Less a handful of marbles...

That note to myself of yesterday was brought about by me clearing up the extra-bed of all the stuff I keep piled there. The stuff being mostly bags of assorted sewing projects. Now I can actually see the bedspread rather than interconnecting islands of plastic bags.

Now if I were to move over to my desk I would be writing a to-do list for illumination and calligraphy projects because that's what I've got piled up there.

And all this clearing up was caused by me going bonkers looking for the mineral oil that I know I have a bottle of for rubbing into my wooden flatware to keep them in good trim. (Ooh, how's that for a run on sentence, didja like it?) Did I find it? No, of course not, which is why I'm considering moving on to the desk. But it should not by rights be there. It should be in my closet, but I pulled out everything and rearranged things there before I even started in on the spare bed.

Don't you just hate it when something is hiding from you like that? It shouldn't be allowed I say. Even more annoying is that I usually keep pretty good track of my stuff. Normally I don't have to go on an expedition to find things, I'll turn around and put my hand down and there it will be, because I know where I put my stuff. On the other hand I've forgotten little stuff over at helwig's place the last three times I went over there for sewing (tape measure, stuffed sausages for sleeves, wax and Brighthelm token). Bugger me, I think I'm losing my marbles.

Today's Projects

Started trying to mount my needlebook to some carboard and folding in my waste linen around it. Great fat failure there. It's half-done at this point, and looks like crap. Not happy. Maybe it's the spine of the embroidery that is too small, too narrow. The cardboard is apparently too thick, and the fabric folded in around it makes it too fat all around.

:(

Should I, like, do the embroidery in two parts? A front and a back. Mounted separately and attached in some other fancy manner in the centre.

Crapweasels.
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7 pm. Made a pattern for and cut out toile of an effigy corset. I dunno, might be all wierd. Check it out.

Pretty heinous fabric for this purpose (large fruits and vegs on it) but it's sturdy enough. I tried it on and at this point it closes without any effort at all on me. I might have to take it in a little, but then adding boning channels will take up some of the width.