2024 Stash & Grab Virtual Pub

[Serinde]

It's quiet around here this morning... But I see that Lexi had a grand time (again), and has gone to show the leopard how to stalk voles (non-violently, of course).

[Mabel Figworthy]

Lexi has decided that during the winter being an indoor cat is vastly preferable

We didn't manage to see out the old year last night, so could I have a glass of bubbly and some fireworks please?

[Serinde]

Certainly! The best champers plus fireworks over the loch.

[Mabel Figworthy]

Hot toddy please. I am trying to meet the deadline for a Stitch article while nursing what I hope is a cold, but what with sore throat, not much coughing, shiveriness and achy joints....

[richardandtracy]

Oh no. Good luck with that Mabel.

Regards,

Richard

[fccs]

Mable, I hope you feel better and meet you deadline.

[Serinde]

Argh. Good luck, Mabel. Sounds like what DH has just recovered from, although he had a bunged up head as well.

[Mabel Figworthy]

Files have been sent off. Phew. Will now collapse with a mulled wine.

[Serinde]

Your favourite space is available. Put your feet up and enjoy. Deadlines are always hard (but in publishing necessary, even if not always observed), but you will have a good and solid reputation for getting copy in on time, which never hurts when you are in business.

[Mabel Figworthy]

A good reputation is worth a lot - I was going to say "its weight in gold" but I'm not sure how much a reputation weighs

One problem was that although I photographed my progress on this project it wasn't originally intended for mag publication, so there were steps which I didn't have in as much detail as was needed. Yesterday was spent stitching various elements on a doodle cloth and photographing them, then working them into the article. For one of them I went with a cropped close-up from a larger pic I'd originally taken, but I may do that one again; I like to make sure the quality is up to scratch!

[Serinde]

Let the Llandrindod party commence!

(finding emojis is a pest!)

[Mabel Figworthy]

Woohoo!

I saw the cross-in-a-circle outline on the order of service for early Communion while we were on a car rally based in Llandrindod Well, hence the name. It's an annual thing and we hope to do the rally again this year, in early April - I may take it with me and show it to the priest! (Who recognises us and calls us some of his regulars - once a year )

[richardandtracy]

What a nice idea. And how on earth does he remember people who he sees only once a year?
Definitely show it, bet they'll be quite chuffed.

Regards,

Richard

[Serinde]

I agree! Perhaps you could set it into a pulpit fall for them (assuming you aren't terribly attached to it after all this angst)?

[Mabel Figworthy]

Hmm, I suppose I could... but I would be rather sad to see it go.

[Serinde]

Well, don't worry about it then. Just an idea. You've suffered over this jewel, and you should be able to enjoy the result.

[richardandtracy]

Sneaky thought..
Make up a kit and offer it to someone who may want to reproduce your stitching. That way you corrupt/convert someone else & keep your one.
Win-win.

Regards,

Richard

[Mabel Figworthy]

Ha, well, it's definitely going to be a chart pack - I hadn't really thought about making it a kit. I suppose I could ask the priest whether he has any parishioners who enjoy embroidering vestments and so on, and then bring a kit next year!

[Serinde]

That would be an elegant solution.

[Serinde]

It is Mothering Sunday here in the UK -- like Mother's Day in the US but with a longer tradition and less marketing. The S&G has been spruced up, and even if you are allergic to daffodils, you won't be here (of course). There are magical breakfasts of your choice, plus lunches and suppers. And a particularly lovely mid-afternoon teatime treat. Everyone is invited on the grounds that mother's feature in all our lives.