As the temperature has dropped somewhat here in Berlin, the nights draw in and there is a smack of Autumn in the air, I thought I’d get some fireside activities under way:
Text message cross stitch sampler start
Inspiration has been the record of all text messages that Soph and I have kept since about 2005 or so which are currently in the GPS database but not yet geolocated (perhaps this is another fireside activity). I can’t actually claim this as my idea: Soph has already produced some samplers using this technique, researching the old Nokia phone font (which you can download for free here), you can see an example of her work on our text message page.
I know, I should be using KxStitch to plan my sampler but for some reason I can’t compile it on my updated Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) – it coughs at Imagemagick even though I’ve got it installed and I can’t be bothered to find a workaround. Maybe I should write to the author…