Oh but I spent a happy evening pootling away with some scraps, Constance and a few words I wanted to get down somewhere. No better way to while away a slightly chilly Monday evening. So armed with a glass of wine and Elbow floating on the ether, I began.
Some gingham (that word always makes me think of reading The Wizard of Oz as a child: Dorothy's blue and white gingham dress) fabric and rectangles of handmade paper, scraps of vintage lace and wrapping paper, not forgetting my clunky little typewriter!
Stretching the fabric in a hoop and losing myself in stitching what was beginning to feel like a charm:
typing, folding and more stitching - this time with Constance's expert help and straight-ish guidance, until I was able to sit back, pleased with my efforts:
Packed everything away and went to celebrate with a second glass (tsk, and on a Monday too!). Then I took it all out again on Tuesday to photograph and add to the shop. "Surely," said my brain, no longer addled by the finest Pinot Grigio the local Spar can provide, "there is a misspelling somewhere here?"
And my happy heart sank, just a little:
Who knew 'doubloons' to have so many 'o's in it? An unpicking-retyping-restitching-photographing-kicking-the-table kind of evening is planned for later this week.
"An unpicking-retyping-restitching-photographing-kicking-the-table kind of evening" doesn't sound too hot. Check out -
ReplyDeletehttp://www.zimbio.com/Neopets+Help+And+Cheats/articles/10/All+About+Dubloons - and stick with dubloons ;) Abby x
Abby, you are a complete star and have saved me many a cursed hour unpicking and stubbing my toe - thank you!
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