Ferrari Cars

The Singapore GP was on two weekends ago and these Ferrari cars were on display.

Yes, they are made of Lego bricks in half size.

Amazing aren't they?

Tsuru Stamp

I was looking for an app to stitch up the letters to spell Tsuru. This was the best I could do with the photo collage app. 

Below is my cut and paste version.

The tatting is for the doily I am making. Tatted 18 just to make sure I had enough threads and I did. Now to add the final round to the motifs and the doily. Hope to show you the finished doily soon.

A gentle reminder that our 'Under an African Sky Doily Tatting Challenge' starts 1st October.

Colourful Dumplings

A friend and I decided to try the Paradise group of restaurants - Paradise Dynasty. This is their signature xiao long bao. Each a different flavour - cheese, foie gras, Szechuan, black truffle, crab roe, garlic, ginseng and the standard. The handmade noodles / la mian was good too. 

Pg 52 Japanese Doily WIP5

Thank you so much for your comments on the last post. This looks better to me than yesterday's. Now, need to ensure I have enough thread. 

I think it will work.

We will find out soon.

Pg 52 Japanese Doily WIP4

Finished two more rounds and tatting the last round now. I had to improvise as I do not have enough thread to do all 18 motifs in one colour. This first of 18 is not looking good. Somehow the dusty pink is not the right shade. So I am going to do another with the same 3 previous colours and hope that there is enough thread left to complete it.

Raffles City

This is the view of Swissotel The Stamford from the Raffles City Atrium. The building was designed by architect I. M. Pei. You may be able to get a good view of the National Day Parade and fireworks or the Singapore Grand Prix from your hotel room here. 

More Sachets

Different sizes for different tatted motifs.

Bonsai Calligraphy

If you read Chinese, you may be able to make out some of the characters. These are tiny, only a few inches tall. Isn't it amazing? I would love to learn how to do this. You probably need a lot of patience.

Drawstring Bag Incomplete

There is a mistake in one of the motifs but let's leave it and it may not be noticed, . . . hopefully. The pattern requires you to tat more so that it is joined but I am going to only make it one side and leave it as this. I will probably put it on an organza bag.

Smokey Loved It!

I turned the comb on Smokey and he loved it. This is how satisfied he was after a comb through. Now we're thinking of using a kohl pencil on his left eye so he looks even more handsome.