Hello! I just wanted to let everyone know that I have finally published my book!
Elipzia : Horwath, Nathan: Amazon.de: Bücher
(Why is the link so long??)
It's called Elipzia from Nathan Horwath and it's available on Amazon!
It's a queer mystery novel! The gist of it is that two best friends move to a new village that promises them a carefree life with no money so they could finally fulfill their passions. Everything seems happy until a mysterious figure reveals themselves and makes everybodies life a living hell.
This is such a random rant but I keep seeing people talk about how Shinichi could have lived a completely normal life and how he would have chosen to be a normal teenager and I'm just thinking like no
He wouldn't have chosen to not get involved
In fact, I believe he would have chosen to get involved over and over again if it means being able to end the black organisation that kills so many people and destroys so many people.
I can't imagine Shinichi choosing to be able to live normally with the knowledge that he could have done something that he could have been the silver bullet we know and love. Which in itself is a tragedy honestly, poor thing would do anything to stop evil on this planet.
Anyway that's it, just ranting about random detectives
listen i may take 4 weeks to write a 3k word chapter, and i may take 45 minutes to decide whether i should use “laugh” or “chuckle”, but at least i don’t use ai and whatever you’re getting is pure chaos from a human brain
Now that this project has been delivered to its recipient, I can brag about it online a little.
I made this Elizabethan petal hussif for a friend who received an award for her historical costuming work. Hussifs were often used as sewing kits with spots for all of the notions you need for a project. Wives would send them with their husbands to war with extra uniform buttons and repair supplies. This one has an inner pouch area that can fit a small project or pieces thereof.
My friend likes owls, pomegranates, blurple, and starlight. Hopefully this mashup harmonizes nicely. I worked almost entirely from scraps already in my stash.
I self drafted the pattern, but it's approximated from this write up and Sheila Marshall's book "Elizabethan Needlework Accessories". My library didn't have the book, so I relied on Google images.
This little owl friend is a needle minder by greennerddesigns on Etsy. I chopped up a pin and stuck a magnet on there.
The lucette braided cord nearly thwarted me, but we got there in the end. I opted for fancy silk ribbon for the inner pouch instead. I swear lucette gave me arthritis.
I'm still pretty new to embroidery, so this was a real level up project for me. I used wool felt for the leaves and pomegranates to give them a little dimensionality (and to better hide any satin stitch sins) TIL, embroidering velveteen sucks.
The pomegranates are so crunchy! I fondled them frequently throughout the making of this. But the lattice stitch with tiny gold details is my favorite part.
The laurels are a symbol of the award she's receiving. I don't love how they turned out, but they hold up okay from a distance.
Blue beads are from my local embroidery shop, Country Crafts. Silver loops came from my stash. Owl scissors from onethriftystitcher on Etsy. Wool pieces are from my local wool store Black Sheep Wool.
Overall, I have some improvements to make if I ever do another one, but after some 100 hours of work poured into this little guy, I couldn't be more proud of myself. I hope she loves it and uses it until it falls apart.
