So much to do...

Here are some more fabrics that are waiting patiently to be used

I bought the Christmas ones to make items from to sell at the N.C.T. craft fair next Monday (13th November at Wymondham High School from 7p.m.), and I do feel a sense of urgency in using them because I don't think they'll be popular in January! I thought I might make some Christmas bunting with the Elvis in Snowflake (see below) and Dancing Snowmen fabrics. The Christmas shopping ladies I think I'll combine with some red gingham or a red and white polka fabric for a Christmas apron. Some fabric covered notebooks would look good too.

Talking of which, I bought this book from a fab Ebay store called Crafty Creations, which sells a huge range of making books including lots of Japanese ones. The Japanese crafting books seem so much more contemporary and stylish than the ones I'm used to seeing in English book shops. But then I suppose the Japanese are more advanced than us in a lot of ways. Anyway, I chose this book because it has fabric covered note books and I thought I would get some ideas of how to go about constructing them. The only slight draw back is that the instructions look like this:

Having said that about English craft books, I borrowed Knitted Toys by Zoe Mellor from the library this morning. In which I found these gorgeous creations:

Oh dear, so little time and so much I want to make... So I'm spending the weekend watching these DVDs  which I also hired from the library. I watched Donnie Darko again yesterday, and found that, even though I thought I did, I didn't entirely understand it after all. I really enjoyed it though, it's one of those films that you get more from every time you watch it and the soundtrack has some great blasts from the past! Of course, Jake Gyllenhall gives a great performance, which is my round-a-bout way of justifying hiring Brokeback Mountain!

Next time: hopefully some finished works to post about (depending on how gripping the above films are).