Yes, I said projectS. Like I would only be working on one at a time... ha ha ha ha ha...
Wanna hear about eyeballs? After a conversation with my eyeball enablers, We came up with a couple of project ideas, and I finished one yesterday.
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Eyeball bolas |
"Weaponized" eyeballs, throw these at someone and trip them up. Theoretically, at least. I know, now you're thinking I'm weird... (really? only NOW???) These won't be going to the fair, but they will be going to someone who will love them, and pet them, and... Oh, you know the rest.
On to other projects. This one isn't technically mine, but I've encouraging a friend of mine to take up crafting again. She has loved it in the past, and although she is still working through some physical challenges, I feel like with a little encouragement, she's totally got this! She finished a fabric box today, with pieced sides, and a lining that makes it reversable. Now she can take on the next project! Woo! She also made a couple of coasters.
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fabric box! |
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reversable! |
I did some sewing myself, today. I finished the mosaic block that I had started, and then started another one.
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Finished, but not perfect... |
For the most part, my seams met pretty well, except for some not-straight sewing that cause some distortion in the block, and the last seam that joined the two half blocks together. This block is definitely going to take some practice. The small-ish pieces would also make me a little crazy if I was trying to build a whole quilt with it at this point. It won't be the last one I make, though because I want to play with the colors more (I keep trying to make it a kaleidoscope block). In addition, I've already started the second mosaic block.
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Mosaic block 2 |
Quite a different color palette than the first. Ironing the seams open this time to see if that makes a difference in the distortion, and makes it a little easier for my machine to handle the layers. The next time I do one of these, I think I will make all the small half square triangle the same fabric, and see how that looks.
I have been playing with some of the small triangles in another way. I saw someone make a quilt as you go flying geese block, or maybe it was a strip of them. So, I tried it. I don't think I really got far enough with it to have any final thoughts, except in seems to be working OK.
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An experiment in tiny flying geese |
Now, it's time for a gardening update. Yeah, it's one of my projects right now... I did actually harvest a tomato, and it was delicious. But here's my one bell pepper (speaking of tiny stuff). I'll have to try the bell pepper again next year.
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Sigh. |
I'm already planning my garden efforts for next year, in fact. Containers again. A bee watering station. I'm going to put it in a different location, hopefully a little more sheltered from the wind. And a few more crops. I may even try the 3 sisters combination.
Finally, I started a new project. I blogged about it here, and you can read about that if you want to. I found yarn I wanted to use, a beautiful wool and silk blend and a dark magenta-ish to go with it. The afghan is called Chain Link, and I've got the beginning "backbone" of it almost complete.
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Here's more or less how it will look |
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Here's what I've got so far |
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