Ted HD

Yay! He's finished!! :o)

I'm really pleased with Ted's new look. The backstitching was neverending though. He will be off to his temporary home next week with my boss. He's going to be a birthday gift next April, for my boss's partner's mum. I'm not sure which of my WIPs I want to work on next.... I may pick up my Dracolair draggie for a while as I've not worked on him since last Dec!

I've also done a floss toss for Taj:

The fabric is gorgeous - it's Amethyst from Lakeside Linens which is a glorious deep purple shade. I'm afraid it's not much of a floss toss as I didn't actually get the flossies out of their baggies... ;o)

We had our interviewing assignment at college last night and thankfully we all passed. The candidate my team interviewed was a bit of a waffler and it was quite difficult to keep her on track, but it seemed to go ok. Our tutor is giving us feedback next week. Well, that's 2 assignments down, 3 more to go. I say 2 down, but I still have some work to do on the interviewing assignment, as I have to write a 1000 word reflective statement about it now it's finished!

Anyone in the UK watching Strictly Come Dancing? I love it! Much as I wasn't a fan of Kelly Brook and Brendan Cole, I was sorry to hear that her father had passed away and as a result she had left the show. I'm really rooting for Alesha and Matt to be in the finals - both of them are great dancers and truly deserve to be there.

Have a great weekend everyone! :o)

Ted update

Amongst all my recent college work, I've had a bit of time to work on my Tatty Ted WIP:

I love how he's turning out! The colours seem to look fine against all the others in the background. I've got a bit of time off this week, so I'm hoping to try and finish this one off. I'm dreading all the French knots though!

College is going well. I've been informed that for my first major written assignment I have not been 'referred', which means I've got a pass, merit or distinction. Phew! The tutor hasn't marked the ones that aren't refers yet, so I should find out my results in a couple of weeks time. This week we have an interviewing assignment. I spent last week devising a job description and person specification for a ficticious job. I'm in a team of 3 people and this week we have to interview a person our tutor has requested to come in. I've done interviews before, so I'm not nervous about it, although I suspect our candidate will be quite hard work - either so talkative we can't get a word in edgeways, or very, very quiet and hard to get information out of.

Well, it looks like Gill and Kathy are up for a Chatelaine Taj Mahal SAL in January. Anyone else want to join? Shall we stitch one day each week, or over a particular weekend each month? I'm happy to do either. I have some gorgeous rich purple fabric all ready to go. I'm looking forward to starting this one!

Looking a bit Tatty

Or are they called 'From me to you bears' nowadays? I'm not really sure, but I've always thought of them as 'Tatty Teds'. Here is the progress on my commissioned project, which is a Tatty Ted design called 'Flower Pot':

The fabric is actually white, however, this was taken in artificial light, so it has made it look a bit grey. My WIP has no 'ted', no backstitching and no french knots (eeeeeek!) yet, although most of the cross stitching is done. The reason that I've left Ted until last is that my boss, (who commissioned this) wanted a traditional colour bear, i.e. sandy brown. I tossed my flosses and came up with suitable colours, but to be sure, I wanted to get most of the background done first, so I could see quite quickly whether the colours will clash or not. There is a huge amount of backstitch on this one, which I don't mind too much, it's more the french knots that I'm dreading! Here is what it will look like when complete (courtesy of Sew & So):

College work is progressing very slowly. I now have the main body of my assignment done, along with a PESTLE and SWOT analysis (don't ask!). I have still to do my introduction, conclusions and recommendations. 1:30pm this Friday is the deadline, so please send any supportive hugs you can muster this week - they would be so appreciated! ;o)