Making progress...

[ladyofthethread]

Finally got back to work on my T-Chan plushie yesterday. Goofed and sewed the tail and back section to the wrong end of the body since what I had before was basically a furry cylinder with legs sticking out. But it’s fixed now! ^_^; I still need to make the head, which is going to be the most complicated part. And I think I might have to buy at least one more panel of orange fur to finish this; I bought 6 and used up 5 already. (Figures that I bought all but the last piece of orange fur at the store, thinking it would be enough.) I like how it’s coming out so far. It’ll be annoying to pack for cons since he is large enough to cover my lap but it’s going to be fun to have an orange man-eating ball of fluff to carry around with my Count D costumes. XD

Also, got started on writing cards and have gotten them done for everyone who has requested them so far. (See this post if you haven’t but would like one: http://ladyofthethread.livejournal.com/83100.html) Still need to do cards for my needlework friends and get some more stamps to mail them out. I send mail so infrequently that I end up using holiday stamps year round because that’s the only time I need to buy them! *laugh*

And it’s been a while since I’ve rambled about books so this might be a good time for that. I decided to finally go back and read through “Other Worlds” by Barbara Michaels; I had gotten halfway through it years ago but never finished. Blah, it was probably the most boring book she wrote under that name. Basically, just several characters sitting around and recounting ghost stories.

It was published 6 or 7 years ago and she hasn’t done another novel under that pseudonym since. It’s kind of disappointing since I liked the mostly non-series stories she wrote with that name. They tended to have similar themes involving the supernatural but the details and settings varied enough that they were distinctive. (Plus, a few of them involved needlework/sewing, too!) As much as I like her Amelia Peabody series (written as Elizabeth Peters), I don’t know that much about Egyptology myself and the books kind of blur together since that’s the theme for the whole series.

After “Other Worlds,” I reread one of my favorites by her, “Stitches in Time.” Unlikely as it sounds, it’s about a cursed antique quilt. XD And takes place mostly around a vintage clothing shop. Finished that one last night but haven't decided what I'll read next.

And since I’ve been talking about books, a quiz from auburntressed:

What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Literate Good Citizen You read to inform or entertain yourself, but you're not nerdy about it. You've read most major classics (in school) and you have a favorite genre or two.
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Comments

[thimbles.livejournal.com]

I was disappointed in that book too, her other books under that psudenym were fantastic and that one just fell completely flat. The Elizabeth Peters ones are alright (I do prefer the non-series ones under that name though).

Stitches in Time is one of my favourites too, I really need to read it again. There are so many good ones from her it's hard to choose which ones to re-read.

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there were a lot that I liked. I might go back and reread some more soon. ^_^

[shinei.livejournal.com]

"Stitches in Time" sounds interesting and the Amelia Peabody series also might be something I would like. I study Egyptology here and here ^_^;;
I haven't read a good book since er...it has been awhile

When your finish making T-Chan, can you post it up? I love to see it! Your Q-chan was soo cuute!

[ladyofthethread.livejournal.com]

Of course. I was planning to put up a pic after I finished since I like showing off the stuff I make. ^_^

The Amelia Peabody series is amusing. It begins in the late 1800s and the main character is a feminist who takes up archeology and keeps getting into trouble with tomb robbers and crooked antiquities dealers and the like. XD