The Needles Excellency

21 December 2009

This is Hatshepsut

This is Hatshepsut, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

She was up for adoption as a rescue cat at the vet the lady in my office uses. Cleopatra is still not happy, but no blood spilled. I think they are on the verge of having a play.

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11 December 2009

I Still Hate Borders Online

So I finally got sick of waiting for my book. I ordered it online at Galaxy and it arrived Wednesday. Yesterday, I put two letters to Borders (one to the main office and one to the online office) letting them know I am not happy about my experience. We'll see what happens.

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10 December 2009

Plymouth Plantation Jacket Finished

For those following the project to recreate a 16th C embroidered jacket, the finished product has been revealed. Well worth the wait.

http://thistle-threads.com.mytempweb.com/blog/index.php/2009/12/

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24 November 2009

I Hate Borders Online

I am NEVER using Borders Online again. I've been waiting for this book to be published. They had it available. Said 7-10 days delivery which means it's coming from the USA. I factored that in and figured it would still be quicker than getting it from instore.

It is now 26 days later and I still don't have the book. I've sent a couple of emails and no response. I rang the help line to ask how it was posted, normal mail or Air Mail and the person, while friendly, was no help at all. I explained that Normal mail from the USA involved a boat and the Pacific Ocean, so the promised delivery time was not realistic. I am sooooo annoyed, next time I'm ordering from Galaxy.

Labels: books

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23 November 2009

Horn Spines

Horn Spines, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

These are the horn spines for my vellum exemplars. They are just short of A6 height. All are the same size, I took the photo at an angle so the grain of the horn would show up. They will have holes drilled in them and attached as spine support.

And boy, was it hot yesterday. Two straight days of 40C. I was checking the weather for tomorrw at 7pm, it was still 37C!! And we haven't got to the hot part of the year yet. Lucky I like this weather.

Labels: bookbinding

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22 November 2009

A6 Kraft Notebooks

A6 Kraft Notebooks, originally uploaded by Jane Stockton.

I made these up as just quick and easy projects. A6 in size, with Kraft card covers with stamping, rubons or die cuts on the covers. Sewn with 3 hole pamphlet sewing with coloured waxed linen thread. Normal photocopy paper for the pages. I also made some A7 and A4.

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10 November 2009

Back

I've been pretty slack about posting lately. Last week was pretty full on and I haven't been doing much embroidery stuff.

I have had a couple of family history breakthroughs, which is good. I'm writing up all the research I've done on one of the four main branches of my family. I want to send something to all the members from that branch, as that is the branch with the most people around and kicking. Once I've done the write up, that will help me identify holes that I need to do more research on.

And I am doing National Novel Writing Month. I'm a bit behind on my word count. I had hoped to catch up on the weekend but I had a shocking headache all saturday, so by the time I'd caught up on things I didn't get to start writing until the late afternoon. And I managed to knock out just over 2000 words last night. If I can keep going a few hundred over the daily quota and have a big session this weekend, I should be able to get myself back on track. I'm enjoying it. I'm a bit out of practice on putting that many words to the page but the benefit of writing fiction is you don't need to reference anything!

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