I have been totally lazy lately. But I swear it's not my fault.
I've been working a whole bunch of extra hours in an effort to get some time off in the spring to go tour Selkirk College. I've learned that the only way to get my boss to do something for me is to do something for her. That totally sucks. I'm pretty selfish and hate giving up my free time. But it's for a good cause.
As a result of all the extra hours, I got a long weekend! Woo! Which means that I had the time and motivation to get something done for the first time in a couple of weeks. I went full freaking throttle this weekend! And I have the pictures to prove it!
But first a cat story.
We adopted this Corduroy Rogers from the SPCA when we moved here. I've always had a pets, and a place never really feels like home until there's some sort of furry four-legged creature there. Unfortunately, I have a great deal of pity for things that are pathetic. Roy is totally pathetic. He's cross-eyed and a bit "retarded". He's also really foul-tempered a lot of the time. I don't love this cat. I tolerate him and try to give him as much attention as he'll take.
The other morning I was trying to be nice, so I gave him my cereal bowl after I was done with it. It just had a tiny little bit of milk in it, enough to be a treat, but not enough to give him tummy problems. I will never give him milk again.
About five minutes after he finished, I was standing at the kitchen table cutting some fabric. Roy started freaking out and biting and kicking my ankles. Hard. I tried to shake him off but he just wouldn't let go. So I picked up the first weapon I could find...the cover for my sewing machine.
He totally looks that perturbed all the time. He deserved it. No one bites my feet.
After a couple minutes he calmed down so I took the cover off and he trotted away indignantly and laid down on the couch. So from now on, the sewing machine cover is also Roy's Naughty Room. He walked around for a couple minutes in it. I wish I had video cause it was hilarious.
I'm pretty sure that he hates me. A lot. Oh well, he'll get over it. I thought the whole incident was hilarious and couldn't resist posting the pics of my glorious victory over the Roy.
Now to the crafts....
I had this idea a couple of months ago to make a new pillow out of an old sweater. I've dragged this sweater with me everywhere I've gone and it was full of holes and completely threadbare. I hate to part with clothing once I've become attached to it so I wanted to make it useful again.
(Does anyone remember the song about the guy who has a coat and it wears out so he makes it into a jacket, and then a vest and then a patch and then a button? I can't remember what it's called, but I'm sure it's about me...)
Anyways....I made this design for the pillow that was going to be an outline of a hand and all the veins and arteries. I thought it was sooo cool. It got off to a great start and then I totally forgot about it. Until this weekend.
Somehow I ended up finishing the stitching. And it was soooo cool! Too cool to be a pillow, so I made it this instead....
It was this ratty old shirt with a really unflattering neckline. So I brought the neckline down (I like to show a little skin) and added my awesome "pillow" design, and voila! a brand new, cool as hell shirt!
And I finished it just in time to wear to my new favourite place! The Streaming Cafe!
Next I made myself a brand-new bracelet inspired by this post. I just tweaked the design a little and I now have a very cool button bracelet!
It's so cute and it make this great clicking noise when I"m working. I like noisy jewelery!
It's all held together with some gold and brown DMC thread that I got at the thrift shop. Where else? I refuse to pay full retail price for crafting supplies unless I absolutely have to !!
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