Up to My Armpits...

...in Body Parts (I couldn't leave that in the post header...can you even begin to imagine the spam that would generate...yuck!)
bodies,

legs,

ears,

horns.

After all the excitement of the birthdays (2 down, 1 to go), I am still trying to find time to get these little fellows sewn together. One more day of work this week, some housework to catch up with, and I should be able to get some reward time at my machine.

I had a quick look through the Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap Flickr page...there's a whole range of beautiful, creative, whimsical and delicious creations to sigh over. I am waiting for my swap partner to receive their parcel in the post, so that I can blog about it. I given a few sneak peeks, here and here.

Now I wait and hope that what I've made compares well to some of the gorgeousness I've looked at today.

And I've just glanced at the scary number of beautiful blog posts sitting in reader - I don't think I'll be able to catch up with every one, but I really want to read ALL of them!
Sometimes I really dislike the way normal life (aka responsibilites) get in the way of my lovely hobby *sigh*

Thanks for taking a peek over the fence...

Breakthrough

There has been a breakthrough! - (part of) the swearsewing room is clean!!

I decided that I needed to throw out the really small scrappy stuff that I'd been saving "just in case". Look how full the bin is getting.

As I went along tidying up, I found the perfect combination for the next softie. A beautiful fat quarter of multicouloured vintage dots and the left over bits from this bag.

...then I remembered the too tiny bit of scrap I'd thrown out.

That's right  - it is exactly right amount for the horns of the giraffe.

Now how will I ever manage to throw anything out when even the tiniest bit actually can be useful.

 Something tells me there will more hoarding and less clearing out going on now!

thanks for taking a peek over the fence...