A to Z Challenge - C
C is for "Bowties are Cool"
According to Matt Smith's Doctor, anything he wears is cool: hats, bowties, stetsens (I apologise for the spelling!), fezes, you get the picture (and yes I realise hat-type items are 3 of the 4 things I listed!). In the original cross stitch pattern, this one actually says "It's so cool" which is another thing he says, however the person I am making this cross stitch for listed "Bowties are cool" as one of their favourite quotes so I changed it. Like "Bad Wolf", "bowties are cool" has become one of the most iconic sayings of New Who. A fez and a bowtie mean Matt Smith, in the same way that the paper 3D glasses have become David Tennant. I think Peter Capaldi should just be represented by a pair of bushy eyebrows.
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| Thoughts: should there be a hyphen between 'bow' and 'ties'? I think it looks okay but spell-check disagrees... |
C is for Cedric Digory
*spoiler alert if you haven't read/watched Goblet of Fire*
I'm not a Robert Patterson fangirl. I've never seen/read Twilight. I didn't drool over Cedric Digory in the films. In fact I didn't particularly even like him in the film - he was just such a nothing character; a bit self-centred but otherwise nothing much. I liked him more in the book. You got a better sense of his conflict over Harry being chosen "as well" and the battle between wanting to win vs wanting to pay Harry back (I mean in a positive way). I remember back before I first read Goblet of Fire, there was an interview with JK Rowling where she said "a well loved character will die" in the book. I felt kind of cheated that it was Cedric. He wasn't a well loved character for the reader. First time I think I've felt cheated that a character's death in a book wasn't more significant.
For a character I don't overly like, that's a fairly long description!
Remember to check back in to see the progress of my alphabet stitch :)
Happy stitching!
Great job on both! And I totally agree, Bowties are cool!
ReplyDeleteThat they are :)
DeleteBowties are most definitely cool!
ReplyDeleteTheCyborgMom
:D Absolutely
DeleteI'm glad I'm not the only person who didn't care for Cedric (but I did fall victim to the Twilight obsession for a time). Bowties are cool (and I would say no hyphen, spell check be darned), but Matt never had a chance with me after following David...a bit like Martha after Rose, it was just wrong somehow.
ReplyDeleteThanks - I thought it looked okay without the hyphen too. I agree - I'm not a Matt Smith fan: David stole my heart, and Chris had it before him :) Poor old Martha.. but I agree on that too - she never sat right with me although I enjoyed having a companion who could take care of herself a bit more
DeleteBoth look great. I love the floss in the first one.
ReplyDeleteLinda
Thanks. I'm loving have a chance to use my collection of variegated threads. This one was DMC 4120
DeleteFound you because of the 'A to Z' ... (even though I have decided not to do it this year) ... and I'm glad I did. I love your work. You have a new follower! :)
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Aww thanks! Welcome :D
DeleteBow ties are definitely cool. My daughter wanted one and took to sewing her own a while ago, they are really simple to make, she ended up with quite a collection and made some for friends too.
ReplyDeletemartine@silencing the bell
That's a very cool idea :)
DeleteCrept Fangirl doesn't have a sewing machine. I wonder who would do the cool sewing ?
DeleteAwesome stitches! I think bow tie is just two words, which may be what your spell check was trying to say. It looks fine in the stitch. I forgot that Cedric was played by Robert Patison. I guess that is because it was before he was Edward. I never cared much about Cedric, either, though it was shocking when he died. I think it was the first real student death in that series.
ReplyDeleteThanks - I have an issue with spell checker a lot because it defaults to American spelling and I'm Australian so I never know if I've miss spelt the word, or if I've spelt it correctly but the Aus/British spelling is different to the American. :)
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