But before I link to the blog, I do have the small matter of the Winner of the Recent Competition to announce. There were 12 entrants who all matched the stitchers with their pieces. Random Number Generator chose Kaye as the winner! Congratulations to Kaye, please let me know which store you would like your voucher to be from.
And now it's over to Rosey from
(yes I did spell that correctly!)
1. Please
introduce yourself – name, where you are from, family, pets etc.
Hi there, I'm Rosey, born, raised, and
currently residing in Missouri, USA, and possibly from the planet
Earth. I'm forever a country gal housewifey type but darned if
I don't like high fidelity technological comforts and all sorts of
nerdery. I have three silly cats (Klondike [B&W], Peanut
[snowshoe-ish], and Oreo [B&W #2]) but only one silly husband who
is the Best Souvenir Ever from my time in Hawaii. Unlike the
cats, my husband is not named after food. And yes, we do sing
"What would you do-OO-oo for a Klondike -cat-?"
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a miracle
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2. How long have you been stitching and
how did you start?
Well, my first time was back when I was
but a Little Rosey, possibly 8-9 years old, in what I am sure was an
attempt to make me sit still and shut up. It didn't go so well
as I could neither sit still nor shut up for any reasonable amount of
time. Later, when I became more sedate (cough), I picked
it up again from a tiny kit found in a thrift store. This
would've been in 2009 when the Real Stitching started and that little
finish hangs as a magnet on my mother's fridge.
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don't even think about the back
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3. How long have you been blogging and
what inspired you to start? Is there a story behind your blog
title?
My first blog was on Xanga, followed closely by LiveJournal -- not
quite an early adopter, but still from the time when you had to have
an invite code to join. This was very early 2002/2003. I
still have that journal but it's mainly about life and all the
complaints available to it.
I started on blogger in 2011 out of curiosity and a growing
disillusionment with the direction LJ was heading. I had no
idea then it would become such a crafty place. As for the title of my
blog, who knows what it means; ishkabibble is debatable! What
does it mean to you? ��
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beads.
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4. How would you describe your stitching
style? Are you a serial starter, a rotator, a OAAT (one at a time),
highly organized, random and eclectic, etc.?
"Frugal."
I'm glad I'm not totally alone here but I hate having many projects
going at once; three is about my limit for cross-stitching. I will
have a few crochet and/or knitting things to break up the wrist
movements. An unfinished project is a nightmare for me; it's
always, always, always in the back of my mind
and sends me into a downward spiral of not working on anything at
all. Sometimes I will get overwhelmed with my few current
projects taking too long so I keep a stash of tiny "emergency"
kits handy. If I need a morale boost, I will open and finish
one
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pusheen loves you
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5. Do you have a favorite designer or
style of design you are drawn to?
SODA Stitch. I guess I might like cutesy stuff. Frosted
Pumpkin Stitchery. Definitely bright colors. Stoney
Creek. I love having sets of things! A towel for every
month, and possibly every holiday? Oh, yes, please. Nerdy
stuff also attracts me like a moth to a flame. Daffodils, just
surround me in daffodils. I've very found of Mucha
artwork/style and have been slowly saving up to buy one of the
delightful Disney Princess Mucha sets available on Etsy. I
greatly adore vintage/antique designs, whether it's needlework,
sewing, or furniture! However, this weirdly doesn't apply to
primitive designs. I wonder why?
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coming soon to a photo near you: nine
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6. Which piece are you most proud of in
your collection?
Probably any of the Final Fantasy
pieces. I make the patterns myself and ignore most of them,
stitching basically by whim and growing experience. A wall of
FF pieces is my goal, abetted by my enthusiastic husband.
Luckily, there are (as of this post) 15 "main" games so a
wall is highly possible. I could even build the wall when
they're all framed! I have FFVII and VIII completed, and III on
the stand, haunting me. It's very close to completion.
Very. You're gonna hear some high-pitched squeaking
soon. The exclamation points, they are coming.
remote for scale?
7. What has been your worst stitching disaster?
That stupid fabric pen that wasn't a
fabric pen. You source out your fabric for a piece (which is
hard enough living in the middle of nowhere), mark the center with
what is supposed to be a fabric pen but is really the permanent
marker sitting next to it, and of course there is to be no stitching
is in the center so well that whole piece of fabric is now TOTALLY
USELESS. It's not even that bad! Just a tiny blue dot!
I can use the fabric for something else!
But I'm still mad about it.
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no markers allowed
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8. Which new technique would you like to
try, either stitching, finishing or another craft?
Oh, you know, only everything.
I'll get around to tatting one of these days. And that sewing
machine isn't going to fix itself (although it's old, it might).
Bobbin lace looks fascinating. This is where the random and
eclectic comes in. I will pick up a hobby on a whim. I
think I'd really like to make a biscornu someday. And try
hardanger. I've had my first experience with making a flatfold;
that was fun! I like stained glass, too. Ooo, and maybe
woodworking! The sky's the limit!
boo
9. Do you have a box of
finished-but-not-fully-finished pieces? Or is everything FFO'd?
What's your favorite way to fully finish a project and what do you do
with them?
Yes, I have a few
finished-but-not-fully-finished pieces, most of which are waiting for
the Perfect Frame or the Money for the Perfect Framing. One of
the weird things I have with crafting in general is that I can't just
do it for fun, no matter how much I enjoy the process. The
finished piece must have a purpose or a goal or place to go. So
smaller stuff tends to get finished off quickly unless it's waiting
for the rest of the the smaller things to be finished all in one go.
My favorite way to finish something is to have it nicely framed,
possibly with a fancypants mat.
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eventually a cube
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10. Which of your projects most represents
"you"?
Is there a project out there with a
person flailing about while being surrounded by cats, daffodils,
computers, books, and video games? Oh, and brownie sundaes.
That might represent me.
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this is my life
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11. Tell us a secret about yourself. Or a
joke. About anything!
I was probably a whirligig in an
alternate life. And possibly this life.
12. Anything you would like to add?
All these weird spellings, what.
Sticking U's where they don't belong and omitting the neglected Z's.
Scandalous. I fixed them. 'Merica.
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Haha, it's called The Queen's English! Got to love your little rebellious ways, with your independence, writing the date backwards and randomly dropping letters. America is SUCH a teenager at times LOL. But just to show there are no hard feelings I have worked hard and sourced the ideal chart for you. I've run it through Pic2Pat so I can email you a copy too!
The Ishkabibble Flail with Added Cats.
