Birthday sashiko!

It was my birthday....I was going to say 'recently', but actually over a month ago now (I've obviously not being paying attention).  I got lots of lovely pressies, but I have to say the one I was second-most looking forward to was my new sashiko kit!

Yay!

Pattern and Project Organisation

My parents will be so proud to hear that, at heart, I'm an information manager.  After all, that's what we do for a living and that's what they pay me for.  Mum's tendency to draw up itinerary's for our more complex family days together has totally rubbed off on me and even Dad was horrified that not only did I have four packing lists for my last holiday (one for each of my family and a list of what had to make it to the car), but they were, in fact, colour-coded in multiple colours...

So it may not be a big surprise that I manage my sewing projects with a project management app called Trello.  That makes it sound a bit more impressive than it is - Trello really just gives you a place to have a series of structured lists for each project.  I have this blog as one board, my serious experimental/development projects each have their own board and then I have one board keeping track of repairs, works in progress and inspiration/ideas (no prizes for guessing which of these is the longest list).

Stompy Mammoth!

Stompy!

Yay mammoth!  I love this little guy - I made it for M to give as a present and it's totally adorable! It's a modification of the elephant pattern from a book called Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction.  M saw me make the elephant project and asked if I could make a mammoth version - some long fur fabric, a re-draft to bigger tusks and this is what we get: