Finished t-Shirt

This is what it looks like without the plastic on. It's ready to get shipped! Er...after wrapping it of course.

A Game of Thrones III

I finished the Stark t-shirt!

This is where I left of yesterday.

And this is what I did today. It took me 7 hours to finish this. I just got the plastic off, so it's still really wet, I'll post a picture of the t-shirt when it's dry soon.

A Game of Thrones II

I did a bit of work on my Game of Thrones t-shirt again today and I'm really enjoying it. Don't know why, since it's quite boring if you think about it, only black thread going right and then left again. Like I said in my previous post, I was thinking of making myself a shirt with the Targaryen sigil on it...

Seeing this pattern kind of changed my mind - this will take me ages and I don't think it will fit on a t-shirt. I prefer the Stark sigil anyway, so I'll probably make myself a shirt with the Stark sigil on it. But first! Finish this one of course.

There is still a lot to be done, but I'm making some progress here.

My parents bought me and my sister some beautiful wool for knitting a scarf. I'm not very good at knitting, but I'm trying. I think the colours are beautiful! My sister has already finished knitting her scarf, I've only done this bit.

A Game of Thrones I

First of all; HAPPY NEW YEAR! This is my first post of the year 2013. And probably also my first project of 2013. How exciting!

I should be working on my grandmother's birthday present, but it is just too boring and I am very very very excited to be working on this Game of Thrones piece, that I can't get myself to work on the little birdy thing. Anyway, I bought lots of presents for my grandmother when I was in Japan, so she will get presents!

When I was in Japan I met an American guy who's really into a Game of Thrones. At the Japanese school people left books behind for other people to read and the first book of a Game of Thrones was left behind by someone. I started reading it and loved it immediately. That's why I have decided to cross stitch the Stark family sigil on a shirt for my fellow Game of Thrones fan, Daniel. (Yes, the same guy who loves Scott Pilgrim as much as I do, and again, he doesn't know I'm making him this). I started it today and I've been working on it for two and a half hours straight, so I'm taking a break now. My thumbs hurt. When I look at the picture of what I've done so far...it doesn't look like much...ah well.

We both took a 'to which house do you belong' test and Daniel belongs to the house of Stark and I belong to the house of Targaryen. Think I might make myself a shirt with the Targaryen sigil.

I went to my local craft shop (www.handmade-heaven.nl) with my sister today to buy some more of the solvable plastic - she is going to stitch some big Scott Pilgrim piece on a pillow case for her boyfriend for his birthday - but they had only one of those packets left...I let my sister buy it, so she could at least start on the pillow case. Worse news is; the woman is not going to be selling the DMC solvable plastic anymore! Where am I going to get it then? Might check out Amazon...

Another Birthday Present Finish

I finished my sister's birthday present yesterday! Unfortunately...I got the cardigan in the wrong size...so it doesn't fit her, but - for some reason - it does fit me. I must've accidently bought my size instead of hers... I am SUCH an idiot! Anyway, I've got a new cardigan with a Studio Ghibli character on it (Jiji of Kiki's Delivery Service) and now I have to rush to the shops to get my sister a nice birthday present.

Here it is with the plastic still on.

Here it is without the plastic.

And here is the whole cardigan. Ah well, I'll just wear it...even if it's a bit childish...that's what you get when you buy a cardigan that's your size instead of your eight year old sister's size...

Another Birthday Present II

Here's a quick update on my sister's birthday present. This is what I did yesterday. Have to get back to stitching now, since I need to finish it before Wednesday!

Another Birthday Present I

My sister's birthday is coming up and I totally forgot to buy her a present! Isn't that awful??? Yes, it is. So today, after work, I went to a clothes shop - it was snowing, which was very nice - and bought her a bright pink cardigan. I'm cross stitching something on it for her. Something by Studio Ghibli.

Present

I started working on my grandmother's birthday present this weekend. It's a small pouch with birds on it. I bought it last week, I thought I would have to sew the pouch myself, but that's already done... And the birds were drawn on there already.

The birds are cute, but it's a bit boring just working with one colour and not using your own creativity. But that's okay, I'll definitely finish it for my grandmother.