Before I post more photos of more cars (yep, another car show this
weekend), I thought
I'd post some really cool needlework. Mostly not by me.
This is my sister-in-law, wearing a sweater she knit over a lacy top she knit (her show-n-tell is mostly wearable) holding a
sashiko pillow by our niece. three at once.
This is a runner my sister made. I adore the bright colors.
Here are a couple of close ups.
My sister also made this cute veggie tales quilt.
On Friday night I made this
mari. Step one for a
temari ball. The center is shredded paper from my office shredder. In a knee-high nylon with a run. It's bigger than I intended but I made some choices I'll make differently next time. I began with black wool, then some thinner navy wool yarn. That was fine. I topped it with random thread--mostly in peaches and greens. Very pretty on the blue wool but,
hmmm, when
I went to wrap the white top layer, I began to see the error of my choices. I ended up using two spools of white thread for the top layer, just to cover up all of those dark colors. I've learned.
Now I need to decide what to do with my big fat
mari. I spent some time browsing in my book thinking about what I like and why I like it.
I haven't been doing much of anything except try to get over this endless cold. So I'm going to show off some older stuff--the above tea towels are now gifts that have been received. I used the Transfer-eze and I was really pleased with the detail I was able to capture.
This Sashiko is a new project taught last month at the Homewood Embroiderer's Guild. For a while it was just the perfect mindless think I could do while sneezing. You can see how each stitch is mapped out for you.
We're gearing up for a new group of classes at the YMCA. This is a spiral beaded bracelet we're going to teach to some adults looking for a beading project. It took about an hour and one package of size six beads (I can't tell you how many of these I've made--I taught it at my EGA chapter a couple of years ago and so have done piles of them.) I haven't yet made up the kids' project--a memory wire bracelet.
