It feels like anything going on the studios has slowed to a crawl... I do have a lot going on but I think the political situation is causing a lot of stress, making me feel like I'm swimming through Jello. Anyways, I have been doing some studio work.
The carrot towels are done; the towels are plain except for the carrot border. The one with yellow is supposed to be corn (?); I think I did something wrong. That one will go into my towel drawer, and the other three will go to a charity auction. I'll put the photo into the finishing list.
I'm making a tote/shopping bag for the auction as well; it's changing too fast for a photo. I currently have one side of the bag quilted and trimmed, and am most of the way through the 2nd side. I'm practicing some of the machine quilting skills I'd like to be better at. Then it's just sewing it all together; should be able to finish next week and put it in the mail to the charity with the towels! |
| An early photo of the tote side... |
In searching for quilt batting, I found an pink Hawaiian quilt top (baby sized) with backing and batting; if I recall correctly, I bought it, partially complete, at a guild auction 20+ years ago? I'm looking forward to quilting that outside on the deck this summer. There's a blue one somewhere in the studio as well... Hoping I can find and quilt it too! The April sweater is almost done, just in time for April. I followed the instructions for the bind off, to discover that it was too loose and it rippled along the front. I know better.... I ripped it out and started the button band again, picking up 2 for every 3 rows (pattern said pick up one in every row). Let's see if that helps.
I also found a completed shawl I made 7 years ago that I hated at the time; so I threw it in a bag and planned on ripping it out and reusing the wool. I actually like it now. So it's blocked and in the closet. I'll add a photo later.
Coming up? I need a new knitting project, a new weaving project, and an old quilting project to resurrect.
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