Here's a list of my current craft projects:
SEWING/QUILTING:
-T-shirt quilt: Believe it or not, the reason I started sewing.  Years ago I heard of people making quilts out of the screen prints,  iron-ons, etc, on all those t-shirts from high school, college, runs,  bike rides, and I thought, Of COURSE that's what I should do! I  immediately cut the front (and sometimes back) designs out of the  tshirts that I didn't want to wear any more and turned the remaining  fabric into rags. Now I'm quilting on a 15-patch top. Shirts include  those from a Yellowstone trip when I was 11, horseback camp when I was  12, a mission trip to Mississippi with my youth group the summer I  graduated from high school, and a couple bike rides from the last 10  years. Oddly, I realized after I had assembled the top, I didn't include  any college tees, even though I collected a good dozen in my four  years.
Unfortunately, my machine started acting all wonky a little while after I started using the "free-motion" foot for the quilting and I think I'll have to take it in to have it looked at. In the meantime, I'm piecing the next quilt with no problem.
-Dinosaur quilt: It's a "crazy nine-patch" with about 6  dinosaur prints and three other coordinating "solid" prints. It's meant  for Arthur, who just moved into a twin bed from his toddler bed. This  one I just started when quilting on the t-quilt got to be too much. I've  cut out the 12x12 pieces necessary to start my first few blocks and hope  to start cutting soon.
-Dying: Yesterday I started dying some  pieces of IKEA curtain fabric cut from some too-long curtains that came  with our new house. They are muslin-like, and my first attempt at  eggplant turned out beautifully! This will surely be cheaper than buying  new quilting fabric. And didn't quilting start out as a form of  recycling?
-Sun shirt: I realized recently that I need a flowy,  light-colored shirt for covering up when it's warm and sunny (those days  will come soon, right?). I tried one on at Patagonia called "Sun  Shelter" but it just wasn't flowy. I don't want a fitted blouse when I'm  sweating in the sun! I haven't *really* started this project, but I  have cut out some of the pattern pieces and ordered the fabric.
KNITTING:
Believe it or not, I only have one knitting project in  progress: A tank made from corn yarn. I am trying to decide from among  three other patterns for my next one...
SCRAPBOOKING:
I am  so, so behind on scrapbooking. Right now I'm working on a surprise gift  for someone that I need to finish in the next month or so. I've started  working on Australia. And I've been doing a bit of the day-to-day stuff  of the boys growing and having fun in the meantime.
Friday, April 23, 2010
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