Christmas stuff
Well, now that Christmas is over and ![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ngmaster has his gift, I can reveal what I made: quilted ornaments in kimono fabric. I got the idea at NYAF since there were kimono fabric handkerchiefs on sale at one booth and picked out a couple of the smaller prints. I don’t normally quilt so I was trying to design a square block before flipping through a book and realizing that a fan would be the most obvious thing to do with kimono fabrics. Could have been a little neater but I think it came out pretty well. Did 3 of these in all and still have some of the fabrics left to play with so I might try some other designs later on. ^_^
Christmas here was pretty quiet. Just stayed home most of the day and relaxed. Dinner didn’t go quite as planned since the ham turned out to be slimy when my mother opened it. o_o; We had some steak in the refrigerator though so we still had a nice dinner.
For presents, I got cash, clothes, a pair of stuffed bears (thanks, Dave!), a few anime/manga things I picked out for myself, and this kaleidoscope. Bought the last for myself as a nostalgic thing after being reminded of them a couple of months back; we had one or two around the house when I was a kid but I hadn’t seen one with actual stuff inside for years.
And thanks toneoangelwinkfor the cute card!
Yesterday, I went to visit a friend I hadn’t seen since last December and it was nice to have a chance to catch up. ^_^ Had dumplings and cake while we talked about what we’ve been up to and plans for the future. We went through each other’s online albums together; she showed me pictures from trips she had taken while I showed her some of my more recent costumes. A funny thing was that she told me one of her friends almost dragged her to NYAF; would have been quite a surprise if I’d run into her there! She’s not into anime/manga although her sister is. Talked to her sister briefly about cons and cosplay, too.
Exchanged gifts and I got a photo album and journal from her. But my favorite thing was a package of pretty origami paper with instructions for folding children in kimonos. Haven’t done origami in years but it looks like it should be fun to play with when I have time. ^_^
ngmaster has his gift, I can reveal what I made: quilted ornaments in kimono fabric. I got the idea at NYAF since there were kimono fabric handkerchiefs on sale at one booth and picked out a couple of the smaller prints. I don’t normally quilt so I was trying to design a square block before flipping through a book and realizing that a fan would be the most obvious thing to do with kimono fabrics. Could have been a little neater but I think it came out pretty well. Did 3 of these in all and still have some of the fabrics left to play with so I might try some other designs later on. ^_^ Christmas here was pretty quiet. Just stayed home most of the day and relaxed. Dinner didn’t go quite as planned since the ham turned out to be slimy when my mother opened it. o_o; We had some steak in the refrigerator though so we still had a nice dinner.
For presents, I got cash, clothes, a pair of stuffed bears (thanks, Dave!), a few anime/manga things I picked out for myself, and this kaleidoscope. Bought the last for myself as a nostalgic thing after being reminded of them a couple of months back; we had one or two around the house when I was a kid but I hadn’t seen one with actual stuff inside for years.
And thanks to
neoangelwinkfor the cute card! Yesterday, I went to visit a friend I hadn’t seen since last December and it was nice to have a chance to catch up. ^_^ Had dumplings and cake while we talked about what we’ve been up to and plans for the future. We went through each other’s online albums together; she showed me pictures from trips she had taken while I showed her some of my more recent costumes. A funny thing was that she told me one of her friends almost dragged her to NYAF; would have been quite a surprise if I’d run into her there! She’s not into anime/manga although her sister is. Talked to her sister briefly about cons and cosplay, too.
Exchanged gifts and I got a photo album and journal from her. But my favorite thing was a package of pretty origami paper with instructions for folding children in kimonos. Haven’t done origami in years but it looks like it should be fun to play with when I have time. ^_^