Bless you, dear damned ones. Pleasure to be at your service again. It’s been a while, hasn’t it. But I did actually work on stuff. Wonders will never cease, will they.

So, anyway, been working on the spider coat: Cut out the body and sleeves, attached flannel to the inside of the velvet. Gives it a nice cushy feel to the velvet. Learned that from Kenneth King in one of his books. I think it’s from Designer Techniques.

Tried to hunt down my copy to check, but couldn’t find it. I know it’s here somewhere, but it must be hiding. Anyway, he shows lots of nifty ways to spiff up the clothes you sew. Good ideas for hiding the places that you mess up. I heard a seamstress once say that every mistake is a new design. Good thing to remember when I make all the mistakes I make. And, yes, there are oh so many.

The linen shirt is coming along nicely. Almost finished sewing the shirt itself. Just need to finish hemming the sleeves. Do need to add the elastic at the cuff, but have to wait until the lace is attached.

Still have a long way to go with that, though, the lace that is. Going ahead with the filet crochet skeletons for the lace on the cuffs and just the skulls for around the neck opening. I’ve only done five motifs so far. Thought it was six, but one of them seems to have wandered off. Hope he enjoys himself out in the big bad world.

And for the Dali jacket, will soon start again doing some work. Yay. About time, isn’t it. Got a new printer and some of the printable fabric. Wish I had just bought the printable fabric and got on with the printing, instead of trying other things. Really did waste a lot of time and money trying to save time and money. Have I learned my lesson? Don’t be silly. Of course not. That would be too sensible. Once I unpack my new printer that was delivered three weeks ago (or was it four, probably five), I can start printing out pictures of Dali’s paintings and jewelry. Then actually attach them to the coat I made who knows how long ago. Time does seem to get away from me.

The pillow sham is mostly figured out. The front wall of the house will be missing and the rooms will show. There are two rooms on the main floor: living room and library, and the front door is closed. Second floor has the master bedroom, master bedroom closet, bathroom and a kid’s room. The attic inside the gable of the roof will show, but don’t know what will be inside that. The rest of the roof will just be shingles, but maybe also a dormer window.

And it only recently dawned on me that the windows need to be gothic, you know, pointy at the top. And the front door, too. Yeah, that didn’t take me long to realize, she says with a sheepish grin on her face.

Speaking of not having finished much, maybe I just need to lower my standards. Love this cartoon:

And, I’ve been thinking about a new crochet project because, apparently, I don’t have enough going on. Yeah, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it. But maybe it could be something to sell the pattern for. Not on Etsy, that’s for sure, but maybe Ravelry, or something like it. Anyway, I got the idea from the skeleton motif I’m using for the linen shirt cuffs. Filet crochet in the round with a bunch of dancing skeletons. Not yet sure how this is going to work. Lots to figure out.

So, things have been going fairly well, knock on wood.

Thank you so much for visiting. I am always pleased when the damned frequent my establishment. Hope to see you again soon.