So, Saturday Alan again pressed the distinct lack of a floor cloth for our tent since we tossed out our old busted one a couple of years ago. Too lazy/too late to order a new one from Panther.  Alan had originally found this fabric on Spoonflower, and then I loved this design, but sadly they are not released for sale. There is a nice pale blue, but ( Read more... )

I don't think it technically counts towards stash reduction, but I have found a use for linen scraps. I've turned to diving in my sewing room trash can for long thin scraps to tie up the tomatoes.


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So back in school either Winter 1997 or Spring 1998, Tracie and I painted some toys for the gift baskets, but this didn't make it. I took inspiration from several side snippets from the wonderful Medieval Woman calendars, and though I had no documentation to show that this style of decoration was used on wooden toys, I ran with the theme anyway. ( Read more... )

My first stash busting attempt was to let my Mom shop in my stash while she was here. So 1.375 yards of red linen was donated to her toothbrush rug she started on the last day here. I even measured it out and tore it up for her use. StashBust01-Toothbrush rug.

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Using the wayback machine, I've been meaning to post the link to some pictures I took at Sheep and Wool on Sunday May 2nd. I went with attack_laurel  and despite the heat and humidity, we had a fun time. I got to take a spin through the competition area and see lots of fun creative winning works. Since I tried to limit further stash acquisition, that was fun ( Read more... )

I think I need to go shoe shopping for some more supportive shoes. Since the trip to Winterthur my feet and ankles have been sore. Too much standing is my best guess. Of course anytime my ankles are sore I hear my mom's voice in my head talking about her patients who would complain about their ankles. Overweight tottering around on tiny ankles, of ( Read more... )

I want to do a post on this, so I'm setting this up as a reminder with links to maybe provide speculation.
Racism Is Not Crafty by Alexis L. of OneGrandHome
Responding to Knitta Please with Words and Actions also by Alexis L.
The Elephant in the Room on RiffeRaff
Stake in the Ground from Crafted Life

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So, I have officially failed at meeting the due date of two months on the craft-swap meme with folks. I've started, and have great ideas, and already got a lovely pink glass pendant from isenglass , but I haven't completed any of the pincushions. Perhaps by 4/23? I have started tracking my time at embroidery so I'll have a better idea of how long things ( Read more... )

I'm feeling a bit knackered at the moment. My back and shoulders are stiff and tired. I'm sure I've also got some allergy related nonsense going on in my head.

We had a lovely weekend. For those who don't LJ on the weekends, I already posted a link to pictures from KA&SFest on Saturday. Since posting on Saturday, I've also tagged a bunch of the ( Read more... )

You can haz pictures!


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