Nearly forgot

Yesterday I went through a relaxing session of making up a kit by the McQueenies ; a hallstand( stickstand, actually) with some very nice tiles.
I have out it into my Victoria (Anglesey)house, where a cat hangs upside down on it, looking at a mouse; a dog is barking to the cat-or the mouse, I am not quite sure.
In the background you see a big birdcage and an outrageously modern cat-basket that I liked too much not to buy; and there is a mouse doorstop and a cat-mat on the floor.
Me? Animals?

A nervous wreck

I need a big bottle of Valium, pronto.Today I finished two purses , of which the clasps were made by Jens Torp.Just did it as a friend , because he asked me to. I can only hope the master approves. It was rather hard going this time, as I did not have a template. The stitching is easy , but putting them together- oh dear!
The design is by Nicola Mascall, btw, who kindly gave me permission to use the chart.


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some new irises

Last Friday I made some other irises, having bought an intriguing shade of lilac while in Switzerland (a miniaturist has to keep her eyes open while travelling, hasn't she?).
The green nailpolish I had acquired appeared a bit brittle and I saw several little holes showing up in the leaves. I toyed with the idea of mini-caterpillars all over the placebut decided to fill up the holes instead.

Back from holidays

After two weeks in the Swiss Alps I am back home again. For those interested, my pics are here.




Unless your computer is on a physical cable and broadband, please do not attempt to view them individually; the pics are gigantic (there are so many that I declined to resize them all).
There is one other pic I want to show, though-this size of spaghetti(I think it must be 4 or 5 ft long, look at the bottles in the shopwindow),that I saw in Poschiavo...
(and yes, I did take the picture on the left,too;it is not a postcard!)

Another pic of the Gardenia ( in the sun) and Clematis

Yesterday evening I made a Clematis- I seem to be well on my way.

Which is good, since my new laptop, that should have been repaired, does not do anything. What the heck is the good of any computer if you cannot even get into your e-mail , let alone get connected to the rest of the web ? I hate this!!!!

update on the Big Bugger

The Joseph Boria 1029.
I have placed an Euro in the centre ( that is 15/16 inch or 2,35 cms. (Just getting back at all those people who photograph with a dime for comparison- and I have never held a dime in my entire life :-) )
PS The flowers in the last pic were also photographed with an euro.....

I also made some Gardenias

and hope they are recognizable!!!
And as you can see, the weather has turned a bit wet.