Irenenenene

Why I've been so quiet these past few months:  Reason number 1: Knitting this jersey  Reason  2: Embroidering this tapestry Reason 3: Sewing a dress for CM (wedding in December) Anyway, this is WIP (work in progress). I am sure the official pictures will turn out much better than my attempt with backlighting.   Although the dress is done and dusted, I cannot post the pics until the wedding has actually happened.  Reason 4: CF (now S) the most spectacular dress ever!! Contrats Clemmie :) I am waiting for the official pics, but these are what I found on facebook   Reason 5: JS dress in progress Reason 6: Kids range coming soon (patterns in progress - ready to be tested on a certain RT soon)

The year started off with a bang of busyness. At work I had to go back almost a year to a submission for a new programme we developed, losing three weeks of preparation. During that time I also got a job to make and grade a matric jacket. (the photos below are poor quality because they are not taken by me :) ) Also, the sewing wasn't doen by me either, so some quality issues in my mind.... I then proceded to sew a wardrobe for my friend TJ who is heading onto the mission field. Int eh process I could test my new machine (well, "new" because I have not really used it since I bought it in April last year) So, here is what I did: And I experimented with dying. Yes, these things all went in at the same time into the same die lot and this is what I got (the second shirt from the right was light blue and the dress on the far left was white). This jsut goes to show that there are no guarantees when the shop tells you "It's 100% cotton" hahaha...

My mommy has gifted me for next winter and finally, finally, finally my window is framed - yes, with bubble glass. .

I started this embroidery that I got as a present when I stopped teaching High School. The embroidery is not quite my taste, but will probably be a nice present for someone. Anyway, when I separated the colours, there were 43 (!) of them and here is how close the colours are. They probably could have cut them by half. Yes, the second colour from the left is actually a grey - so light that it almost looks white. On the actual picture you can hardly see the difference. Try to distinguish these in the evening....

This is what I do when other people are watching TV   And a close-up with a normal match, to show the size of the crosses And a little dress for my friend M    with a close-up of the two bunnies