OK, I'll put the "Yay" first.

A Review of Clover's Quick Yo-Yo Makers

First of all I'll fess up and tell you that this review is from the point of view of a person who had never made a suffolk puff yo-yo before. So you know that I am not comparing using these tools to the traditional way of making suffolk puffs. I think that's important to know.

Clover's new(ish) quick yo-yo makers rock. If you've been following along on the adventure of my suffolk puff coverlet you'll know that I've already put the large round yo-yo maker through it's paces by sewing 1,600 puffs. Actually I made 1,603 but I accidentally cut holes in two when snipping the thread, and the other one is the one in this photo.

But I'm rambling (you'll find out the reason if you make it through to the second half of this post...)

Have a photo:

Top row: Large heart, large flower, small flower.

Bottom row: Extra large circle, large circle, small circle.

The tools for the small heart and extra small circle should arrive in the post today.

These tools are really easy to use, and as you can see from my very first suffolk puff heart and flowers in the photo, they look great even from the first go. The flowers even have a cool optional puffy centre. I think I might make a little corsage thingy with the tiny flowers to put on the box when I wrap up the coverlet.

If you'd like to ask me anything about using them let me know by leaving a comment on this post.

Another "Yay"

I made this crazy quilt purse for Miss Brittany last year and totally forgot to post anything about it! Since I've forgotten which book the pattern was in I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

And now the Ergh

After two days of wondering why everyone keeps saying it's cold whenever I turn the heater off, I've come to the conclusion that I have a fever. Again.

OK, I came to that conclusion when I woke up boiling hot this morning and feeling like I had been punched in the head. Repeatedly. So I'm going to veg with videos and suffolk puffs today and wait for my headache to go away while I wait for toner guy to come back with my repaired toner cartridge. After which I will print out my hat book for the editor.

It's a good thing Jamie found a bunch of Angel DVDs for $1 at the video shop last week. And I still haven't watched all of season 2 of Red Dwarf!