Welcome, Dear Damned Ones. Most appreciative of your taking time out of your lives of thrilling excitement to attend my most humble corner of the Internet. Apologies for the longwindedness of that sentence, but it greatly pleased me.

Finally, at long last, I have commenced the slow stitching on the Dali jacket. Here’s what is done so far:

Can’t say I actually like this, but it does herald further achievements. And this is under the left arm, so not the highest visibility. Those squares on the corners will be stitched next. And I think the lines of stitching should be further apart.

You, know, a part of me, a very stupid part, wants the stiches to be perfectly even, perfectly aligned. Impeccable, truly. And that want is a load of poppycock. So far, I haven’t done that but part of me wants ever so much to do it perfectly. Must get over that nonsense.

Fortunately, my typical slothfulness has made the decision to just freewheel it exceedingly simple. And, so, my stitching will continue in its untidiness.

Now, the stitches are a bit tight so there’s some bubbling of the picture. Oh, and a warning about ironing glue-backed printable fabric onto other fabric. It can still come up at the edges. Anyway, for the other pictures, I’ll stitch the edges down before adding the fabric for slow stitching.

For the lace, have made a few motifs of just the skull. Here’s one:

Quite like it, actually. It will be even more splendid after adding the red rhinestones for eyes. Each motif measures about two by three inches and there will be eight to surround the opening at the neck edge. Like this:

Mocked up Folkwear Patterns’ Croatian shirt pattern for this picture. Kind of shows what’s going on, just without the lace at the cuffs.

Also making good progress on the spider coat. One sleeve is attached, with only a tiny error that I haven’t decided whether to fix, and the other sleeve is pinned on ready for sewing.

Profoundly astonished with my achievements these last two weeks. Indeed, I am utterly flabbergasted. Managed to do something every single day. Hope to maintain that momentum. Although it will mean the spider coat (black velvet, if you recall) will be finished this summer, a rather inauspicious time to wear it. But, hey, I’ll take what I can get.

Thank you for attending. I would like to express my deepest gratitude for your esteemed presence. I humbly beseech thee to return in two weeks.