tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post4321938455296995978..comments2024-02-18T06:32:42.950+11:00Comments on Bartacks and Singletrack: Book Week: Tom the Cabin BoyLightning McStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-11423977533941826502015-09-08T21:57:30.198+10:002015-09-08T21:57:30.198+10:00Oh nicole how lovely! I'm delighted to think o...Oh nicole how lovely! I'm delighted to think of my ramblings here sparking a nice reminiscence and a family conversation over at your place.<br />that is truly a lovely thing for me to hear!Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-42855131922367525292015-09-08T21:56:10.144+10:002015-09-08T21:56:10.144+10:00Thanks Jenya. I'm really loving how fabric ca...Thanks Jenya. I'm really loving how fabric can be cut, shaped and stitched to create almost anything we can think of. It seems that with a good T-shirt pattern, knit fabric, an overlocker and a hefty dose of overconfidence, there really is nothing that cannot be achieved! :)Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-91479962817748234882015-09-08T21:52:18.094+10:002015-09-08T21:52:18.094+10:00Ha ha, well he really likes them too.
We had such ...Ha ha, well he really likes them too.<br />We had such fun with the photos and were so lucky to have the whole ship to ourselves.Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-17485402710724037912015-09-08T21:51:06.289+10:002015-09-08T21:51:06.289+10:00Thanks! They are still great books. I love the lan...Thanks! They are still great books. I love the language and turn of phrase as much as the illustrations and escapades.Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-92022916491027585832015-09-08T21:49:19.276+10:002015-09-08T21:49:19.276+10:00Absolutely! Especially in this city. The Spring Ra...Absolutely! Especially in this city. The Spring Racing Carnival starts soon and it's always wildly unpredictable weather. Some days the ladies in suits sweat it out and other days the girls in flimsy frocks freeze in the hail. Endlessly amusing for the non race going spectator! :)Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-81401956435273714832015-09-08T21:47:33.333+10:002015-09-08T21:47:33.333+10:00Thanks Sharon. I love trying to make something &qu...Thanks Sharon. I love trying to make something "just right"!Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-44657835273348136212015-09-03T18:36:41.521+10:002015-09-03T18:36:41.521+10:00Hugo is so jealous!
Love it, I was a huge Puqwash ...Hugo is so jealous!<br />Love it, I was a huge Puqwash fan and this has rekindled some great memories and discussions at our house.<br />Bravo McStitch!motherof5https://www.blogger.com/profile/10195031588051037622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-44876611784927329542015-09-03T05:38:22.056+10:002015-09-03T05:38:22.056+10:00So much work, so worth it! Well done P for braving...So much work, so worth it! Well done P for braving the weather! Jenya @ While she was sleepinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443073685889323191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-81036087162164223572015-09-03T04:05:49.862+10:002015-09-03T04:05:49.862+10:00Totally digging the photoshoot and P, especially t...Totally digging the photoshoot and P, especially the last pic and also the one where he is scrubbing the deck :-). Is it weird that i like the shorts??? <br />RadhikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-14330695308106275102015-09-02T12:32:30.336+10:002015-09-02T12:32:30.336+10:00Nice job! This brought back memories for me too.Nice job! This brought back memories for me too.Accordion3https://www.blogger.com/profile/03213639751513402110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-375642613845814502015-09-02T00:27:50.619+10:002015-09-02T00:27:50.619+10:00Well done! The weather can be so tricky as the se...Well done! The weather can be so tricky as the seasons change. I didn't even make O a birthday outfit this year because I couldn't tell if it was going to be 70 degrees and pouring or 90 and sunny. Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892067289101529745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-20687914457768803342015-09-01T23:34:30.732+10:002015-09-01T23:34:30.732+10:00Thanks Waggy. The dinner table discussion did get ...Thanks Waggy. The dinner table discussion did get pretty funny, while I was insisting it had to be a character from a book with some literary merit, I think Flipper almost wished he worked at a school as he really amused himself with his suggestions of Mr Gray (as in 50 shades of...), or Patrick Bateman....Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-2289397207604448132015-09-01T23:30:09.062+10:002015-09-01T23:30:09.062+10:00:) I really wanted to make the Oliver + S Sailboat...:) I really wanted to make the Oliver + S Sailboat pants, just 'cause they're so cute as boy pants. But both P and Flipper said they had t have jagged bottoms, and you're right, I couldn't sew a new pair of pants just to hack the bottoms of them!<br />I'm a stickler for "getting it right" and I have a couple of red/white striped knits that I could have used, but they wouldn't have been anything like the right stripe width. It was fun to piece the bands together. I'd quite like to make this square neck in a solid colour, it could be nice as a T-shirt with a difference.Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-21861126410427909512015-08-31T20:56:28.563+10:002015-08-31T20:56:28.563+10:00This is beyond awesome!! It looks just like the bo...This is beyond awesome!! It looks just like the book. Lucky lad to have such a wonderful mom. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928037550588043018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-45205194807126554842015-08-31T06:42:16.247+10:002015-08-31T06:42:16.247+10:00Great costume! And it looks and sounds like the ki...Great costume! And it looks and sounds like the kids had lots of fun on your family day out :) Agreed book week is for books, not movies - I am a little sad at the movie character costumes coming through my Facebook feed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-58149331814574818092015-08-31T01:12:14.447+10:002015-08-31T01:12:14.447+10:00Shelley you nailed it! I was so glad that you cut ...Shelley you nailed it! I was so glad that you cut up a pair of old pants- I was worried thinking of you shredding a new pair-especially handmade. 😱 I never would have guessed that you pieced the stripe top, great costume!rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000794959264304528noreply@blogger.com