Goodbye 2011

2011 brought an amazing little person into our lives. She is everything I dreamed of and so much more.

This year has also challenged many family and friends with the floods and health issues. I wish everyone a happy and healthy new year!

Nappy stash so far

This is baby’s stash of cloth nappies. I had plans to sew a lot of the nappies but I have been focused on programming and have discovered that it is harder to sew with a belly.

I’m missing a couple of green kids, some itti boosters and some of the nappies I made for my godson. I’m sure they are somewhere safe buried in my fabric collection that is getting a bit out of hand. I really need to start sewing again!

We don’t want zombies on the lawn

This is the embroidery program preview of what I think will be the first of many attempts to embroider the Sunflower from ‘Plants vs Zombies’

If you have not seen Plants Vs Zombies before, take a look at the music video…

Please note that the original artwork is part of Plants vs Zombies, and the copyright for it is held by PopCap Games. I will not be selling the design or anything created with the design.

TF2 embroidery preview

I’ve been playing with my embroidery design program over the last week to create some Team Fortress 2 badges.

This is a preview of them rendered by the program. I’m hoping to stitch them tomorrow to see where there are any errors and further improvements.

Please note that the original artwork is part of Team Fortress 2, and the copyright for it is held by Valve Corporation. I will not be selling the designs or anything created with the designs.

Update:
The demo man badge had actually been updated… The newer one was a bigger challenge to embroiderer, but here is my initial design attempt: