Threads
I have a tendency toward workaholism, especially where pottery is concerned. I'll start one project, and a week later I'm spending all hours in the studio, going through a hundred pounds (or more) of clay a day. So I've been rationing projects: sorting and packing pots one day, filling the recycling and washing clay towels the next. Boxing things to ship, catching up on email. I took my bike out to the UPS store yesterday, to ship off one package; holding off on a Post Office trip till we get another sunny afternoon to send out the next two orders. Maybe, by next week, I'll throw some pots again.
In the meantime, I'm catching up on my reading, watching Picard on a free trial month from CBS All Access, and doing some other creative projects. Here's the start of one:
Last month, when Denise and I went through the closet looking for fabric scraps she could turn into book cloth, we found an unused swath of spring-appropriate cloth, with buttons, that I'd never gotten around to making into a shirt for her. I also found enough interfacing scraps and contrast fabric for collar and cuffs, and a spool of appropriate-colored thread.
I've had the sewing machine for years; bought it secondhand from the group home where my mother worked when I went off to college in 1977. I initially used it for patching, but taught myself to sew from patterns when I couldn't find a Hawaiian shirt in my size back in, oh, 1983. Have made a lot of shirts, occasional slacks and shorts, lots of teddy bears since then. Sun hats--from a home-brew pattern, a vest, bathrobe, mumu (It was a very old pattern and fabric Denise had that her mother had never sewed up for her), several faux sweaters, even a few silky things for Valentines.
I hadn't used this particular pattern for a number of years (and sizes), but fortunately, it included multiple copies of the major pieces and I was able to tweak it to fit. I had just enough fabric to pull it off. I think it turned out pretty well. (Still needs buttons and button holes as of this photo.)
Thinking of some other projects to work on. JoAnn Fabrics has a link to a YouTube video showing how to sew face masks, and I think I have everything I need to make a pair. And there's been this quilt square project sitting in my bottom drawer for years now that I might finally get back to.
In the meantime, I'm catching up on my reading, watching Picard on a free trial month from CBS All Access, and doing some other creative projects. Here's the start of one:
Last month, when Denise and I went through the closet looking for fabric scraps she could turn into book cloth, we found an unused swath of spring-appropriate cloth, with buttons, that I'd never gotten around to making into a shirt for her. I also found enough interfacing scraps and contrast fabric for collar and cuffs, and a spool of appropriate-colored thread.
I've had the sewing machine for years; bought it secondhand from the group home where my mother worked when I went off to college in 1977. I initially used it for patching, but taught myself to sew from patterns when I couldn't find a Hawaiian shirt in my size back in, oh, 1983. Have made a lot of shirts, occasional slacks and shorts, lots of teddy bears since then. Sun hats--from a home-brew pattern, a vest, bathrobe, mumu (It was a very old pattern and fabric Denise had that her mother had never sewed up for her), several faux sweaters, even a few silky things for Valentines.
I hadn't used this particular pattern for a number of years (and sizes), but fortunately, it included multiple copies of the major pieces and I was able to tweak it to fit. I had just enough fabric to pull it off. I think it turned out pretty well. (Still needs buttons and button holes as of this photo.)
Thinking of some other projects to work on. JoAnn Fabrics has a link to a YouTube video showing how to sew face masks, and I think I have everything I need to make a pair. And there's been this quilt square project sitting in my bottom drawer for years now that I might finally get back to.