Valentine’s Day
After seeing Jude’s old heart, I wanted to make something similar. I didn’t get close, but I got somewhere. There are actually three hearts in the strip and they are light purple. I photographed...
Category: Making
100 days project 1 – 9
I’m painting a watercolor circle every day for 100 days. It’s a tiny commitment that so far is bringing a lot of joy.
Thread basket
The base is red, then I started with blue fabric as the sides curved up. I wanted more red visible, so added another band. The top coil features a white scrap with a red...
A red basket beginning
I am really interested in the color red lately. I think it’s related to February, hearts and Valentines, not to mention fire, Imbolc, St. Brigid, and Candlemas. I repurposed this long strip of red...
Socks! And ball winder
I finished my first pair of socks! Made with crochet, using the Tipping the Scales pattern from The Crochet Project. It was a challenge. I had to frog the ribbing several times before I...
Paper weaving
I used some of this shiny navy blue paper and some saved postcards to experiment with paper weaving. As demonstrated by Helen Hiebert in Ali Manning’s Thursday morning Facebook Live. Fun.
Spinning accordion
While going through my stash, I found this translucent turquoise paper. It has a surface that is slick and shiny, almost plastic-like, and is heavy and slippery. Not my favorite paper, but it seemed...