The Suddenly Kate Show

It’s the last day of February and I think I am ready for tomorrows start of my own personal March Madness, at least I thought I was. I have a box (see pics tomorrow) full of 31 projects, and each is numbered from 1-31, this was the hardest part or at least would have been if I had left it to my own choice. In the end, I put the numbers in an envelope and randomly pulled a package and a number and that was how I got to have the order that I do. I apologise for the lack of glamour of my project box – hehe.
I was feeling really pleased with myself at having got 31 projects and all numbered and ready to start, but when I checked my electronic patterns (a mix of free patterns (quick stitches) and larger HAEDs) I realised there was possibly others I wanted to stitch on! I have decided that should I finish any – highly unlikely this month – but if I do then I can replace it with one of these that I have waiting. My plan after March is to take April off (stitching only if my mojo demands it…

The schedule you have all been waiting for...


Many of you may be aware that the April A to Z Blogging Challenge will soon be upon us…what with it being almost April!

It was decided informally amongst us Top10 peeps that we would put our Top 10 lists on hiatus for April as we all seem to have bitten off more than we can chew for the challenge, we shall see!

In addition to the hiatus I have made the (self-appointed) executive decision (*cough*) to reduce the Top 10 to be the Top 5 during March and again in May as we recover. I hope that Keebs and Tiff are happy with this?

I was thinking up some list ideas and have decided to be influenced by the ‘date’, we are happy to have more people join us and maybe with only five you might be willing, but here is the list for March…

1st March – Top 5 things I love that are Welsh.
The first of March in the UK is St Davids Day, represented by a Daffodil, and the patron Saint of Wales. The people who are from Wales are Welsh and they have their own d…

Hello! And yes, I so realise that my date was wrong before, for some reason it said the 25th February but thats not a Tuesday! So here we are...the last Tuesday in February and what a topic.

I do not spend much time browsing YouTube and the majority of the videos I have ever seen have been the voice blind auditions from around the world - I can't explain my love for these, and YouTube videos that people share on Facebook.

There are some exceptions...band YouTube pages, TV show clips and Floss tube videos! So let's begin...

1. The Stash Queen (Stitching)
Now, I have watched a lot of floss tube videos but there is something about this woman that keeps me watching, and I am now at the point where I look forward to Sunday evening when she posts! She has some mannerisms and habits that are weirdly hypnotic and she is in part to blame for me thinking I could handle a single month of stitching everyday...here is her latest video...



2. Nikkie Tutorials (Makeup) I don't know how I…

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'Tis I...I am just preparing for the creative groups latest meet up this afternoon and am quite looking forward to it...each time there have been different people turn up but the creative energy and enthusiastic is always very high and I leave excited and inspired.

This week we are experimenting with Cold Porcelain - I prepared some yesterday (first time ever!) and its as close to cooking as I am liable to get...hehe...although with my writing class having the last session next week I have been contemplating a cookery class of some sort to do in its place.

Anyway, I have gone off track, mainly because I wanted to tell you about the great idea I had...or as some people might call it...the not so great idea! Its inspired by all those people doing the crazy January challenge, or the crazy January and February challenge or those insane people who are doing the year of starts!

I have decided to embark on my own stitching challenge, to hop hop hop my way through either a work in …

So...I thought this would be easy and then  remembered my terrible memory and so with that in mind I went off in search of someone else's list...and have provided feedback on their suggestions...but what happened was, it made me compare some of them to people who i thought were better heroes ..heheheh...So here goes...

Top 10 Movie Heroes
So I found a site that had not 1, not 5, not even 10 movie heroes but 100! Yep, that is way too many and in spot 100...

1. Karate Kid's Danny LaRusso

Now, I don't know about you but he does not need to be at 100, when I was a kid watching this movie he was great. He got the girl, he won the fight, he made best friends with the old dude and he won the respect of the other Karate kids with that funky crane move. Admittedly, he is no Mr Darcy...we'll get to that...but he doesnt deserve to be 100, childhood heroes are hard to come by.

2. Mr Darcy (as played by Colin Firth)

Now I know a certain person (heres looking at you keebs) who may l…

Hi Everyone,

Guess what? Go on...have a guess...that's right! I have signed up again for the Blogging from A to Z Challenge and you can check out the link in my sidebar and join in too. I have failed twice now I think, mainly due to my poor organisational skills when it comes to scheduling, but...I did succeed the first year that I took part and so based on that I am giving it another go.

I shall be blogging here about the original entries I made the first year that I took part in the challenge and looking at whether I succeeded or not and I hope to add something extra stitchy but we shall see - a test run will be occurring tonight - but I shall keep you posted.

It seems to be fate as I am number 676 this year...and being born in 76...you know, how can I fail?

I took this on board and decided to enter an A to Z for my music blog which I am re-birthing over at 'Look Listen Love Music' where I have announced today my topic which I hope you will all enjoy if you have time to …

What would I do? What would I do? If I one 75 million squidoolies....hmmm...I change my mind a lot.... so I asked my naughty nieces....

Layla aged 9...

1. Buy a mansion
2. Decorate with gumball machines
3. Get a massive rollercoaster
4. But a hot tub and put it next to my double bed and have a flat screen TV in the room
5. Get a candy shop in the house
6. Go to New York and visit lady liberty
7. Buy top designer clothes
8. I would wear the latest fashions to impress everyone
9. I would go to Hollywood and meet all the people from The Voice
10. Buy my own recording studio and hire all the greatest musicians to help me and make music videos.

Ebony aged 4...

I would go to the shop and buy all the toys.

Naomi aged 6...

I would just do gymnastics.

lol! What would you do?

Hey there!

So after the weekends stitching I wasn't sure which to continue on, then in the wee hours of this morning I went through my wips as who needs sleep...I think it might be my new Sunday ritual to see which project is calling out to me and stitch on it that week. 
What happened was this evening I stitched on my HAED...anyone remember me starting this? It's faces of faery 66 I think...and last time I left it off here...

And after today...it's here...

So mainly focussed on that bottom left corner...not bad...I'm excited to see how much I have done by the Saturday night before I choose the next project :) the changing is helping my mojo a lot and I'm enjoying it so far. 
I hope you're all enjoying your stitches too!

It's 3am and I can't sleep...nothing new...so I thought I would post a small update on my weekend stitches.

I opted to spend the time I had on Saturday stitching in Noahs Ark. Can you see any difference? 
Before...
After...

I'm happy with that for now :)
I hope you've all enjoyed your weekend stitchy time! 

Helloooooo!

I thought I would post my small stitchy update. Rather than rotating more wips I stuck with the sampler and the Noah's ark. 
I spent about an hour on Tuesday on the sampler ..,

And I stitched that alphabet in purple on the right.
I didn't stitch Wednesday :( but yesterday I managed another hour of stitching but this time on Noahs Ark...

All in all I'm pleased for two hours worth. I hope to get some stitching done this weekend but I'm off to London today to a gig (Skunk Anansie) to see a band I have seen before and really like. I'm seeing them in a venue I haven't been to before so that will be fun and instead of battling the night train I booked a hotel room way back in October! I am pretty excited because the hotel is two minutes (literally) from Paperchase! I will share any purchases next week...hehehe
Sunday I will be hiding in my house and hopefully stitching! But in what? Sampler or Ark? I'm stuck in sampler because now I have to pick a ne…

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So this Tuesday evening course is messing up my Top 10 Tuesdays and I am not organised enough to schedule...but I shall try for next week...

My top 10 favourite apps...in no particular order...

1. Whatsapp - is whatsapp an app? Well it has app in its name so must be!

2. Banking App - it means I can move money between accounts and transfer cash to people if I borrow some when out and I can do it instantly.

3. Meetup - the app that has led to me starting my own creative group and which I am excited about, this means I can stay in touch with the members and keep an eye on any events up coming.

4. Cineworld App - so I can check out what is on at the cinema in case i take a detour from work.

5. Booking.com app - my travel companion and oh so handy! I was going to elaborate but you'd need a good hour and a pot of tea.

6. Feedly App - so I can keep up to date with you guys!

7. Songkick App - so I can keep up to date with my favourite musicians and when they are touring.

8. Nationa…

Hi Everyone...it seems I have a Wipology...a certificate in WIPs.

Admittedly it isn't as much as some, such as those who do Crazy January starts or even a YEAR of starts....but I have become quite addicted to Floss Tube of late and rather than worrying me it has inspired me to look at my WIPs and add some stitches. I counted them and I have TWELVE wips! Which is a large amount for me but not too bad…I haven’t included the projects I have but haven’t yet started.

Why am I telling you this? Well…on Saturday I stitched on one of the WIPs and on Sunday on a different one and I actually quite liked the idea of a daily rotation and so that is my plan…to rotate all my WIPs…but each day all the time I spend stitching will be on that one WIP. I couldn’t possibly remain sane if I was stitching on several for only 15 minutes!

I can’t decide if I should include new starts or if I should not make any new starts till these are done…if I tell myself no new starts then I am pretty sure that I w…