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[kiwimade64]

Morning ladies It's cold and blustery outside which means another day of the Furry One going to one door, then the other, to check if the weather is any different at each door so he can go out to pee.

Love that your GD found her quilt and voted for it. I bet that made your day, mica. I don't get quilts being hung permanently. In my mind they are made to be used.

It always seems extra sad when someone young dies. Unfair really.

I would never have thought to use paper towels to paint on. Thinking about it, they are designed to absorb water, so why not. And I have no doubt they would be thick enough to take a needle. I've seen embroideries on the sheerest of fabric and paper towels are thicker. You would need to be careful about tearing and tension, but it sounds workable to me. I've also seen embroideries on artist's canvas'. You would need to be either extremely accurate as you make the holes first or be happy with something completely random.

Since my lightbox died, I've been thinking of alternative ways to transfer designs to fabric. The sticky transfer sheets blunt my needles with gobs of glue on the points and I'm over taping everything to windows as this is not accurate enough. I've decided to go 'old school' with the 'prick and pounce' method. So now to investigate how to make my own pounce. This should be messy and fun

It's going to be cruisey day as we won't be outside much. Might work a bit more on this cross stitch. There are 12 A4 pages to work through so a bit to do The ironing I started on Friday before becoming distracted with other stuff is still sitting there to finish. It may get done, then again, it may not.

The Furry One is up and is checking both doors lol.

Have a good one.

[Mica]

Morning all 
Fine day

A bit of cleaning to do then k9 and I will go for a walk.
KM The Furry one checking your exits for weather makes me smile.

Hope to get quilting on xmas panel finished today then I will stitch  the binding tonight. 

Looking out some vegan recipes for morning tea. Two former work colleagues are visiting next weekend one is vegan.
Found a lemon drizzle cake recipe  in my first Google search. Its so nice that they want to keep in touch.

Enjoy your day

[popeye333]

Morning everyone

The sun is out but still really blustery.

Paper towels are magic in my eyes. I cant remember how it happened but I had used some for water and not binned them. They dried and held the shape they were in. So would be great for making ornaments. Sort of cheats paper mâché. and they will dry and be able to be used again too.. something distracted me, maybe a call to the home or something. Sort of a paper clay is how I would describe it.

I must have slept in the same position cos Im creaky today... but I have no plans.. other than games and painting, the latter which I didn't do yesterday.

Have any of you ladies knitted or crochet with that chenille Yarn? Gayle makes blankets from it. Its beautifully soft and snuggly. but I do wonder if it gets hot in your hands to work with.

Have a fab day all

[Oh_hunnihunni]

These are not the nice smooth ones, but rather the rough yellowy commercial ones you get in institutions. They are really horrible to use on skin, but do make an excellent support. The paints and inks add to their tough nature, so I just might try a bit of stitchery, just for the fun of it, bearing your words in mind km. I have stitched on silk paper, but that has all that silk strength, so this would be a new experiment.

As for pounce, we made our own with coloured chalks when we needed it - for your purposes tailors chalk would work. Rub it over coarse sandpaper to produce a powder and transfer that to a little container to use over the prepped drawing. I have done that when I wanted a repeated detail and a stencil or a stamp wouldn't work. Which reminds me, those are great fun too, especially making our own stamps.

Adult playi,that is never wasting time, we learn so much.

[kiwimade64]

No, I haven't knitted that chenille yarn, popeye.  I have always preferred wool as acrylic yarn gave my fingers a rash. 

I was thinking of using my tailors chalk for the pounce as I have odd ends that are a PITA to use, and this would be a good way of using them up.  I was going to use the side of the cheese grater that grates finely but I like your idea of sandpaper better, OHH.  I'm sure MrK can donate a piece of sandpaper to the cause

[popeye333]

I remember seeing an article about sewing on Dried leaves, years ago. That would take skill and careful hands.

I get a rash when I crochet, but not when I knit lol..

Was sitting in the bathroom again and I realised not only is there a little hole down the bottom of the vanity but it is the full height of it.. Probably explains why the towels blows in the wind.

So Ill be getting my stash of bubble wrap and bunging that in there too.

[Lilith7]

Out this morning for eldest great grandsons second birthday gathering. It was at his play centre place; if your child goes there then you can hire it free, which worked really well with lots of stuff for all the kids to play with.
Eldest granddaughter picked me up with her partner & their two boys who are now both at school but they still had fun, especially with the musical stuff - xylophone & drums etc.
I find gatherings of lots of people exhausting, & oddly enough so does eldest grandson; works very well - I'm his excuse to leave early, he takes me home.
He said that being around too many people 'runs down your batteries' which i think is an excellent way to put it.

I had intended to go outside & do more digging but far too knackered so having the rest of the day off - sort of,still have to cook & feed animals. Who apparently are not best pleased that the human was out for the morning...

[Oh_hunnihunni]

I have knitted with chenille. And the finished fabric is lovely to stroke, very soft, but could read as slightly slippery. It is difficult to undo and reknit because the pile gets creased in the process and rarely returns to original condition. There was a brand a few ( thirty???) years back that came in the most glorious colours, I used it for something back then and loved it so much I kept the leftover half ball for years...

Makes a good scarf, or knee rug...

[kazza]

Hello ladies
Down in Taupo for 2 nights as our 35th wedding anniversary tomorrow, don't know where those years have gone. We honeymooned here in Taupo so always nice to come back.
Had a count up of my knitting and have completed 27 mice and 28 balls for the SPCA. Will drop into the branch here before we head home on Tuesday. Hasn't made much of a dent in my stash so might do some C2C blankets for the cat cages. Will see if the branch can use those when I call in.
Have a good night ladies.

[Oh_hunnihunni]

I honeymooned in Taupo too. In Manuel's hot pools. Nekkid. With a few other nekkid guests. Memorable night.

I had a body back then, lol...

[popeye333]

I had wondered about the pile..

I think I have some that I didn't get around to using but goodness knows which bin or bag it is in.

Might see if Gayle has a part ball I can have a tutu with to see if I like it.

AC Baths was good in Taupo too. We used to go down from Mango.

Just had a beautiful piece of rib eye steak with chips for tea.. OMG yummy . And No I didn't have to buy it lol.

Have done all the black around the rose, now its like colouring in between the lines

Was talking to Dianne for a while. Her hair is coming out in handfuls now. We were reckoning that times had certainly changed and advanced since my sister went through cancer when it comes to the nausea side of things. Di has meds for it but hasn't had to taken them yet. And she is eating normally. Like she made a butter chicken curry last night and no side effects.
They just need to figure out why people lose their hair and a way of preventing it. I never saw my sister without hair, she wore scarves etc.. So I'm going to have to be brave. I know Di is not looking forward to it. She has ordered heaps of different scarf hats etc. But Ive never seen her with a hat on either. But I will be strong and supportive cos she will need it.. Ill probably be one of the few that will see her without any hair.

Im going to have an Schweppes duet and vanilla ice cream soda later for dessert.. Looking forward to it

[Oh_hunnihunni]

They use a cold cap sometimes, to save hair. I am pretty sure my friend was offered the use of one for her chemo...

[harm_less]

......
They just need to figure out why people lose their hair and a way of preventing it......

Chemo is primarily aimed at stopping rapid cell replication which is what tumours are doing. The fastest multiplying cells in our bodies are normally hair follicles and our gut lining so those are the areas most adversely affected by chemo treatments. To put a positive spin on it if you're experiencing hair loss and gut issues it is confirmation the chemo is working as intended, and yes the anti-nausea meds they dispense these days make the process far more tolerable than it was a few decades back. Best wishes for a bearable and successful treatment journey from someone who's come out the other side.

[popeye333]

Not heard of a cold Cap..

Yeah my sister had chemo in the early 90s things have definitely changed since then. she has no spleen which probably also made her sicker than most too