Tag: bananasaurus

265: I’ve started…Finished? Not so much.

This week I was going to write about the V&A floral embroidery course with Lora Avedian that Heather and I signed up for on Tuesday, where we’d learn all about couching with ribbon and things. Due to technical issues at their end they ended up turning off the live session and sending out the recording instead which I haven’t watched yet.

Then I was going to write about the quilted overcoat I started making – the Ara jacket by Daisy Chain Patterns. I taped the pattern together and cut out the fabric but then encountered some technical issues at my end* so didn’t finish that either. It’s being made from a duvet cover (of course) and I can’t decide which side I like best for the outside. It’s also got four – FOUR! – pockets.

Other things I haven’t finished this include a brilliant plan for getting illustration into schools; most of the coffees I’ve made in the office; the cucumber I definitely meant to add to my sandwiches so as not to waste it. There were excellent – though not technical – reasons for not finishing all these things, mostly to do with the community programme and a lot of meetings, but it means my to-do list has not shrunk in any way.

Things I did finish: several books, a lot of Thing 2’s excellent hot cross buns, and this Bananasaurus which is definitely better viewed side on. Fortunately its for a soon-to-be-two-year-old….

*I needed a nap.

Things making me happy this week

  • A team outing to Wilton’s Music Hall for a tour by our architects, who did the restoration there and also at Hackney Empire.
  • An early morning swim with Jill and a lot of coots, talking about Tove Jansson with people who love my Moomin tattoo.
  • Finding the latest Vera Stanhope novel right next to the return bin at the library, just as I needed a new book to read (no, really, I did)
  • Feeling like a celebrity on a visit to Young V&A
  • Getting started on a whole rockpool’s worth of sea creatures for the British Library
  • Meeting an adorable corgi puppy called Leon at the lake. No idea what his owner was called.

This week we’re having a family day out on Monday, because apparently weekends are too peopley (Easter holidays are going to come as a shock to my Beloved, I can see) and I will be attempting to finish things. Possibly.

Have a good week!

Kirsty x

What I’ve been reading:

Cold Earth/Wild Fire/The Long Call/Silent Voices/The Dark Wives – Ann Cleeves

Moving Pictures/Sourcery – Terry Pratchett (Audible)