Here is my lovely group of friends who swapped with me this round. From left to right: Jenni, Jen, Cynthia, Shannon, Kim, Megan and Becca. In that order, I’ll show what each person contributed. Jenni made origami fabric stars. She used batik fabrics from a jelly roll. The strips are 2.5” by 42” and interfaced […]
My desire to reduce my stash has been a driving force behind whatever I have chosen to make for my craft swap and this round was no different. In the past, I had toyed with the idea of making aprons but looking at my stash, I didn’t really think I had enough yardage of the […]
I sewed for my craft swap. I’ll have a grand reveal later in the week. Walker’s new headphones arrived and he loves them. The farmer made his first pass through the field. It is definitely Spring.
Down to the wire, I finished my swap items. I made little books from recycled materials. The only thing I ended up buying was a heavy duty thread for the binding. I chose this project because many moons ago, I found this tutorial. When I was deciding what to swap, I remembered them and decided […]
I had a few minutes this afternoon to play before the boys got home from school. These bits of color are a welcome sight in winter. I can’t wait to see if my projects come out as I hope.
The next craft swap is on February 13th and I am making swap sets for eight ladies in all. Today I spent some time playing with fabric scraps. These will be part of the embellishment. This is one of my favorites from the day. The piece is wee—about 1.5” square!
Thursday night was the big reveal of the craft swap. This time I was not up against the wall trying to finish my projects. I decided almost immediately after the last swap that I was going make felted bowls. There were eight of us in the swap but I made many more bowls so that […]
Meet the ladies the first Craft Swap. From left to right—Jenni, Cynthia, Nannette, Ashley, Liz and Susan. Tiki was unable to come the the night of the swap. Each of them was brave enough to join me when I pitched this plan at our moms’ group. I wanted to create a crafting community and I […]
Well, after two days of rather intense sewing, the bags are finished. Each one has a unique lining to offer a pop of color and a surprise. While one probably can’t bottle a rainbow, one can put it in a bag.
I need to make eight of something to share with some friends but I couldn’t settle upon what to make. It took me forever and a lot of waffling before I finally settled on sewing this bag after last weekend’s chats with my aunt, cousin and mom about crafting. My intimidation by zippers has kept me from […]