Here Be Dragons Drinking Tea

 

One of my daughters has a blog which, unless you are an avid gamer, you won’t be subscribed to.  I am a follower but only to show support as I don’t understand what she’s talking about half the time not having played computer games since they phased out Space Invaders.  I am therefore not qualified to make comments on her post but usually  press the ‘Like’ button as it amuses me to see my little house avatar in amongst the ‘cool’ ones of the gamers.

Anyway, when she first started the blog she had a cat’s face in a slice of avocado as her avatar – a bit like the ‘breaded cat’ phenomenon but with avocado.  Understandably, she wasn’t really sold on it as it didn’t reflect her blog content (even though it does reflect her sense of humour!).  By chance, she met a girl on a train and they got talking about gaming matters and the girl could also draw.  So she asked her if she would draw a new avatar – it was a long train journey – and it has now been adopted for

‘The Dragon’s Tea Party’ blog.

Both my daughters are addicted to tea – I blame myself although it could be worse. They aren’t dragons though – just to be clear.

She has a new job to start in July which will involve a move from London to Dorset and her first ‘proper’ flat which she will share with her boyfriend who is also into gaming (luckily) and I anticipate there will be a lot of a particular nerdy/geeky sort of décor around the place

So, as a little housewarming gift, I dropped my feed dogs, attached the darning needle and came up with this.

I was going to attempt the freehand embroidering of the name of the blog too but I was so pleased with the dragon I didn’t want to push my luck in case it all went pear shaped.  I’ve used more fabric that I usually do so it’s a bit more freehand machine appliqué than freehand machine embroidery but I wanted to get the green colour just right.

As I used scraps of fabric I’ll add this to Kate and Gun’s  ScrapHappy day which you can read about and see links to the other participants here

 

Getting Inventive With Vintage French Linen Cloths

The Key to my Little French House

 You may remember my musings on what to do with my little 4″ embroidery hoops and also with my stash of gorgeous vintage French linen cloths.  Well, here are a few of the results and I’m still thinking……….

French Tea Towel Owl

 I had to make some of my whimsical owls using these.  This one is English – he says ‘hoot’ but I made the first one saying ‘hou hou’ which is, apparently, what owls say in French.  Loving these vintage typewriter keys which my friend Ann (aka Mentalembellisher) sent me and I think make really cool eyes.

Drawstring Bag French Linen

Somewhere to keep your French bread perhaps.