sewing
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First up this week, a finished Lite Bright sweater! I used 3 skeins of Hedgehog Fibres sock yarn in a speckled pink to blue fade. I used almost all the yardage for the first color (which I opted to knit the short/cap sleeves in) but had a bit left of the other two. This is…
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I kind of fell off the planet there for a week. (You can read more about the personal/life stuff below.) But I am back with a 2-week update this time. Supernova Quilt: Still working on the center section. I have all but two of the rainbow stars sewn into place. There is also an exterior…
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Not exactly the relaxing holiday weekend we had planned, since the main drain on the house failed and we wound up spending most of today (Sunday) dealing with that and extra expensive holiday weekend hour emergency plumbing costs. But at least it got fixed so we can run water in the house, so I will…
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A mixed bag this week – I worked on several things, although nothing with much focused attention except for my 100-days Project (More on that below.) Jane Austen Quilt: No pictures to show but I did prep the second leaf/vine border motifs and made a very small start on getting those stitched down. I should…
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Here’s what I worked on this week: Tea Leaves Socks: These are finished and I love them. The pattern is from Carlie Perrins and is the perfect mix of not-to-difficult stitch patterns that looks much more complex than they are to actually knit up. This not-quite neutral is Long Dog Yarn’s Sock in Riders of…
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Happy Easter weekend if you celebrate that – and otherwise happy weekend 😊. This week I worked on: Shimmer Sky Quilts: I got this pair of quilts back from the longarm quilter and they are ready for binding. I had Matt quilt them with similar but not 100% matching swirling star patterns. I’ll share more…
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A finish this week and a few steps forward on a couple other things: Striped Granny Chevron Blanket: I worked on this pretty steadily this week and it paid off with a finish. I did wind up frogging the border and re-crocheting it but it wasn’t too bad. I cobbled this one together with a…
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This week was mostly 2 steps forward, 1 (or more steps) back for crafty things. Let’s get into it. Day 15 of The 100 Days Project: Here are my hexistars. Delighted that I’ve been able to keep up with these. I think 125 or so will make a nice-sized table runner so I may do…
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This week kind of went sideways on me. Several unexpected health things for my husband meant an ER visit and lots of time trying to juggle work and normal errands and sick husband errands. All that to say, this will be a short, somewhat random post this week. One of my goals for February (which…
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I finished the small throw/kid quilt I started last weekend. This is the first quilt I did entirely by machine – the piecing, the quilting and the binding. I did a very simple square outline for the quilting, and I will admit that while attaching the binding by machine is quicker than hand-sewing it on,…
The Emporium of Forgotten Threads 