Central Plateau, North Island

Central Plateau, North Island
View from a friend's farm

Monday 5 August 2013

Small and Large Projects!!

 

The smaller jobs have been done, modelled  and delivered to the new owner. Quincy is so warm and cosy in his fleece coats, and stays dry in the rain. Felicity was a very unwilling model, ears back, frowning as only she can!!! Maybe next time Quincy will  be the one in front of the camera!!

Felicity #4

Felicity #5

Felicity #3 

The  LARGE project is ongoing, I have run into snags, on a big scale, a few mistakes, enough to make me want to pack it away. Bleeding fingers, lots of tears one day, as it all went horribly wrong!!!  Dave, the lovely Tarp and Canvas man in Palmerston North,  is  coming to my rescue on Thursday, some sewing is too hard for my Bernina. One tip he gave me , and it probably saved me/ my sanity/ and patience,   many times, when sewing heavy duty waterproof fabric, use double sided sticky tape to stick the two pieces together, when pins will not go through!!! Perfect solution, just be careful not to sew through the tape, as the needle gets gummed up.

Sneak Preview…Look at those Golden Grommets!!!

Hugh perfected these after some trial efforts.

Those Grommets

Quotation of the day, author unknown

“ If your work load is too large for today, leave some for tomorrow”

Greetings from Jean

13 comments:

FlowerLady Lorraine said...

Good morning Jean ~ I can't believe Felicity let you put those garments on her. :-) They are really sweet.

Oh you poor dear with your large sewing project. I hope you will see the end of this soon.

The grommets look nice and shiny.

Enjoy your week ~ FlowerLady

Carol Mattingly said...

We're going to get cheerleaders out to rally you on Jean. You can do it!

TexWisGirl said...

if i attempted to sew anything, i'd be crying. so my hat's off to you!

Nancy J said...

Thanks all, Felicity really just lay there and glowered!! So the coat was put over, not right round. The sewing, well each day a little closer to getting it finished, I make sure that " knock-off" time is 3 p.m. That way I have some time to do emails and look at all my friends' blogs, far more important and soul-cheering than work!!Hope you have had the hottest days for your summer, and cooler temps. make outside visits easier. Greetings from Jean( p.s. 1.42 a.m. one of those sleepless nights)

Karen said...

Oh the cat coats are lovely Jean!

Linda said...

Hi Jean, great post. Felicity is delightful and I love the coats!

Nancy J said...

Hi Linda and Karen, maybe I need to make some for the girl!!! She is slightly larger round the middle than dear Quincy, so that was why they just sat on her. Cheers, from Jean.

Lindsjö taxar said...

What a great idea....I bet they love their coats...

Barb said...

Jean - I know kitties don't like to get wet! I hope they've given you some purrs as thanks! Don't let the sewing get you down!

Kathy said...

I love the animal clothes they are so cute and the animals were really posing:) Glad I can catch up on your site. Love it.

Nancy J said...

I need to get another photo, the coats are for a "Sydney Silkie" tiny wee dog ,he loves them, Felicity really just tolerated the fitting. Cheers from Jean.

Tanya said...

I too can't believe that a cat will let you dress her up! No way in my house! My felines won't even accept a blanket unless THEY choose to hide under one. You have one patient cat!

Nancy J said...

Tanya, Felicity really just lay there, as I put the doggie coat over her, no way was I able to do up the straps. She is truly a " One Man Cat" no need to guess who the man is!! Cheers from Jean