Throwing my toys out of the pram!!!!!

I've been desperate to get back into crafting and sewing again, so over the last couple of days I've been planning lots of things I'm going to make and I've had all my sewing books sprawled across the house. Over the weekend I started to make a tall angel from the latest Tilda book. I'm pleased with how the angel has turned out, so now the fun part (or so i thought) making her lovely dress.

I sat at the dining room table, picked a lovely piece of fabric, drew my pattern on, pinned the bodice and arms, stitched the bits that needed stitching and cut it all out, including a large square for the skirt. I put the skirt section to one side and began to attach the sleeves to the bodice...........I thought it was going too well. For starters trying to work out how the sleeves attached to the bodice was a headache, then I finally had the light bulb moment and figured it out.....eureka.....so began to stitch them in. One disaster led to another and although one sleeve is in perfectly the other won't fit after many attempts......so the ******* bodice and sleeves are gracing the floor on the other side of the room. To top it all off, whilst I was stitching, Beau puppy had decided to steal the skirt section and hubby called from the lounge saying ''did you want that piece of fabric the puppy's got''. AAAAAHHHHHHHH the fabric is fine, but will need to be washed and ironed again. The air was seriously blue in our house last night I can tell you. I thought sewing was supposed to be a relaxing pastime! This morning now that I've calmed down, I may attempt the dress again, and IF!!!! I get it finished today I'll post up a pic.

On a lighter note, I'm having a few hours out with my mum today. Its something we never do so it should be quite nice. We're going to visit Cheselpeake mill and possibly Garsons to check out the Christmas displays and have a spot of lunch out. When I return I should be calm enough to tackle operation angel dress! lol.

Also the lovely Mel Mel has given me these awards, thanks so much hun! xxx

I'm to link to Mel Mel, pop the awards in my sidebar, tell you all seven things you don't know about me and pass the awards on to a few deserving bloggers, so here goes.

1. I hate the sound of people brushing their teeth in front of me, it makes me go all goose bumply



2. I'd love to be a housewife and never have to go out to work again



3. I hate Marmite BLEUUURRR



4. I'm mad as a box of frogs



5. I have terrible trouble throwing things away, especially shoe boxes as they may come in handy for something



6. I can't decide if I'm indecisive or not!



7. I'm counting down the days until the next twilight film (new moon) is released, I'm soooooo excited!

Well that's my seven, I couldn't think what to put, but I'm sure that will do. I'd like to pass these awards to..........

Karen

Yarrow

Tina

Well thats all for now folks, hopefully I'll be back later with some after pictures.

TTFN

Pixie xxxxx

A banging my head sort of day.......

Hi folks, Thanks for all the lovely comments about my home, they did make me giggle, as my house is far from immaculate really, I just take pics of the good bits. :0)

Hen, I'm so glad you liked the gingerbread man hangy and couldn't part with it, made me smile.

The above pic is my latest buy. It's a Gisela Graham tea pot and goes with the jam pot and salt and pepper shakers I already have. It was in the sale at Haskins for £6.30 and was picked up for me by my SIL, she knows what I like. My SIL and BIL came to dinner last night and bought me one of her handmade xmas pud bears, isn't he the cutest.

As the title of my post suggests I feel like I've been banging my head against a brick wall today, trying to sort out pet insurance. I managed to get my existing policy a little cheaper, but it would appear changing insurers isn't an option as we made two claims on the dog last year, which is not an ongoing illness but new insurers now won't insure him if he gets a tummy upset in the future, which is the only thing I'm likely to claim on. I think this is ridiculous as what pet doesn't get tummy upsets at one time or another. AARRRGGGHHH.

My other issue today was trying to understand the person on the other end of the phone. The call centres always seem to be abroad and we both had trouble understanding each other, so it takes 10 times longer to sort out and I'm still none the wiser. OK rant over now.

On a brighter note, thanks to Mrs L on the CL forum, I've found wellies that will fit my legs, I'm so excited I've been looking for years for wellies that will fit. They are a little expensive but will last me ages so I'm looking to purchase a pair in the near future, and will pop a pic up.

Have a nice stress free afternoon folks.