I've been having fun. Well, at least I've been learning some new skills, and isn't everyday supposed to be a school day? Anyway, I've filmed a short video of the fabric book I made in response to Ann Wood's 2025 stitchbook challenge. Initially, I rashly decided to try a commentary. However, it was all 'uhmmm's' and 'ahhh's and rabbit-in-the-headlights what should I blurt out next? So I ditched the commentary idea for now. But I did listen back to what I'd said, and it's weird to hear your own voice, isn't it? I mean, we talk all the time but we hardly ever hear ourselves exactly how others hear us. Our accent, our tone of voice, the way we might hesitate or let a sentence drift away. I'm rapidly developing a newly found respect for YouTubers and other content creatives. It's really not as easy to talk clearly and coherently as some of them make it appear.
The video's only about 3 minutes long, and it's simply a flip-through of my fabric book, complete with a jaunty jazzy tune. If you want to watch it, I'd love that. Especially if you give me a thumbs up and / or leave a comment. You never know, it might spur me on to film something else!
Hello! And goodbye, at least for now. The blog's on hold for a little while as I'm easing myself into 2026 gradually. I'm still stitching and reading and enjoying life with Badger the cat. Even though he treats my sofa like a giant scratching post!
Here's Badger, looking like the little cutie-pie he is. He's settled in so well, is absurdly affectionate and eats anything and everything I put in his food bowl. The only fault I can find is that he likes to sharpen his claws on the side of my sofa. This is despite having two scratching posts, one of which is part of a cat tower that's taller than I am! I may have to try trimming his claws, but I don't know how Badger will react to that. Anyway, expect to see more photos of him, so sorry in advance for any of you who aren't feline fans. Apart from gazing in admiration at the cat I've continued to experiment with embroidery. I really can't decide whether this mainly pink piece of stitching is something I like or just a dog's dinner of a mess. This is another embroidery I've been stitching. Frankly, at the moment it looks like it should be lobbed straight into the bin. I'd painted with a mix of watercolour pa...
The days are marching by at record speed, and I've finally - possibly - bought all the presents I need to buy and written all the Christmas cards I need to send. I decided not to put up a full-sized tree this year as I'm convinced Badger the cat would simply view it as a climbing frame, and I'd find it toppled on a daily basis. Instead, there's a small green tree, and a simple white twiggy one that has lots of vintage baubles dangling from it. To be honest, I prefer the twiggy one, so the green tree might be permanently retired from now on. I've not gone crazy with the decorations, but there are various strings of fairy lights that look so pretty when they're lit. I have - between internet shopping and baking mince pies - made a little fishy pin cushion, decorated with seed stitches, French knots, chain stitch and stem stitch. I'm on the look-out for grey tweedy material to make another fish as I think that'd look better than plain ...
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