The Fawn is growing up.

I took my camera today when I walked Loki – it was a delicious fog and would have been silly not to get a photo or two.

As luck would have it the young buck that was the focus of my camera as a fawn was looking to get away from a guy with a camera that was getting a bit too close. The young buck was headed for a very busy street and I mentioned to him that it would not be a good way to go so he turned and ran past the dude with the camera. Cool!

Really he was eyeing Loki on the end of my leash and that helped push him away from dancing in-between impatient drivers on the busy road over the embankment. And I did mange to get his great escape in a photograph or two.

Last I saw of him he was prancing into the condo’s with the dude following him. To be fair the deer do make for good stories and photographs and the dude most likely lives in the condo’s and was out cleaning up the fallen leaves and lo, here comes this young buck. Pulled out the camera to capture the moment on his phone. Luckily the deer here are used to us humans and know it is better to just walk away.

The Kimono – the makeing

I had an idea that I could sew while camping so I started a Kimono.

I brought a bees wax candle,

thread, needles and sci ssors.

So once I was a bit rested ( a couple of days) I took scissors to cloth after measureing against my sholders. I added a couple of inches and it is was here that I made my first mistake – I did not give enough ease for this type of garment – I should have added another 4 inches for the extra ease that you want in a house robe. Oops but I carried on!

I next made a cut down the centre of the fabric to the just shy of the halfway mark of the full panel. This is where to cut a few inches on either side for the neck opening – a very long T cut is the finished result.

I slipstitched the side seams into two nice French seams and had the beginnings of a small kimono. I then remembered I needed two front panels – oh, the joy of being very tired.

This is where I made my second mistake.

I did not make the front panels long enough as they should be shy of the T top opening. Also, the angle was not necessary but this was how I made my first three kimonos of a Folkware pattern and the method stuck with me. Oops # 2

The distracting woods.

So I had to come up with a fix in the bush and this is what I did. I took a long piece (probably 7 feet) and cut it in half – Oops #3 – it should have been a diagonal cut but I was trying to make up for the first Oops.. So the final fix was cutting the a remnant, matching the pattern and slip stitching to keep it in place and I had the front almost finished.

Once home, I neatened up the panel fix seams with some folding and overstitching the neater seams.

Very time consuming but I was on holidays and had the time. Once home, over the next few days I finished what normally takes two hours on the machine.

Amazingly it still looks like a Kimono! I have more details on the collar and the sleeves as well as the finishing touches.

And if any one is interested I will do anther page to finish the job, just drop me a line in the comment’s to encourage me to find the time this week.

Part of the Team

Awesome!

It has been a long time since any one has thought of me as a team player (oh the joys of being self employed!)

Thank you montanadesigns for nominating me Wonderful Team Member Readership Award.

So the rules are to nominate 14… yes 14 blogs with 7 days.

Here are my 14 team readers .

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A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us. -Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE)

I installed Windows 8 and I love it!

I first installed it on my old laptop Computer as I had heard how it really revitalized the older models. And I was very impressed with the final result Rolling on the floor laughing . It took awhile to get there though!

There was a problem during the install but I prevailed! Just kidding It was my wireless internet security settings and the new program did not like the simple set up.

So, I went around the house, reset the iTouch, the AP client, the second desktop and main desktop, the router and of course the laptop. That took a bit as I had a dyslexic Green with envy moment in memorizing the password for the new settings. The AP client where I stream my music was the most frustrating as I really need my music and this was where I inverted the code for the security. Oops Embarrassed smile ! It was only when I realized that I needed to reconfigure the wireless printer and was entering this long code for the third time that I had switched the position of the code. The light went off and I fixed the AP client and had music once again streaming thought the house. Rainbow This took the better part of my day. (I really lead a quite life but enjoy my toys for my working environment!!)

So, a lot of work to make the laptop faster and easier to use. And it is faster and easier to use. Before, it was a glorified lump of coal Snail in the guise of a snail paced computer. Now, it is fast and streamlined for my work. And I work a lot! Money

The second computer I installed it on was problematic. Confused smile My partner uses this and he tends to keep things simple. A few trusted programs and if they give him any grief, the are quickly removed. Devil So it should have been very straight forward.

The issue that was most confounding was the wireless internet. I had rest the security so it should have been good but the installation bumps persisted. On the laptop I had to hardwire the internet for the install to complete. On the second computer at the third attempt, we turned off the wireless and it installed ok. Punch

The second desktop computer was still weird and that took some hunting to discover the cause. Alien My husband had set the icons to 180% so that he could see the screen. Windows 8 didn’t recognize the odd number but installed anyway. The windows explorer would not show on the screen but disappear in a blue bit of screen. Not a good start! Devil I heard about the non working computer at every moment of his day until he headed off to work. That was not fun! Sleepy smile

So, in the quite of Mozart Note , I took a good look at the settings and changed the 180% back to normal. Then I found the change the PC setting in the charm bar and with a click of the mouse, Windows 8 repaired it’s self Thumbs up . Life is much better with his computer doing what it should. Peace

Third one is the charm they say! And I do too. I learned my lessons, turned off the wireless and let Windows 8 do its own install. I was so confident about it, I started the install and headed out Auto on errands. Upon returning all I had to do was enter my preferences and passwords. Red heart

Aside from my learning curve around the install, I love what I see. I am tweaking this and that with a password or a reinstalling an older program but it is to be expected. Nerd smile

Now to get ready for the tax season. I have my PTIN, my 2012 tax programs so I am ready. Just a dusting in the office and the fabric to put away until May. School