Two posts in one day, that has to be a record for me!

I made a Santa head felt Christmas tree decoration on Sunday while we watched Nascar.

I sewed it together like I thought it should be but it didn't look quite right.  When I looked at the die packet again I could see what I did wrong.  I sewed the face part on a bit off kilter. I am not going to undo it, that one can be for us.  I have another all ready cut out so I will try again and hopefully get it right.

In the Sizzix order I did today (see previous blog) I am getting a different snowman BigZ die which will be a little simpler to make.  It doesn't have the arms and the body and head are all one piece. I am still buzzing about getting all that Sizzix stuff at such a bargain price.  I checked the prices on Amazon and I would have paid well over $100 to get the exact same things even with the Prime free shipping and Amazon prices are usually a bit cheaper than buying direct from Sizzix.  It was hard not to buy more but the whole point was it was such a lot for so little money. I can't wait for it all to arrive.

And if you do not read Boris's blog here are a couple of current photos of Maggie and Boris

Sizzix Leap Year Sale

I don't know if this is the case in the UK but here in the US Sizzix has a one day sale on for February 29th.

I am so happy, happy, happy.

I just ordered $124 worth of stuff for $22.60

Off course I had to pay shipping of $11.14 but I am getting a load of items.

2 x Sizzix BigZ dies
1 x Sizzix Original die
1 x TextureZ starter kit
1 x Sizzlets die
2 x sets of Christmas embossing folders
2 x sets of other embossing folders

Yep all the above for $22.60 plus shipping

Here is the site if anyone is interested

Sizzix One day leap Year sale

I am planning on making cards this year so the embossing folders will be great and the texture plates will be good to use on my leatherwork (I hope).

I did try embossing leather and it worked OK but it was a bit thick to go through the rollers plus the folders prevented doing it continuously (for a belt for example).

I think the texture plates might work and if they do not I will have them for the cards.

Maggie got to experience the sewing room

I had a mundane sewing job to do.  I had bought some workshop rags for my husband but they were bigger than the ones we usually buy.  They are made of cheapie terry towelling.  So I cut them in half then needed to turn down the cut edges.

Boris is used to the sewing room, he loves to come upstairs and lollygag while I am knitting or sewing.  It was Maggie's first time though.

I wasn't sure how she'd be.  The dogs and I went upstairs and I shut the two doors in there so she couldn't wander off.  She walked around what little empty floor space there is and had a good nose and sniff at everything.  She did try scraping the carpet which is in really bad shape because Boris has already done his share of scraping on it. Their claws catch the loop pile and pull on them and we get like a shag pile!!!!!

Eventually though she copied Boris and laid down and had a nap while I did my bit of sewing.

So, in my opinion, it was a success.

Maybe now I will get some more knitting and sewing machine time.

Yeah for me!

Few and far between......

My crafty accomplishments are few and far between lately.  I did get another felt Christmas decoration made, that makes four now and I did get another granny square made.

Not much for a couple of weeks but better than nothing at all.

made this one using odd felt shapes from when I did the cut outs on the Sizzix for the ornaments. Colours look washed out in this picture but in reality they are quite bright and cheery.

This morning I did do a little leatherwork.  I stamped out a key ring for my husband's neurologist who does such a great job of treating and managing his illness.  Without his help my husband would likely be bed ridden by now. He has an appointment next Tuesday to see him so will give it to him then. My husband stained it then I gumtraged the back and edges and put the eyelet in for the ring to go through.

A two minute quickie sewing job

My husband wanted a piece of felt to lay his Damascus steel knife on in his cabinet in his office.  (A long story behind all this which I will recant on my new blog).

My sewing room is all set up to go so it wasn't a problem to get a piece of the felt I bought to use on my Sizzix machine, fold it in half and fancy stitch around it on my new sewing machine. No prep to do so it was a two minute quickie sewing job.

When I turned it I forgot to pull it through at the beginning and it got a bit of overstitching but as it will reside inside the cabinet I didn't spend the time to undo it and re do it.

I have found that this new sewing machine doesn't feed the fabric quite as well as my older Singer but I forget that sometimes especially when I haven't used it for a while.

I started another blog today

As I haven't been crafting much these past couple of weeks I started another blog so I can ramble on about anything and everything and not bore the pants off anyone who reads this blog for the craft content.

I will still be posting on here when I make things and I will always be making something even if it just granny squares for the ever growing blanket.

I had been getting a little despondent about not being able to craft as much as I would like and realised, after hearing about a friend whose wife died recently at only 55 years, that I need to be more positive and grateful. Plus I like to ramble on about things!

It is another blogspot blog.

fromonedaytothenextone.blogspot.com

Not much crafting this past fortnight (two weeks for my American and Canadian friends)

My husband has had a bit of a surge in energy.  This happens sometimes about a month after the chemo infusion and he feels better and so tries to catch up on all the things he hasn't been able to do. But he sometimes does more harm than good because his muscles and nerves react and then he is rendered exhausted and hardly able to move. During the current energy surge we have been trying to re-organise our home a bit. We have moved furniture around and he made some drawer organisers out of cedar.  His office is now so much more tidy and looks lovely.

He forgets that I am a plodder.  He goes all gun-ho when his energy surges and I can't keep up with him.  Today he is wiped out but I am still plodding on.

Between us though we keep going and do get some things done.

Maggie turns six months tomorrow (26 weeks). She is growing into a magnificent American bulldog. She is such a loving and playful dog, she has us wound round her little paw!  Well big paw actually but you know what I mean.

This was taken yesterday

Off to get some yarn from my sewing room so I can do some crochet while the Superbowl is on.