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In the last week or so I’ve been immersing myself somewhat in the world of Etsy/Flickr and have been enjoying myself a great deal. It is proving to be a welcome diversion from the time dialation effects of waiting for a baby to arrive. We are now at 11 days from the estimated due date, but of course being a first baby it could run over and the maximum would be 12-14 days. Add to this mix the fact that I can not get comfortable to sleep more than 2 hours a night and you have a very miffed and moopy person indeed.

Alot of the people I’ve been encountering in the last few days who are UK Etsians are taking part in the 365 days of Craft on Flickr - all at different days - and its a lot of fun to see what people have been up to.

I’ve been doing a massive amount of sewing, knitting, crochet not to mention beading (sorting, buying) in the last few months and typically enough its only now that I think perhaps I could join in!

So for day one… what will I manage to do?

Finish off the 6 table runners with their little bead clusters?

Sort these beads (fun but a bit naughty)

Put the findings on these earrings (and also perhaps list them on Etsy)

I should know by this evening which one or ones it was

Not much got done on the crafting front yesterday as we had to pop out for a family tea and cake for not one but two birthdays, held together at least. I unashamedly had about 3 pieces of cake - two sponge and one chocolate - but I don’t really care at the moment ;-) Then when we got home we pottered around, found out that Cambridge lost the boat race - poot, and then spent around 4 hours tidying up our bedroom - for the first time - ever… There is alot more floor space than we recalled - but just as well as there will be a moses basket and nursing chair filling up the space before we know it (I hope).Today the only thing crafty that got done was that we went to Hobby craft where I stocked up on useful things like rotary cutters and patchwork rulers and embroidery hoops. I’m not taking any chances with this kid being late and me going nuts. I also got a couple more crochet hooks - you can never have too many. Jon’s project of the built in bookcase is nearing completion as his mum and step-dad popped over so his step-dad could deal with the architrave that will go around the edge. Hopefully I will get around to dealing with the hems on the last of the 6 “minor” runners this evening and then… well I have a list… its little but there is a lot on it ;-) 

Yesterday I managed to get 6 of the 7 table runners cut and the pointy bits hemmed and I’m now sewing the hems on the longer edges. Then its just a case of sewing some bead clusters to the points to give some weight (they are made out of lining fabric so needs a bit of something to keep them in place).

Once that’s done its just the big runner for the top table and the head-dress to do.

Our new washing machine arrived this morning - bottom of the range Miele. Its very very nice and very very quiet - Jon loves it.

Last night he popped the lid on the old busted Hotpoint and discovered just exactly had gone wrong with it - this consisted of rust and metal fatigue and a general internal collapse! No wonder if was making so much of a racket.

Finally starting the table runners today…

I was very good and got up before Jon and I was about to get a shower before he did when the alarm went off so let him go first… But at least now I’m up, showered, dressed and so don’t have to play the inevitable game of can I get a shower now or will the postman/something be delivered.

We even managed to have a semi-reasonable breakfast of orange juice and croissants (we bought a box of 13 for £2.00 at Tesco last night). It was so nice to not have toast for a change plus it means I’ve got something nice to go with my soup at lunch time!.

I also learnt a few useful things last night:

• Have jon put the pack of cards in his coat pocket and not the bag that we left in the car when spending 2 hours in the hospital.
• Remember to take more wool and some scissors so I can continue with my crochet while I am hooked up to a monitor.

So here is an idea of what’s ahead of me today…

I’ve got Fabric…

…And a plan…