning that I should use the bundles with the smallest number of fabrics in them for these…
Another Secret Santa down
nd of year party for Toastmasters tonight, with charades followed by one of those Secret Santa swaps where you get to steal gifts. All the gifts had to be home-made, so there was loads of imagination in them – some were crafted, some baked, and one was a gift certificate promising a couple of hours’…
No more sleeps
My bags are packed, my tickets are printed, the house is clean, and now all there is to do is wait a few hours until Lytteltonwitch and her son come to pick me up to go to the airport. Evening flights do have the advantage of not having to get up at eek-o’clock in the…