Archie The Wonder Dog

I've finally managed to muster enough energy to stop staring at the pile of Stained QAL blocks on my sewing table and do something with them... I cut 48 squares of wadding and used 505 basting spray for the first time: A not very interesting pile of squares of wadding And then sorted out the blocks and stuck them to the wadding.  I learnt my lesson about the after-effects of spray basting (tight chest and very sore, itchy hands) and, instead of spraying them in my sewing room in front of a wide-open window, I decamped to the conservatory... I briefly considered donning g loves but decided that would be a step too far - I just washed my hands at regular intervals and then three times when I ' d finished! ...where I could stand in front of the open door.  I just brought through one set of squares at a time so I could get out of the room every few minutes and allow the fumes/smell to dissipate and keeping the door through to the house closed meant the smell did...

...I've remembered that Thursdays are random! I have to confess that there's not much random in my life at the moment.  Or everything is so random that I no longer notice.  One of the two. My first random thing is this: Sorry about the wobbly camera - I was at the ready from three min utes out so I got rather tired and couldn't hold the camera still!!   Yes, my new washing machine plays a tune when it's finished the cycle.  It also plays a little tune when you switch it on and another when you switch it off.  It goes rather well with my telly that plays a tune when you take it off (and another when you put it on) stand-by.  How long before the tune gets on my wick rather than making me smile?!  I'm sure I have some more random somewhere *going off to look* Ah, yes, I knew I had some! I found this saucer (it cost £2) and the old crochet hooks in a local charity shop.  I needed a saucer to put under an orchi...

I think that last time I sort of promised a post within a few days...turned out I lied!  Not deliberately, of course, but it was a lie nonetheless *hanging head in shame* I have made some progress since then.  Not a lot, but progress is progress, even if it's snail-like!  (Not to sound like a squeaky wheel but I really am knackered at the moment, fortunately I'm well enough for crochet/knitting and The Big Bang Theory , but little else!) My Summersville squares went from this: Ten squares of Summersville  to this: 48 squares of Summersville and 49 squares of interfacing (I need to cut one more square of 'Town' but I'm waiting until I can lay them all out and see if I've missed any section of the design  - if not I'm going to make sure the square includes the library as that's my favourite building on there...at the moment, anyway! ) I cut my interfacing over the course of a few days and after the first day I realised t...

...September has gone and it's been more than a month since I last wrote a blog post - oops!   I wish I had lots of lovely projects to show you but the truth is that I've done very little since my last post as I've just been exhausted most of the time.  I have finished something though.  Yes, an actual finish!  I know you're not going to believe me until you see proof so here it is... I've added this to my project list on Ravelry if you're interested.  Okay, so it's the only project on the  list but you've got to start somewhere! Blanket stats: Pattern - Pine Forest baby blanket Stitches - 165 Repeats - 61 Yarn - six * balls Rico Baby Classic DK in tuerkis (£2.25 a ball) Size - approx. 28" x 32" Time taken - three weeks * I was only just into the sixth ball (about ten rows of garter stitch) so I could've made it longer, or just bought five balls and made it shorter, but I decided that 32" s...

The gorgeous and talented Rebecca@MakingRebeccaLynne has just announced that she'll be running an international low volume swap which will be starting on Monday 27th August.  For details please click on the button below and if you're interested please leave a comment on her announcement post - find it here . If you're thinking 'what on earth is low volume?' then fear not for Rebecca has pulled together some fine examples on her announcement post and I've borrowed a few photos from a couple of bloggy friends (I asked first!) These are bright blocks surrounded by a low volume background Borrowed (with permission!) from Fiona@PoppyMakes Also from Fiona@PoppyMakes Borrowed (with permission!) from Jan@Isisjem   Also from Jan@Isisjem  And a stack of low volume fabrics from Jan's stash   Also from Jan@Isisjem  And a couple of low volume dog photos, just to round off the post! ...