My Plaid Jacket - finished!!

I did it! I finished my plaid jacket today... refer to past post... not exactly the same, because I ended up using a pattern because I didnt think I'd have the skills to create from scratch before winter got here... and now I have a jacket, all ready for winter! (It's fully lined making it extra cozy). I have to say, I altered the bust dart all by myself though, to get a nicer fit...

Give this a go!

Here's a fun activity I think everyone should do. I'm so down on myself, and my physocolgist got me to write down a list of everything in my life I'm pleased with. I wrote down a few... and when I got home I sat down and wrote down a page and a half of all the things that I'm happy with, proud of and blessed with. It's funny how a few little things that are negative can overwhelm a whole life full of blessings that we just take for granted!
It's fun... give it a go! (You feel REALLY good at the end!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tNEnjeWxj8

I wish I was there... I think I'll become a gypsy... or run away and join the circus.

Another ruffle bag

I made another ruffle bag. I'd like to sell them, if anyones interested. I'll be putting it in my Etsy shop if it doesn't sell on Trade Me. They are quite fun to make. I've almost finished making a plaid jacket too... it just needs to be lined, and its done!

I also bought some knit fabric, to make a pair of track pants and a hoodie.

There are some great patterns on the burda website https://www.burdastyle.com

some patterns are free, and most are very reasonable.

Datsun Cover

I finished making a cover for my Datsun today. It's made out of the tarpaulin I bought that was part of a car port. The carport blew down in a month, so I'm glad I've been able to get some more use out of it. It's secured at the bottom with elastic. Not the prettiest, but it should do the trick. The guy who sold me the Datsun (Rob) has been given me automotive lessens, and from the info he gave me I was able to realise my Toyota needed Coolant (the water had gone brown), so I asked around, googled and YouTubed, and then flushed the old water out of the radiator and refilled with coolant. I'm really keen to learn more, but I realise there's so many things I'm trying to learn that in themselves take a lifetime:

Knitting and crochet, pattern drafting, web design, gardening, and now automechanics. In fact, I'm sure there's a few others I've forgotten. It's kind of ridiculous and probably a big waste of time, but I can't help get infatuated with different topics so I can't stop. I'm totally a "Mr Toad of Toad Hall" ie. one infatuation after another.

Lucky for me I've just learnt a valuable lesson which I hope will pay off in the end. Live your daily life, and just offer it up to God for Him to use. Washing the dishes. Doing the vaccuming. Making dinner. And for me... studying some random topic which I'll get bored with tomorrow.

Bible stuff

Hey lu. I don't think my fears are heaven sent. That poem is just the result of lying in bed and hearing rustling outside my window... and months of lying there not knowing if Nigels gonna tap on my window or not.
But now... ta-da... my take on your comment that God doesn't give sickness or "bad". Where do people get that from?
Here's a verse for you: "After all this, the Lord afflcited Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels. In the corse of time, at the end of the second year, his bowels came out becuase of the disease, and he died in great pain." Chronicles 21:18.
I won't go on... but I would say that that is most peoples idea of "bad", and God did it.
Personally, i don't believe God's up there, powerless, wringing his hands over the bad things that happen. I believe in a Soveriegn God.
But I NEVER hear that preached, and I remember in the recent past, I'd be praying saying to God "What's so good about you? You just sit there while children get raped and do nothing?"
Here's what God's gonna do about it: "I trampled them down in my anger and trod them down in my wrath: thier blood spattered my garmetns, and I stained all my clothing" Isaiah 63.3
To me, judgement IS good. I don't want to serve a God who sits back and lets injustice happen. When people don't talk about God's justice, to me, that's not really a good God. Not one I want to serve, anyway. (And anyway. If God's not afraid to put it in the bible.. why are we afraid to talk about it?)
Well. Back to the point anyway. Good and bad can be very subjective cant they? (A point of veiw that's based on our own experiences). God's view is objective (the big picture).
God does bring bad things into our lives. But God himself is good, and "all things work together FOR good to those according to His purpose" and "no discipline at the time seems good, but hard" (or something like that... I didn't look those 2 up).
Plus, two pieces of imagery consistently used thru the bible is: the potter and the clay. and gold refined in the furnace. Neither very pleasurable experiences, but eventually for our good.
Well. That's my take on that one anyway. We're all still learning, and there's a few revelations I'd like to get hold of... like "God has butterflies in His chest when He watches me"! :)
See Ya!