crafty-manx

It's been near to a year since I've updated this. I haven't had much to say, honestly.  The end of last year got busy, as it does every year for me in the October to December stretch.  In the beginning of this year, I adopted a kitten.  This brings my total cat count up to four.  It also means I've been unable to stitch for months, because the little one is just too hyper and goes after both threads and fabrics -- a very bad thing when you're working with expensive linens and silks.  So everything is packed away for now, waiting for a time when I can get him to sleep for long enough stretches to sneak some stitching in. I haven't been compl

Yes, I've practically dropped off the face of the planet.  Yes, it's because I've been hugely busy and/or overwhelmed with life crap.  No, I don't want to talk about it.  Yes, everything's ok, I promise. The only point of this update, really, is to show you a bit of what I do, art-wise.  Not too long, ago, Kenouni-Renashin (https://www.deviantart.com/kenouni-renashin) approached me about making a pattern for something she wanted to stitch for a friend.  Ok, I like a challenge, so I said yes.  Well, she's finished the piece, and I'm duly impressed. This is the image from which I made the pattern: :thumb82933856: This is the stitched piece (click "download" to see full detail): :

This is a late reminder to tell you that bidding for the Artisan Crafts Silent Auction ends this Sunday, the 17th.  If you want me to stitch up your portrait, you'd better hurry up and bid! I will not be entering the stitchingpirates (https://www.deviantart.com/stitchingpirates) contest this time around: everything I sit down to design spirals out into something huge, and I just don't have the time to do a large piece.  I'm feeling a slump in general: I've got writer's block as well as embroidery block, it seems. I've got the urge to sew as well, but it seems that the time and the energy refuse to converge into a singular instance.  It is, as you can well imagine, highly frustrati