working under pressure...

I have recently worked out that I work best under pressure. So I have been a happily busy completing things for two upcoming events - The Knitting Nancy fringe exhibition and Vals Day.

My crochet food cans and lids have been soaked in fabric stiffener and are drying on a baking tray. They still need some polly-fill and to be topped with carrots and green peas. I'll post a final photo before the exhbit on Thursday :) I embroidered The Boy and myself on a hoop last night. I illustrated us first on paper then attempted a freehand style back stitch for all of the embroidery - all bar the red heart where I used a creative form of stem stitch (why-oh why can't I get the hang of stem-stitch?).

EDIT: The hoop is my love's V.Day gift. Okay - sure, he doesn't normally get overly thrilled about embriodery but he is supportive of my illustrations, and I couldn't think of anything meaningful which represents "us" ♥

He doesn't actually have a funky leg. Oops...

Also sharing this German sentence cube game (? not really sure what the heck you do with it). I thrifted it for $4. Whilst on the phone to my brother (who has a fair grasp of the language) I read some of the words to him. He laughed and told me that the words were rather outrageous - it appeared I had discovered a family UN-friendly porn version of the game. I still have them on display, the make me chuckle sometimes as I pass them in a nice pile.