October 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
I want to work some tonight—I’ve abandoned my heroine, drunk and horny, in her sister’s bed, while her sister is on the side of the M5. But my finger’s a bit twitchy so I’m going to type this, quickly, then retire to bed with the new Val McDermid book. Ahhh, a wild and crazy Saturday night…
I’ve seen my new cover for Nina Jones and the Temple of Gloom, and it’s fab. Bright and attractive and yet gothic. And it’s got BATS on it. Yes, bats. How cool?!!?
Tomorrow I think will be our Hallowe’en preparation day. We’ll carve the pumpkin and try to find Fecklet’s costume. He wants to be a kitten.
Like I said, wild and crazy…
Jan Jones says:
And what’s wrong with a Hallowe’en kitty? That child has definite possibilities.
Julie says:
Do you know how hard it is to find kitty ears? It’s ridiculous!
Kate Johnson says:
Buy a child’s Alice band, glue some cardboard ears on and cover them with felt. Or use a woolly hat in an appropriate colour.
(Can you tell I dressed up as a cat at every available opportunity when I was a child?)
Jen Conner says:
Happy pumpkin carving and kitten costume making. The ‘Nina Jones’ cover does indeed sound fab – despite the bats! Bad childhood experience with bats but that’s just me!
Enjoyed your post about the revising too.
Jan Jones says:
Cut 4 triangles of black fur or felt. Seam them. fill with padding. Sew shirring elastic in loops to the base seam. Push loops through black Alice band.
Works for us.
Jan Jones says:
Er, that should read push black Alice band through loops…
Julie says:
I’m going to attempt the Alice band idea, with fake fur and felt ears. Fecklet resists the Alice band, but maybe with ears on he’ll be all right. We may be an earless kitten.
Fake fur is almost impossible to find in this stupid town, though! Arrgh!
Julie says:
Jen, I’m sorry about your bat trauma!
Kate Johnson says:
No department store haberdashery section? Maybe see if you can get one of those sew-it-yourself soft toy kits and use that.
I have so many pictures of my childhood self in a leotard and stripy tights, black lipstick (or possibly it was bootblack) on my nose and drawn into whiskers, and an Alice band with felt ears. Oh and an elasticated belt with a fake-fur-and-stuffing-over-wire-for-shaped tail.
Actually, I wore the tail with a catsuit and sized-up ears from Claire’s Accessories a few years ago…
Jan Jones says:
Tell him it’s not an Alice band – it’s just Daddy’s headphones without the cool music.
If you can’t get material, buy cheapo mittens and seam them into pointy-cat-ear-shape.
K8 – you must so meet my daughter one day. She STILL dresses as a cat for one of her LARPS characters.
Julie says:
Jan, you had me at LARPS! I’ve got to meet her too.
Great idea about the headphones, he loves wearing those!
Kate, I used to get all the stuff I needed at John Lewis but they’ve really cut back their sewing and crafts department, mostly to make room for Christmas stuff. Lots and lots of Christmas stuff. I’ll try the craft superstore this afternoon.
Julie says:
(PS I can totally see you dressed up as a cat, Kate…)
Kate Johnson says:
I dressed as a cat a few years ago at Hallowe’en. Thankfully, I’ve since lost the pictures.
Yes, the haberdashery dept has got smaller at the Cambridge JL as well, and my local fabric store has halved in size twice, not to mention the craft shop which closed down. I buy stuff online now as often as not. Depending on when you need it, you might try Googling?
If you can’t get ears to fit, tell him he can be a Scottish Fold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Fold
Ro says:
Bats- not grinning. Nope, not this Bat.
Julie says:
We did Hobbycraft. It was annoying.
That is a weird looking cat!
Ro…yes, it’s about time I got some bats on there!
Jan Jones says:
I’d post a photo of her – but I’d quite like to be alive to enjoy Christmas.
Julie says:
Jan—