I'd been griping about not being able to see ANY of my Christmas movies because we no longer have a VCR player (it died quite dramatically) and those tape thingies just will NOT fit into a DVD slot. So, went over to mom's for her grocery shopping (it was another very confused day for her, sigh) and stopped at Blockbuster to 're-add' to my movie stash.
Nada .. nothing .. only cartoon Christmas movies for 'sale' ... and "Home Alone" ... not the classics I need to see every year.
But Sunday night, "Scrooged" with Bill Murray was on, so I did get to 'stitch' while watching that one. (I just love Carol Kane .. she's such a riot as The Ghost Of Christmas Present! Of course, I loved her as Simka on Taxi too!) I was able to go to sleep happily afterwards!
Did finish my two poodles I was needle felting. The customer had provided me with the actual 'hair' from both dogs (Mojo and Licky) .. but .. it was the clipped curls, not the brushed out coat I was expecting. Once animal fiber has been cut, it just will NOT felt! So, wrapped the base armature with black wool, then started 'laying the clipped curls' on the body and then, again having to pull black wool whisper thin, I had to place the whisper thin wool over the curls and needle into place. Then when done, had to pull a bit here and there with the needle to get the curls to start standing up a bit again, but not hard enough to make them 'loose'. That was a PAIN .. but Dave really thought they turned out pretty cool!
Black is SO darned hard to photograph. One of the poodles has a 'smooth' muzzle, the other is 'curly' per my customer's pictures and requests. I wrote their name on a JABCo little dog bone button and attached it to a red ribbon and a blue ribbon around each neck .. also as per the photo. :) Now I have just the smooth coated Dachshund to do and I believe my felting that 'must be done' will be complete!Christmas cards, wrapping gifts and shipping some out are the next items on my agenda.
2 comments:
Deb, They both look Great !!!
Deb, I have a VCR that works and no longer gets used. I'd be happy to mail it to you.
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