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Posted By Kathleen David on August 18, 2011

And there are pictures behind the cut.

I had a couple of nightmares about my sewing machine last night. Also yesterday evening my seam ripper went MIA. I have looked everywhere including under the cats. (The other morning I couldn’t fin my glasses. I looked everywhere for them and was starting to go through all the places it would be odd for them to be. I checked the kitchen and came back into the living room. Stalin the cat stood up and meowed at me. He stepped off the pillow he had been sitting on and low and behold there were my glasses which had been under him the entire time I had been looking for them.)

I have to bite the bullet and move onto the mystery project even though that is going to be a real PITA to create but if I do it right, it will be a thing of beauty. Need to start with the body and then the head since the head is giving me 6 types of fits right now.

So this morning is finishing Charles’ jacket then onto the big old project.

Peter and Caroline are having a lot of fun. I get photos and short videos of things they are doing. Today is the big day for the recording of the Young Justice episode.

I am grateful for cloth stores that have what I need on hand.

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Posted By Kathleen David on August 17, 2011

Yesterday I got my sewing machine to go forward again. Made a lot of pattern pieces for the puppets and got Castiel’s jacket down to the buttons.

Cas has a shirt, suitcoat and a trenchcoat. I need to put on the buttons and then he is down to the wings.

(For the Visually Impaired: This is a picture of the Castiel puppet which is based on the character Castile from the TV series Supernatural. He is on top of my coffee table which is currently covered in brown craft paper. He is wearing a white shirt, blue tie, charcoal grey suit coat, and a brown trench coat.)

Today I take those patterns I created and make the X-men First Class costumes and get a serious jump on the mystery project #2. Then I think onto stuffed animals, Phluzzies and dolls. I am afraid that the Firefly set is low man on the food chain this year and may drop off but we’ll see.

I am so very grateful I don’t have to learn to sew backwards.

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Posted By Kathleen David on August 16, 2011

OK, it is 16 days to DragonCon and right now I have the house to myself. How’s that? Did I just lock Caroline and Peter in the Bat Cave so I would have work time? Nope. They are in Las Vegas today and then onto Los Angles to watch the recording of Peter’s next episode of Young Justice. Caroline is very happy to be off on an adventure with Daddy. So I have my time to work and work hard. The only thing I am going to be doing outside the house is the gym.

So to keep myself honest, I am going to be posting photos of what I get done each day.

Small snag in the whole project is that my sewing machine is stuck in reverse which is making it very hard to sew. I am trying to figure out how to fix or I am up the creek without a paddle. It is a Singer 1036 creative touch if anyone has any ideas.

Today’s photos are over a period of time but they show the progression of the puppets and where I am now.

Photos are behind the cut because I am trying to save my readers a photo blast.

I am grateful that Peter and Caroline arrived safely in Vegas.

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Posted By Kathleen David on August 13, 2011

Not much to say really. I have been working away on puppets.

I am going to be taking today to deal with some other stuff that is piling up like laundry and the lack food for the house. Then back to the puppets and dolls.

Torchwood last night. Now that was more like it. I’ll be doing my NWR probably Monday since I like to take a day or so to cogitate on it before writing. So no spoilers at this time.

Anyone else still watching Project Runway? I know that they are editing to make Burt look like the villain of the piece but during that last challenge, he knew that the look was not going fly with the judges but Viktor didn’t listen to him at all and ran roughshod over him and he complained that Bert wasn’t listening? I don’t agree with who went home.

I think in football this is going to be the gimmick year. It is already starting.

Off to conquer the laundry.

I am grateful for things that make Caroline happy.

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Posted By Kathleen David on August 10, 2011

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My iPad and my computer had an argument fortunately my computer won.

Peter’s book “The Camelot Papers” is available from Amazon and Barnes and Nobel as both an e-book and a POD. It’s a fun read of the Arthurian legend with a political twist.

Yes, I am getting things done on various projects but I don’t feel like I have enough to show for another set of pictures. Today is all about clothing for puppets. I have to draft some new patterns and redraft or copy some old ones that are falling apart.

I swear some of the gym members really can’t read. Re-rack your own weights it says in front of a number of the free weight machines. Meanwhile my arms are getting a workout stripping the machines so I can set up my weights.

Also the dirty looks from some of the members when they have a bunch of stuff set-up for them and they have been using an entirely other machine for 5 minutes aren’t pretty. The rules posted state that you use a machine and then move on. If the machines are not being used, well more power to you but I need to exercise too.

To the two knuckleheads who are just sitting a jawing on the benches about their land grab or their boat, you’re so lucky that Hans was in a good mood because he just needed a bench and y’all weren’t using them. Hans is not a small man and has been known to inform people loudly that they are being selfish.

I have the last of the fabric I need for this round. I am hoping I have enough for one of the outfits. I’ll make it work if I don’t.

Mets won last night. This year it is nice to see them not give up even when behind. They hustle in hopes that eventually they can grab the game back.

I am tired of hearing from or about the Ryan Brothers. I will watch the Jets this football season but I am tired of the drama that is being created because it is a slow sports news day. And can we just knock it off with the twitter? It’s not journalism it’s voyeurism and really kinda creepy.

I am very happy with the CW app. It allows me to watch stuff with minimal fuss. I can get to what I want to watch without jumping through about 10 pages to get to it. I am looking at you ABC.

I am grateful for turning and stuffing tools. They make parts of puppet and doll making so much easier.

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