Searching for the impossible?

So one daughter now has a tote bag with monkeys. And the other one, bless her heart, wants cockatiels.

I have a soft spot for 'tiels. The best pet in the world was Pee-wee, my cockatiel, who lived 11 years and died when my older daughter was not quite 6 months old. Younger daughter has seen only photos of Pee-wee, but she is enchanted by the sweet-faced bird with the delightful yellow crest.

Unfortunately, it's not the most common bird in popular culture. You try finding an iron-on pattern with a cockatiel. (If you find one, please let me know.) You'd think it would be a more common image — quite honestly, I think they'd be fun to stitch. Especially that crest.

The search goes on.

Not too early to think of Christmas

I've started the new job and in short order discovered that there's an annual holiday crafts fair. Woohoo!

On a related note, I ordered (and just received) blank potholders, placemats and bandannas. Maybe I'll embroider the potholders in pairs — you never need just one, you know. Bandannas ... I'll figure something out. Oh, I have some muslin and iron-on interfacing — bookmarks! Maybe add a bit of beading, too.