I had originally wanted to make a "Weasley is Our King!!" one and we really excited to see that Kim included one in her bonus patterns, but chose to redraw it because her design wasn't working for me.
I didn't follow her patterns exactly on a lot of these, but I don't think what I paid to use her patterns was an unfair price to be inspired!
I bought some Harry Potter patterns from Kim Smith to make embroidered badges to wear to Deathly Hallows tomorrow. I know most people are trying to get into midnight showings, but it's a tradition for my sister and I to go the day it officially opens to the latest show. We got our tickets yesterday afternoon. Going Friday night, however, gives me time to finish these up and get the badges assembled. I am pretty excited!
I got my first sort-of complaint on etsy yesterday. I had some customers order some things a few weeks ago and I haven't had the time or energy to get them out. I now know why I've been so exhausted the past few months, but it's still going to be a few more days before I can get in to see a doctor and get things straightened out, but I've had a wee bit more energy since I found out and have been trying to do my best to eat right. Still tired but I don't want to lose customers over it. I've got 3 of 7 done so far.
I also just went through my embroidery floss for the first time in months because it was a huge mess and I couldn't find half of the colors I needed. Looks like a lot but I'm still missing a few colors, or at least running low on some. Going to have to take a trip to the craft store on pay day.
It's high school all over again. Why should the pregnant girls get special treatment? Pregnant women in the workplace get to take time off for pregnancy, but why don't the rest of us get some sort of special leave for things that are just as important to us? 
Trink the Magical Tree Tink.
Stayed up til about 10:00 am working on the first pillow prototype. I really need to use the sewing machine for these next time.
This plus Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the equivalent of my Sunday!
I made this guy on Tuesday night in the hotel room. He's actually a lot smaller than the other one I made a few years ago. I didn't take very much felt with me to ABQ so I had to ration it. I then sold it on Wednesday night at dinner to one of my friends, but hopefully soon I'll have some up in the store. I'd ideally like them to be a little bigger than this.
Unfortunately this miserable fabric frays! So when I went to close the plush it started to come apart. I had a little bit of a hissy fit because I didn't want to start over. I almost cut it in half with a pair of scissors from sheer frustration. After I cooled off I added a little patch. It looks sort of like it's supposed to be there and kind of adorable. I hope she doesn't mind!
I get really impatient sometimes, so instead of coming home and drawing and scanning the label and then printing it onto the green paper, I just drew it on directly since it's a one-off plush anyhow.
Fabric from childhood Halloween costumes. Mermaid and Space Girl.
My sister asked me to look for yarn, but in the short time I was there, this was all I found. No one is allowed to use it. Too cute. It's going in a shadow box.
Going through the bags of fabric I brought back to see what was big enough to use, I found this. This is the most ME fabric I've ever seen. Tiny cacti on turquoise.
