I made this little guy on Saturday. One of the advantages of not working is that I don't have to rush around on the weekend doing loads of washing - but, I hear you say, why don't you wash in the week? You have all that beautiful sunshine and all those long days! Well, Gentle Readers, the washing machine '12' cycle takes 45 minutes. If I get home at 7.30, it's 8.15pm before it goes out, and you know what? It's dark then and I don't fancy going out in the dark to fight off the mosquitos and spiders to hang out the washing! Poor Mr Golightly left work at 5.20pm yesterday, and arrived home 'early', at 7.00pm. That's 1 hour and 40 minutes to get home, on a good day. See why I don't want to work in the city any more?
Anyway, back to the little guy. I made him from this book, but the pattern was so fiddly at 100% that I took it to the nice man in Mona Vale and had it enlarged to 150% - still fiddly as hell, but slightly more manageable. That's a terrible photo, isn't it? Must try again...
Anyway, it's for MBF's son, H, who was the Dux of Year 7 at his school. What a fantastic achievement, which deserved some form of squishy recognition. Hope he likes them both - he already has the smaller, slightly not so well made version, and he can have this one as the parent. I love the vintage button for his/her nose, it's a great touch. Ideas for names? Apply below.
The eagle-eyed amongst you may recognise the fabric. I love that sock monkey stuff. Should have bought two metres whilst in Perth...
What else? I feel slightly under the weather today, my right eye has been producing all sorts of green crusty stuff & it's a bit puffy, and I'm delightfully wearing a t-shirt & shorts which are both waaaaaaaaaaaaay too big for me - you know how the drawstring on your shorts can only go so far before it starts grabbing at the material in the waist? Yep, it's there. Hooray for me - but I look like I'm wearing bombay bloomers!
What else? It's 1.02, so time for lunch and a quick check of the mailbox. I ordered a pattern from an Etsy shop some time in November & it hasn't arrived yet... and I found my birthday present from Mr G at Palm Beach Markets on Sunday - isn't the way? I used to take him into Victoria Buckley Jewellery in the Strand Arcade & he would pay for whatever I pointed at, so I guess it's the same principle. I can't show you a picture because these lovely people don't have a website, but I will drop the 'E' word at them when I go to pick it up this week...
That's it for now. I would love some of you to try the Journal tutorial & let me know how it works for you, so I can improve it. And now, I'm off to ham & cheese sandwiches for lunch & the rest of Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince, which I started yesterday & had to stop when Mr G came home & wanted NCIS. Accio!
Ciao!
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