Too many projects, not enough time.

I tend to be minimalist in my art, but I’m having fun surrounding this little fox with more embroidery. This little bag is just for fun, just for me, but I still want some input:

She started out saying she wanted to make a stuffed animal cheetah, but then she drew a mermaid, a panda, plus herself and her friend (she said we could use the same body for both, haha) in her plan. I suggested we just cut them out of felt, which she agreed to. Eva helped.

But then she started saying something about a bag?!? At first I said no, but then it seemed like a great surface to attach our felt friends (the mermaid was way too complex, so I nixed that; the panda was forgotten). It turned out pretty cute!

⬆️Before (left) and after (right) shrinking

⬇️Nighttime fox turned out really cool

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I used this series of study books for N2 years ago, and I found them very helpful at the time. Kanji, vocabulary, grammar, there are books for each. When I moved on to N1, I got the same series again. Before study was interrupted by life, I was feeling frustrated by the style of these books: lists of things to memorize and a couple questions all designed to be completed on ONE DAY?!

Then at the end of the week there’s a review quiz.

I remember getting to the end of the week of pages and then feeling like nothing had stuck from day to day. I could rarely even complete “one day” of study on one actual day. I slogged through to almost the end of the book, but then I felt I couldn’t dedicate enough time to studying to be able to take N1.

So many small holes in my fitted sheet, so I’m trying to repair it in a pretty way that’ll match the other sheets. It’s a lot of work, but it’s fun!

Oh, how did the holes get there? This darned cat.

Used up some of the scraps and some of the stash on this heart pillow the kid requested! She chose how to divide up the sections of the heart and which fabrics to use, and she sewed all the seams on the right-hand half of the heart.

My kid has been asking for a Tamagotchi, so I made this. 😂

I used polymer clay and pressed a space into it with the bottom of my cinnamon shaker. I put the little unicorn person (oni?) and glitter in then filled the space with resin. I slid a paperclip in the top while the clay was soft, because that was the best solution for attaching a strap.

I looked and looked for a frame that would work, but none of the triptych frames I found were the right size. So, I made a dinky one! The individual embroidery pieces are stretched around little frames I made that can be popped in or out of the bigger frame.