a little bit of CLOTH...

if you recall twenty ten is all about risk taking

(do not worry if you do not recall such details, the fact that you are even here today reading my ramblings qualifies you for a gold sticky star, so go ahead and place it where you will and i shall continue)

and so before January bid us 'adieu' i took yet another groundbreaking risque endeavor to add to my growing list of other groundbreaking risque endeavors, that for the life of me i cannot recall.

i know i did them, i just can't remember what they were.

i fear this sort of forgetful behavior could see me stripped of my gold star.

my latest risque behavior has been to write a tutorial

(*GASP!*)

on a recycled curtain

(*SHOCK!*)

for a magazine

(*HORROR!*)

(i've paused a little here for you to recover, whilst you are doing so i shall adjust my little gold sticky star from my forehead to my knee, demoting my ranks amongst the 'gold sticky star' wearers due to my lack of memory recalling skills)

and so it would appear dearest readers that indeed i am not the only one seeing twenty ten as a year of risk taking.

for a magazine to ask of me a tutorial, they surely are taking a few risks of their own.

my little but 'oh so rambly' tutorial now resides in the laps of Cloth.

a rather lovely fresh faced UK magazine that aims to encourage folks across the land to arm themselves with a few basic skills in sewing and then see where it takes them.

i'm all for that... after all, i do believe with just a few simple 'know hows' and some words of encouragement we are all capable of greatness within the crafty realm of things

(i have no idea what i've just said, i fear being demoted in the gold sticky star wearing has caused my little brain to slow down, and drift without direction)

so i am going to be terribly bold and suggest you take a look at a copy,

i'm not sure how available it is outside of the UK just as i'm not sure about a lot of things that go on outside of Mossy Shed,

but i am quite sure if you track down a copy,

you will like the paper it is printed on

(because i know i did)

you will like the young modern feel it has

(because i know i did)

you will like the 'filled to the rafters' info it contains

(because i know i did)

and

you will like the size of it

(because i know i did)

in short dearest readers, and once again boldly going where i have never gone before

(as in having an opinion on something)
i think Cloth has potential to become a regular sight upon the sewing, crafting shelves of our local bookstore or newsagent.

and as we all know, don't we dearest readers,

'potential' is all one can ever ask for when it comes to 'taking a risk'

(once again i fear i have lost the plot, drifted from comprehensible to non, so that in turn, makes me know, it's just another ordinary ramble for moi. and yes, my gold sticky star is now on my big toe, the lowest of the low in the ranks of 'gold sticky star' wearers)

she is busy with origami paper and a thrifty find, whilst thanking you all most kindly for your 'melancholy' words of support ~ Tif

footynote: and now i'm thinking you may perhaps wish to know the issue my little rambly tutorial will appear in, i believe it is going to be the spring issue, prehaps i may be so bold as to tell you when it's upon the shelves... yes that's what i'll do :)

ANOTHER FOOTYNOTE:

it would appear my little shiny place does not wish to link to Cloth magazine, never in all my born days of blogging has such a 'to do' happened to me.

the first time i put myself out there, bold as can be, talking about a magazine and ha! the link doesn't like me, doesn't matter how, or which way i do it, i can't get it to work for me,

perhaps it's working for you,

(oh please say it is!)

but just incase you too are having 'link issues'

here's Cloth's address

http://www.clothmagazine.co.uk/

i think i need to go and talk to my chickens now...

YET ANOTHER FOOTYNOTE:

my gold sticky star has fallen off my big toe and been eaten by little olive

i think that about sums things up for today :)