tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49622834972091573602024-03-05T00:55:10.940-08:00Scarlett SuturesScarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-64643288376308293152015-09-10T10:37:00.001-07:002015-09-10T10:37:32.108-07:00My first weekend working......on nightsHello all!<br />
I have just worked my first weekend, and I was on nights!!<br />
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So how was it?<br />
Well compared to my last lot of nights it was a breeze. I can safely say that now I've finished, nothing worse than jinxing yourself with the q word on a shift!!<br />
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It wasn't all easy, I had a few sick people to deal with and yes some people died which is heart wrenching, especially when dealing with families.<br />
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But the beauty of nights is the camaraderie and team work. I've shared some highs and lows with some incredible nurses and support staff over the weekend. I literally couldn't have done it workout them. They plied me with biscuits, great company and essential advice. I even got bleeped in the morning by one nurse I know just because she wanted me to come up and day hi! I feel like I've made it!!!<br />
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I'm writing this G&T in hand sitting by the pool in 30°c heat. Cheeky holiday to Lanzarote has made everything better. However lovely it is I'm really struggling to switch off and relax. I need my knitting!!! I wake up at night stressing over work or patients. Jeremy hunt doesn't know what he's talking about when he says we lack vocation.<br />
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Social life wise i would say its fairly non existent. <br />
The last weekend I've barely even passed my housemates in the corridor. To say medicine is turning out to be an antisocial job is a bit of an understatement. I only know my housemates are still alive from the whiteboard of locations in the hall.<br />
Hopefully when I'm back from hols and on my 12day stint I see more of them!<br />
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Sewing wise I'm in desperate need of something special for a forest birthday. Might have to make another dressing gown just to keep me busy. I'm lacking inspiration. Also any party props for a bunny themed first birthday that I can sew? I scouring pinterest!<br />
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Either way, happy Thursday!!!<br />
Almost the weekend!<br />
Think of all those holding up the nhs this weekend!!<br />
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Besos<br />
Char<br />
XxxxxScarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-397402408869874312015-08-31T10:25:00.000-07:002015-08-31T10:25:34.678-07:00My first post as Doctor!So it's started. And I'm afraid as a consequence I've not done much sewing.<br />
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So what's it really like being a doctor?<br />
terrifying? fulfilling? heartbreaking? stressful? frustrating? Thought provoking?<br />
All of those.<br />
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My first day was a shocker but I have to say that no one died on my shift and I survived. I might have had a wee cry when a nurse hugged me. You know what is like. You're fine until someone hugs you!<br />
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Since then I've learnt so much each day. I've had to do things I never thought I could. Consoled the dying. Broken heartbreaking news to relatives. Stuck endless needles into people, often without success. Confirmed death. I've had to ask for help so many times I can't keep count. I've stared blankly at my seniors when they've asked me questions. I've felt incredibly proud when I've done something right. It's been a mixed bag for sure.<br />
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What do I enjoy the most? Not the challenge. Not the science. It's the human contact. I love talking to my patients and colleagues. I love trying to make the worst period of someone's life just a teeny but better. I've not got a clue if I've succeeded. I hope I have.<br />
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Either way, if you're in a UK hospital any time soon, look out for us baby faced new doctors and tell us how we are doing, good or bad. We are just starting out and feedback is only ever useful. We can nip any bad habits in the bud!! We're new so please forgive us if we aren't up to scratch yet!<br />
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On the topic of good doctoring, it is two years since Dr.Kate Granger started the #hellomyname is campaign. If you haven't heard of it, it's a campaign where medical professionals try to introduce themselves properly to patients who see a crazy amount of staff everyday! I know from my few experiences in hospital that it is both disorientating and scary spending time on a ward and the simplest things make a huge difference. I try and remember this when I'm called to see a patient at 3am and introduce myself, explain why I'm there and generally try and orientate the patient to the situation. I try to remember what I would feel like being examined and jabbed with needles in the early hours.</div>
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Scarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-79360913995087951442015-07-22T13:58:00.001-07:002015-07-22T13:58:05.327-07:00slight rant on feminism and sexismIt's crazy.<br />
I write so many blog posts in my head, then the moment passes before I put pen to paper....or in this case, finger to iPad. So here is a car journey crafted piece en route to Strasburg.<br />
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Currently I'm investigating my feminist side. I've always thought of my self as one, but been positively terrified and put off by the scary, hairy armpitted, ladies telling me to cut my hair short and stop wearing dresses. If you too are in this boat, help is at hand!!! I have discovered 'hot feminist' by polly vernon. A modern, no 'pissing about' take on feminism, which is at the end of the day, standing up for sex equality. Not man bashing.<br />
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Mum used to describe me as a 'token bloke' because I often sided with men. I don't buy into this man hating and need to set aside all that is womanly to qualify as a proper femist.<br />
Much of what Polly describes rings true with my own encounters with feminism, both good and bad. I too, love a good wolf whistle from a construction site, regularly check out women (and often tell them just how blooming fab they look) and I'm shallow.<br />
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I don't feel that in order to promote womanlyness we need to crush men. After all I bloody love men.<br />
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I love my brother. He is my no.1 in the world and fashion stylist. He can be brutal but always honest. I love my dad. For always being there with sound advise, for being such a bloody good doctor, for making the best Turkey curry at Christmas, and for taking the blame when I scraped the car......among other things. Some of the most important people in my life are men. Men rock! But people don't rock because they do or don't have that Y chromosome. They rock because of who they are and how they are, irrespective of what resides in their pants.<br />
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I do of course have very negative experiences of men, and of blatant sexism. One that bothers me at the moment, probably because I'm considering career paths, is my experience of surgery. I love being in theatre. I don't know why but I just do. I think, although I can't be certain, that if I hadn't had such a shit time in theatres over the last few years, that I would be going into a surgical specialty.<br />
So what happened? I was constantly humiliated by surgeons, told I wasn't good enough, shamed, criticised, sworn at and shouted at. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not adverse to criticism if it is constructive or warranted. I'm not ok with being told I can't be a surgeon because I am a woman with small hands. It's nothing new and certainly nothing personal and I am not particularly sensitive. (In fact I have been described as 'spunky' by a consultant before. Shortly before being advised to change career and become an escort as I'd 'make more money'. I'm sure he didn't offer the same advise to my male placement partner.) that aside, how can I be expected to learn, progress and flourish in my career when constantly being put down and criticised. To not receive acknowledgement where it's due. No. That's not for me.<br />
Realising I loved theatre but hated surgeons (generalising I know), I migrated to the much more friendly, coffee providing, question answering, education providing ANAESTHETISTS. They are more of the nicest branches of doctor you'll ever meet (in general).<br />
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One of my friends B recently declared she would be horrified if a man didn't pay for everything on a first date. I felt a bit put out by it. I mean, why should he have to? Why not just go halves?!!!! By all means I like a free dinner.....who doesn't? But to shun a perfectly good bloke on the basis of how the bill is settled baffled me. I can't really jump onto my high horse about it though because I do like it when men hold doors open for me, but I enjoy it just as much when a women holds it for me.....isn't it just polite? On a more sexist note though, I do like men to take the bins out. Not because I'm not capable of it, I most certainly am and this year my house has solely relied on the ladies of the house for this as we have had a rather useless specimen of the male race residing with us. But!! I would rather do all the washing up or clean the loo or pull the hair out of the shower drain than have to deal with the bins.<br />
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Feminism aside, I'm not often happy with myself. For various reasons. Polly discusses this at length and I agree with her. We just need to love ourselves a bit more and stop being so terribly judgemental in the toxically negative way. On a loo stop mid France, I sauntered into the petrol station (checking myself out in the glass on the way) and I loved it. I know my waist is no longer the slinky 24inches it used to be, but it's still small compared to my voluptuous bottom, billowing things and cracking rack. All the moaning of wanting to be thinner, the bitching with girl friends as to how much we hate our bodies. It's often a lot of bull shit we need to cut out. Yes my thighs rub together so much when I walk that jeans only last a year before a cheeky hole wears away over the thigh area. Yes in summer or hot countries I need to either wear long shorts, trousers, or invest in a good chaffing product because if I don't I'm left with crippling red sores on my inner thighs....sexy eh?!<br />
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I do love curves. I love having larger than average boobs. Even if I struggle to find a sexy bra that doesn't cost the earth or hurt. I love my eyelashes and eye colour.<br />
Overall when I stop, really look, and appreciate. It's not all that bad.<br />
So why don't we all say it a bit more? I agree with polly on this one. We all feel the need to hate ourselves more than everyone else. We don't take compliments. We feel guilty when we check ourselves out.<br />
Note to self. Stop! For the most part, most of the time, we look cracking!<br />
I'm determined to stop self hating.Scarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-62240447215143231602015-06-01T11:05:00.001-07:002015-06-01T11:05:16.892-07:002015!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After GP block we had an incredible opportunity to go on elective. I chose to go with an outstanding charity called '<a href="http://floatingdoctors.com/" target="_blank">FLOATING DOCTORS</a>' based in Bocas del Toro province, Panama. It provides much needed healthcare to rural indigenous communities and also helps run a local old peoples home. I had the best time, met the most fabulous people and even extended my stay by a week because I was having too much fun. Dont think because I had such a fabulous time that I wasn't working hard. Days were long but the teamwork was incredible and it was very rewarding work. For example, one lady I treated had walked for three days to attend one of our clinics. If that wasn't amazing enough add in the fact that she was 8 months pregnant! I cant imagine a woman here walking for 3 hours whilst 8 months pregnant, let alone for 3 days!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I really had the best time with this lot and miss them already! After my time with them I went travelling across cantral america. Up from Panama, through costa rica to nicaragua, honduras, guatemala and belize. Probably need to do a whole seperate blog post on this because it was an insane 3 months!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back from travelling I got myself a job!! As a real DOCTOR!!! Starting in august i will be Dr.Sutures! Exciting eh!</span></b><br />
<b><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And im another year older! wooohooo! 24! Had a gorgeous dinner with friends then a cracking raclette evening and walk with girl friends, then spent the bank hol with family. PERFECTION!!!</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around 90% of people if you asked them in the street would say they are happy to donate organs, yet, when the time comes for families to discuss their loved ones wishes, only 60% say yes. WHY? Because they haven't ever talked about it. So, the families err on the side of caution and say no. What a shame that lovely organs from people who were happy to donate are going to waste because they haven't ever told anyone their wishes!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why should we donate?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well firstly, and this is a rather worrying statistic - WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO NEED AN ORGAN THAN TO ACTUALLY DONATE! Crazy I know!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the UK alone there are over 10,000 people waiting for a transplant. That's over 10,000 people who's lives are made difficult by an organ that just isn't doing its job properly. Imagine that! Knowing that part of you isn't working and suffering to some extent because of it. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sadly not all those people end up getting the organs they need. Each year here in the UK around <span style="line-height: 1.45em;">1,000 people die either waiting for an organ or by becoming too poorly to have the surgery needed to replace the organ. So that's a THOUSAND people dying because we cant get them a spare part! ONE THOUSAND! Now I don't know about you but I have around 700 facebook friends, I cant image all those people and more dying one year because some cheeky little organ is not playing ball. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My point is simple, you dont need them, but someone else does. I know we are becoming a wasteful single use society but surely organs are different. You wouldn't throw away a perfectly good hardwood front door just because the house was going to be demolished. You wouldn't throw away a whole quilt if it was stained. You would save and reuse the good bits. You would carefully cut the threads holding the good fabric to the tarnished fabric. You would lovingly reuse that patch and incorporate it into another beautiful quilt. So why do we insist on taking our squishy bits into the ground or furnace with us?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No one needs to be a superhero to save lives. You don't even have to be a nurse/doctor/fireman/etc. In fact each one of you have the potential to donate:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- one heart</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- one set of lungs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- two kidneys</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- one pancreas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- one lives</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- some bowel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- the gift of sight to two people</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now how cool is that? Check out the <a href="https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/" target="_blank">Organ Donation Website</a> for more info and to sign up!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's something else mad. You don't even have to be dead to donate organs. One in four donors are living donors. This works particularly well for kidneys because we are lucky enough to have two each. This means that provided you are healthy and your other kidney is working well, you could donate our spare kidney to someone else. To top that off you'll still be alive to revel in the glory of saving lives :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently a living donor, kindly donated a womb to a woman so she could have a child, here is the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29485996?ocid=socialflow_facebook" target="_blank">link</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately when we die we don't all die in a way that means are organs are good enough to donate. Hearts and other organs tend to 'go off' fairly rapidly. Because of this even if you want to donate your organs you might not be able to. This is where TISSUE DONATION is important.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is something I didn't know all that much about until recently. Up to 24 and sometimes even 48 hours after death certain tissues can be used from the body. Examples of tissues that can be used include: skin, eyes, heart valves, bone and even some blood vessels. This is another donation you should talk to your family about. More Information Available <a href="http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/tissuedonation/" target="_blank">here</a>!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, so you don't fancy handing over your organs? How about some bone marrow?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bone marrow is the squishy middle bit of the big bones in your body. As parts of the body go, it's a pretty big deal with a hugely important job to do. It makes your blood. Considering how big a deal it is the poor thing doesn't get much attention. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why do we need it? Well for all sorts of blood related illness, including the biggie you'll all have heard of....leukaemia. To put it incredibly simply they have shoddy bone marrow that has gone a bit mental and isn't doing it's really important job. The donor marrow is transplanted where it picks up the pieces and hopefully helps the patient get better.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How can you donate? This is the best bit, you donate bone marrow when you are alive! You can register by signing up next time you donate blood. Or by signing up to the <a href="http://www.anthonynolan.org/" target="_blank">Anthony Nolan trust </a>where you post them some spit an they do the rest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What then? They put your data and 'tissue type' onto a big system so when people with rubbish bone marrows come along they can match their tissue types up with potential donors. Similar to online dating really.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More info <a href="http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/bonemarrow/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I've not convinced you so far maybe I can tempt you into donating some blood?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A shocking 96% of the population rely on the other 4% to provide them with blood. If nothing else go for the free biscuits and squash! YUM! It's also not that painful or scary. Ironically I used to be a bit of a needlephobic so the idea of letting someone have some of my blood was madness to me. Fortunately Papa Sutures (blood donor extraordinare) whisked me off to donate. And guess what? Wasn't that bad after all! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel very strongly about donating:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- my mum received blood when I was born</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- I see patients who need blood/organs/bone marrow on the wards daily</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- my cousin would be dead of someone hadn't donated their lungs to her</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the end of the day donation is a choice but please make sure you communicate your choice to those who matter!</span><br />
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<br />Scarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-13804295824868798882014-10-08T13:35:00.000-07:002014-10-08T14:07:49.245-07:00Catch up from away placementGosh I know, I've been useless. Every day I have the intention on doing a blog post, then something else much less fun gets in the way. So firstly, sorry for not blogging in such a long time.<br />
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So what have I been up to while not blogging?<br />
- I am 4 weeks into an 8week placement.<br />
- I am on a cardiology ward which is useful and interesting. Fortunately the FY1 on my ward is one if my friends through medics hockey.<br />
- I have also had the opportunity to work with the anaesthetists which I love! Having practice cannulating and intubating and ABG's is really great. Also had some super airways teaching.<br />
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Placement isn't all hard work though, we've had a lot of fun too, including drinking some of Bex's homemade blackberry gin:<br />
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I have also had some fab news again. I have won an obs and Gynae prize! Not sure what it is yet but feeling pretty chuffed with myself. Mumma sutures is over the moon as she is a midwife so that's her area of expertise. This is probably why I did particularly well in the subject. I was brought up with midwifery chat around the dinner table!<br />
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Boring medic chat aside now!<br />
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Baby time!!!<br />
Cerys, who's baby shower I blogged about last time, has had her darling little girl!<br />
She was born on Monday night! I was fortunate enough to have cuddle with the little munchkin the next day. I am totally in love!<br />
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Sewing wise I have almost finished the girlie quilt I have been making for her little girl. I decided to broaden my hand quilting horizons and try my hand at quilting a pattern rather than quilting in the ditch like I normally do. I have to say I am rather proud of myself, the results if I do say so myself are super!<br />
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Have a peek:<br />
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I have also been busy sewing this cheeky little froggy for my friend Bex birthday. Used a pattern from <a href="http://www.purlbee.com/2007/06/16/swampy-summer-with-purl-frogs/" target="_blank">PurlSoho</a>. She has named him Terrance. I am also spending my time trying to convince her to like fish. The latest success is Mumma sutures 'pesto cod' recipe. Cod, smashed new potatoes, peas and a pesto sauce. Super scrummy!<br />
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Fishy fact for you, apparently herring is the most popular fish in the world! Crazy eh! I was certain it would be tuna!<br />
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In fact September was a birthday heavy month for me and included a lovely weekend away to Abersoch in North Wales. My friend CJ has a holiday home there. 8 of us girlies headed over there for a gorgeous weekend of beaches, booze, birthday celebrations and bloody good fun. Yes I did take my quilting to the beach!<br />
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I've been feeling pretty frustrated with it all but tonight I have finally applied for my elective with 'The Floating Doctors'. Hopefully they'll accept me. I have left it a wee bit late....supposed to be done weeks and weeks ago!<br />
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Hence why I haven't had much time for any crafting. On top of that I'm struggling to afford any new fabric. No student loan and no nhs bursary have mean a rather tight budget this year with me heavily relying on Mumma and papa sutures. So no lavish fabric splurges for me. Grrrrr!<br />
Rant over. Only one more year before I'm earning! Yay!<br />
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Hope you all had a super Wednesday!<br />
It's pouring with rain here :(<br />
Cuddled up in bed with the flatmates watching bake off final!<br />
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<br />Scarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-56827186906549722862014-09-04T02:59:00.002-07:002014-09-04T02:59:19.210-07:00End of the summer, bloody great news and new babes!The time has come around fast. Summer for me, is over. I am back at uni and I'm feeling a little bit apprehensive. This return means my last year as a student, the last year I can say 'sorry I'm just a medical student'. It's terrifying! I did however have a smashing summer which mainly involved lounging around at home, helping mum with housework and cooking and playing PS3 with my brother!<br />
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Yesterday in some communication skills teaching where we had to break bad news to a 'patient' (a rather convincing actor) I was told I was both kind and brave. I hope that's what you're all looking for in a Doc?!<br />
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Good news!!! On Mon we got the most super news! I passed my finals OSCEs and my first written final exam! Almost a Doc now! Eeeeeek! One more biggie exam in nov then hopefully I will be able to say that I am Doctor! woop!<br />
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This next academic year I really want to get to grips with my sewing machine. I need to make the <a href="http://byhandlondon.com/products/charlotte-skirt" target="_blank">skirt</a> with the pattern I bought from <a href="http://byhandlondon.com/" target="_blank">"By Hand London"</a>. It's just beautiful. I also have cute little babies to sew for! Might get back into my knitting too! Though it does seem a shame to spend months knitting a darling little jumper only for them to grow out of it so quickly.<br />
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Currently I am wrestling with a baby quilt and also using this <a href="http://www.purlbee.com/2012/09/23/mollys-sketchbook-bandana-bibs/" target="_blank">Purl Soho pattern</a> to make these sweet little bandana dribble bibs.<br />
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Last weekend I helped organise my very first baby shower. One of my hugely talented best friends, Bam, made the most incredible cakes with fondant babies! All home made! What a talent!<br />
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We also made a baby shower finger print picture for guests to leave their print as a keepsake for mum! Bam made this too! Such an artiste!<br />
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Currently I am at home trying to sort my life out before heading away on placement again. Its hard to think that last monday (a much needed bank hol) I was enjoying a sherry at home home with my family. We sat around eating pâté and doing a quiz. No wonder I miss being at home home!<br />
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Next post will be from my away placement!<br />
Hopefully I'll have some more sewn delights for you then!<br />
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I know I have been the most dreadful blogger, I am sorry! With so much to tell you I might have to span more than one blog post unless I can squeeze it all in today.<br />
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The beastly exams are over! I can't say they went terribly well. The practical osce's were certainly a mixed bag. One of my communication stations involved telling a man his wife had just died in a car accident.......terribly difficult.......to which he responds with 'can I bury her tomorrow, we're Orthodox Jews'. I didn't quite know how to respond to that! In the acute stations one of my skills was CPR, safe to say it went terribly, I haven't done it since first year! Basically don't have a cardiac arrest around me! Never mind, I'll let you all know how I do when the results are out in September.<br />
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After the osce's i decided to go and visit my darling godchildren (F 9, B 4, and little B 11/2).<br />
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They are the most fabulous little people!! I had a wonderful day with them playing games only children can create. For those who are interested I am a terrifying and highly venomous jellyfish (I also make a rather good pirate). We had a lovely afternoon flying kites and prancing around fields. All hunky dory until I lifted little B and felt my back 'go'. Yes this is something old people say, yes I'm only 23, but believe me, my back went! I spent the next few days on various levels of codeine in bed with a lot of ice. Not the situation you want to be sitting your medical school written final exam in. Fortunately the medical school were incredibly considerate and accommodating. I had my own special little seat at the back where I could stand up when the pins and needles in my leg got too bad.<br />
3 weeks later to the day, it is slightly better. Apparently I have slipped a disc. Time is a healer. Fortunately I have found swimming front crawl to be the only exercise that is bearable so I'll be hitting the pool hard over the next few weeks.<br />
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So, back to the day of finals. After the exam I spent the evening making delicious courgette lasagna, recipe <a href="http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4716/creamy-courgette-lasagne" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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It's a firm veggie fave. That night we all headed out to celebrate, I was rather sober and hobbling with the crippled back, which I why I ended up in a and e. One of my very close friends, C, fell down the club stairs, mainly due to her absolutely ridiculous shoes and also partly due to her slight inebriation. After 8h of the night spent on a cold hospital bench it was decided C did not have a vertebral fracture and we were allowed home. Bless her she bought me flowers to apologise! Overall it was actually quite an entertaining evening. The other patients made for very amusing observation. Two boys came on because on had punched a wall following them finding out that the other boys ex girlfriend had got with someone else. Crazy I know.<br />
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After uni finished I had a glorious week in France with my best friend ever, J. She is an amazing human being. We lounged on the beaches and drank lots of Rosé. Very chilled and lovely.</div>
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Sewing wise I finished the bow ties! They boys loved them, and I made my first little bit of money from my sewing! So satisfying!<br />
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Yesterday I bought the fabric for my friends babies quilt, I'm very very very excited. Due 22/9! A baby! Eeeeek!<br />
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Oh and now I am just bumbling around and home trying to organise my medical elective for February.<br />
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Hope you are all having fan-dabby-dooby summers!<br />
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<br />Scarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-52861942812950037852014-07-12T10:09:00.001-07:002014-07-12T10:09:16.498-07:00Mallows Galore!Hello All!<br />
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Fabulous news! My copy of 'Love at First Stitch' arrived last week! Incredibly excited! As an avid reader and fan of <a href="http://www.tillyandthebuttons.com/" target="_blank">Tilly's blog</a> I was thrilled when she wrote a book to ease me from quilting into clothing. I haven't actually used it to make anything yet but I am putting that down to the exam pressure. I have however spent my evening's easing my exhausted brain into relaxation flicking through the beautiful pages.<br />
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On a less relaxing note my handwriting has taken a turn for the worse. It has got to the point where at times even I cant read my own revision notes! Quite concerning! </div>
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Bow ties are coming along nicely and I have even learnt to tie them!<br />
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Only 5 more to go! Going to relax and hit the sewing machine hard after the OSCE exams on tue and wed.<br />
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In the meantime my fabulous parents have sent me the most wonderful motivation! Marshmallows!!!!<br />
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The Marshmallowists are the bomb! Today 3 boxes of the most enormous light soft fluffy delicious marshmallows arrived from <a href="http://www.themarshmallowists.co.uk/" target="_blank">'The Marshmallowists'</a>. These ladies make the most incredible marshmallows. With flavours including gin and blueberry, coconut, and orange and mango you cant go wrong. These light puffs of heaven are a family favourite so it helps that Simms (one of the Marshmallowists) is a great friend of mine. Goddess of the kitchen! Check them out!<br />
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The mallows making my desk far more appealing<br />
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In fact today has been rather fabulous (other than the sky raining on my laundry) as Bear, my incredible housemates presented me with pancakes for breakfast! Such a treat!<br />
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Bear and I have also started drowning in series 2 of '24'. Why we do this to ourselves around exams I do not know! It is just so exciting!<br />
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Must go and rescue my washing off of the line, so I'll leave you with this beautiful sunflower!<br />
Such a shame I have managed to kill it already!<br />
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Char xxxxxScarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-82824987311083256292014-07-06T09:50:00.005-07:002014-07-06T09:50:55.451-07:00Killing my first patient, bills galore, and more exams :(Evening all!<br />
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Ok so maybe it was a slightly over dramatic title.....I didn't kill a real person! Don't worry!<br />
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We were doing clinical skills scenario training where we have a 'sim man' who has veins, a pulse, makes sounds etc. The scenario (Trauma followed by a severe allergic reaction to a medication) was going very well and we were doing everything right. We quickly recognised it as an anaphylactic reaction and decided we should give adrenaline. Technically this is correct. However the nurse running the training was a bit tricky and handed me the wrong adrenaline! He gave me the adrenaline for when the patient is dead which you give into veins. We wanted the adrenaline to give into the muscle, like an Epipen. Stupidly I gave the adrenaline into the vein and 'killed' the patient. On the upside, I'll never forget the management of anaphylaxis!<br />
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Anyhow! Drama over! Sewing wise I am currently making some bunting for a friend.<br />
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I mentioned in the last post I had been commissioned to make some bow ties for a ball. Here is the prototype:<br />
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The boys wanted them changed up a bit so I have drawn my own pattern which I'll upload here when I have finished exams.<br />
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I also need to buy some fabric for the babies arriving in August and September, although money is not very abundant at the moment. If only I would win the lottery!!!<br />
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Speaking of money Bear (my housemate) and I currently have the stress of sorting our house bills out. The 2 fab boys we lived with have moved out and we have gained some equally as fabulous new housemates! However the boys used to manage all the bills and housey things. Bear and I are really struggling. So far we have managed to switch gas/electric provider and pay our water bill. We still cant get our head around the internet/phone. Its a nightmare! Not the stress we need right now whilst revising for our finals!<br />
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So while you are all enjoying the glorious sunshine and summery weather spare a thought for us med students still stuck inside revising! No summer yet for us! There is however lots of yummy food and revision snacks!.......and a little bit of 24 series2!<br />
Speaking of yummy here is a cheeky hake supper I knocked up this weekend, complete with dauphinoise potatoes!<br />
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Had a smashing few weeks!<br />
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Last weekend was my amazing brother's 21st, we had a hog roast at home and thankfully the weather was glorious! Papa Sutures is a dab hand at roasting a piggy now!<br />
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The weekend before that a group of us (medical students) decided to go for a walk. The boys agreed if we girls watched the football with them, they'd come to Pilates! True to their word they came! It was hilarious!<br />
After a lot of relaxation, core and stretching we needed a good long walk. One of the boys had a map, he planned a walk and we set off!<br />
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It was a gorgeous day but a blooming hard walk. We topped it off with a swim in a lake! The great outdoors eh?!<br />
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Results are in........and I'm another year closer to being a doctor! So excited! We celebrated with a big night out and a rather heavy hangover.....now just finals!<br />
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Sewing! I have finally used the machine! Ok, so I'm not entirely comfortable using it, it goes flipping fast. But I have managed to make one of the girls some bunting for her birthday. The machine may have veered off of the bias binding a few times but all in all not a bad job! Oh so much quicker then sewing by hand! She has also been inspired to sew! Here we are sewing away!<br />
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I've just had my first proper commission, if I can call it that. I have been asked by some of the final year boys if I can make them bow ties and matching pocket squares for their graduation ball. Wish me luck! They want purple velvet ones! Eek! In between ward work I have managed to make some more ladies hankies. It's just so therapeutic hand sewing them! If you fancy buying one let me know and I'll send you some photos so you can pick a pattern.<br />
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Willies.....for those of you of a delicate nature you may want to skip this! Last week I was out for a naughty and very extravagant lunch with a girl friend. We were walking back to the hospital when a man exposed himself to us in the street! Well we thought this was a little bit hilarious but also realised that we probably needed to tell someone so I rang the police. All rather exciting! Long story short we had to ride in a police car to drive by and point out the man's house. Then followed a 4 hour long stint in the police station giving statements. Fortunately the suspect was arrested and was wanted for a similar episode that day involving a 14yr old girl. Such strange people in the world! Made me rethink my career choice too, I quite fancy being a police lady!<br />
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On a final note I saw this on my twitter and thought it was amazing!<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'm so sorry it's been so long! I've had an incredibly hectic few months.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Firstly I had fourth year exams, the written papers weren't too bad but the more I think about it the more questions I realise I've got wrong!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The osce's (the clinical acting out scenario things) were actually quite good, other than one station, explaining the risks of a twin pregnancy in 8minutes......impossible!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Results are on 5th June then it's back on working hard for finals in July! Eeeeeeek!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Talking of babies we have 2 beautiful new babies to sew for! Hope the quilt will be well received and then I'll pop some pics up of it. They are the most fabulously cute little girls! Can't wait to meet them!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">My old housemate, who's bubba is due in September has found out its a little girl! I'm excited to get going on gorgeous little girlie things! Any good patterns you can suggest would be much appreciated!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's not all hard work in medical school. Myself and a few friends decided to be a little naughty and miss the lecture week between exams and our next block of placement. We booked a cheeky all inclusive hol to Mallorca! It was incredible! I can highly recommend the Club Cala Barca Iberostar Hotel. Ok it's not very cultural to just sit by the pool reading books for 5 days and eating yourself silly on the all inclusive buffet but it was just what we needed. The sangria on tap wasn't too bad either!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And now? We'll I'm on placement again! This time in a and e! Having a blast. Although I have realised a year of specialty medicine has left my ability to read an ECG seriously lacking!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">While here I have also celebrated my 23 birthday. I'm feeling a lot older and the realsation that hopefully this time next year I will be preparing to start work as a Doctor has hit hard! I don't feel at all ready! Hopefully this year will help me along. On the positive side I got the most incredible birthday present, (other than seeing my family and best friend), A SEWING MACHINE!!!!!!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am so excited!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ok, so I haven't actually turned it on yet, but I'm almost there! Mumma and Papa sutures also bought me some rather gorgeous fabric too! Can't wait to get going!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hope you are all happy and sewing away! I'm going to do a few more hankies tonight. Unless we all head off to the pub!</span><br />
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<br />Scarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-32509803747043023892014-04-10T11:14:00.004-07:002014-04-10T11:14:47.849-07:00Hankies Galore, 24, and EPPHi all!<br />
<br />The last few weeks have been a little crazy, not only because exams are around the corner, but also because I finally decided to get going with a little English Paper Piecing.<br /><br />
The hankies I made for Mother's Day were very well received by Mumma Sutures, Nana Sutures and H a very good family friend and surrogate Mummy. Mum suggested I do it professionally! If only! Medicine seems easy compared to a handsewing business.<br />
I hope all you Mumma's out there had a fab Mother's Day too!<br />
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So 24......Bear (one of my housemates) and I have very very stupidly got 'into' 24 the TV show. Its a rather exciting American series about terrorists and this man tries to save the world and his family almost single handed. Amazing and edge of your seat watching.<br />Great, but exams are in 3 weeks yesterday! eek!!! Fortunately we finished series 1 in a week (yes we did manage to watch 24h of tv in one week and pretend to be almost doctors...impressive eh?!). We are desperately trying to hold off series 2 until after the exams!<br />
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So, back to sewing! I decided to bite the bullet and try my hand at EPP. I used <a href="http://flossieteacakes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/english-paper-piecing-where-to-begin.html" target="_blank">Flossie Teacakes</a> tutorial as a basic guide. Bought my paper's from <a href="http://paperpieces.com/" target="_blank">paperpieces</a>, made some templates out of cardboard I had lying around and just used my ordinary quilting thread. This is where I have got to so far.....<br />
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Not sure what it is for, although a few of my friends have hinted at me making a quilt for them. My brothers only feedback was that "It's very Jewish". Not what sprung to my mind. I think I just see all the gorgeous Liberty fabrics rather than the design itself. To plan the design I used graph paper from <a href="http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/" target="_blank">this website</a> as suggested by Florence. Let me know what you think of my EPP so far!<br /><br />Anyway, must stop sewing/watching TV etc as have so much revision to do!<br /><br />On a final note I just wanted to share one of my experiences on placement this week.<br />
I was in a dermatology clinic (skin) and it hit me just how much our skin means to us. You cant see a dodgy heart, a mucky lung, or even HIV. To be honest there are very few illnesses that, to the untrained eye, are even apparent from the outside. Skin conditions however are there for everyone to peer at, judge and ultimately be repulsed by.<br />
<br />I saw Psoriasis, Acne, Eczema, and skin cancers. Speaking to these patients I realised just how much it affected them. People staring, people asking if they can catch it, the embarrassment of swimming/the gym/relationships, and the hassle and commitment of some of the therapies. I feel mortified by the odd spot erupting on my face, this made me rethink my occasionally shallow outlook. I have so much respect for people living with these difficult to treat conditions that are on display to the world. No privacy for them.<br />
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The last patient I saw was a lady with Neurofibromatosis. Google it. Look at the images. This poor woman looked like nothing I have ever seen before. I felt like crying. She was crying. What a brave lady. The image we present the world is so important to us and others. Remember how lucky you are and try not to judge others who are not so lucky.<br />
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Right, now on a cheery note, I'm off to cook a vat of spaghetti and meatballs for 6 friends I haven't seen in yonks!<br />
<br />Have a fab Friday!<br /><br />Charlotte xxxScarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-57084331817265818722014-03-23T07:43:00.000-07:002014-03-23T07:43:20.848-07:00Ears, noses and throats!This week I have been on ENT, a week of watching people's head and necks being probed and prodded. I have seen many a nostril and ear drum this week. I was also told by one of the doctors that I have a 'abnormally large Adams Apple'......cheers!<br />
After all the noses I decided that I would make some hankies from the larger bits of liberty's fabric. Papa Sutures suggested they'd make good Christmas presents.<br />
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Having had a gander online At various techniques and styles I thought I would try my hand at rolled hems. So basically for those of you who don't know what a rolled hem is, you roll the edge of the fabric up and sew it into place. Sounds simple right? Oh my goodness is it fidly! I was getting more and more frustrated trying to roll the damned fabric and it just wasn't working. When eventually it did roll and I sewed it into place it wasn't even blooming straight! So now I have a few hankies that most certainly aren't square, definitely aren't the same size and look very homemade. But hey, that's the point of making them yourself isn't it? Otherwise the charm is lost......at least that's what Im telling myself every time I look at them.<br />
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Want to have a bash at some hankies yourself? I'll pop a page up in a mo showing you the how to make one!<br />
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If anyone has any tips of how to roll these flipping hems then please drop me a line! Other than licking your fingers which doesn't work for me.<br />
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To top off my weekend I am horribly hungover, my fault I know. Which means while I should be either doing some work or sewing I can barely make it out of the duvet! Oops!<br />
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Hope you are all enjoying the weather and having a chillaxed weekend!<br />
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Scarlett Sutureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01149568819116242760noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4962283497209157360.post-70229589093321651052014-03-18T13:10:00.003-07:002014-03-18T13:10:45.759-07:00Right so here goes......<b>Well hello!</b><br />
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Whoever you are and wherever you are. I thought i'd kick the blog off letting you know what i'm up to at the moment. <br />
Last week I had a bit of a mad moment and lost my student ID/library card somewhere between my house, the hospital and the library. I only realised this when trying to take some books out.....I had to beg the librarian and show my NHS ID in the hope he'd let me take out books. Fortunately he did but reminded me I would have to pay for a new card. Ruffled after a bit of a nightmare day I stormed home to cheer myself up.<br />
Here my slight obsession with Liberty's fabric took over and next thing I knew I had ordered a whole load of the stuff!<br />
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Next day the guilt set in, topped off by an email from the librarian telling me they found my card. I had posted it through the book bin when returning my old library books. Smart eh!?!<br />
Anyway, now I need to make something extra gorgeous!<br />
Any thoughts?<br />
Was thinking maybe some English Paper Piecing? Having said this the kitchen table does look rather fab! Not sure its very wipeable though!<br />
Hope you are all having a good week!<br />
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Best Wishes<br />
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