Time has gotten away as commitments have dominated my life. This past week I had three medical appointments, work began on changing our screened-in lanai to an enclosed space, and I attended my regular activities.
With limited bursts of time for working on one thing, I found myself project-hopping.
A lot!
I started knitting another Cupcake Skirt Doll on the 24-peg round loom.
I did a little diamond painting. (No, I haven't yet begun trying to correct the Ocean sunrise painting. See last blog post.)
Made small progress on hand-piecing Inner City.
I crocheted more 4½" medallions, and need 15 more to begin assembling my Crochet Lacy Motif Top.
In fits and starts I completed sewing a jumper like those being made by some of the young girls in our local 4-H Club. I'll be wearing mine to the November club meeting.
This is McCall's 7831 in a size 12. Before sewing, I hand-embroidered a pocket design using a pattern from my digital copy of Aneela Hoey's book Stitch and Sew.
At the September 4-H Club meeting, two women came from the Junk Journaling Club to teach the kids how to make a book. After making the book, the kids were to use it to take notes and write about their experience sewing their garments.
Anyway, as I assisted the kids making their books, I was fascinated by the project.
"Squirrel!"
This week, after a medical appointment, I stopped at Michaels to buy 12" X 12" cardstock with which to make my own book. Unable to find a two-sided print design, I opted for a single color.
It was fun to be creative! Once I'd folded and made the book cover, I used a scalloped-edge rotary cutting blade to cut fabric scraps to arrange and glue to the front and back covers. I like that the cover interior has two pockets.
At left: The interior "signature" (pages) is an assortment of what I could come up with here at home - a combination of construction paper, different sizes of graph paper, transparency paper, and printer paper for a total of 10 pages that I trimmed and folded to sew into the book.
At right: Pages are hand-sewn with pearl cotton along the ¼"-wide spine.
Instructions to make a 12" X 12" Quick Journal are in this YouTube video. I'm already using my book to record my morning devotions, and plan to make another book soon.
As fun as these are to create, I am reminded of why I've never allowed myself to try scrapbooking or card-making. I'd be hooked!
Lastely, I completed the Filmstrip Quilt. In an upcoming blog post, I will share a complete tutorial of how I made it.
As of today, I have yet to begin making eight Posh Penelope blocks for October.
My to-do list is definitely full of variety. Linda
I hope your medical appointments went well! What a fun jumper you made and your "squirrel" expedition looked like it was fun to make. It will be fun to use as well!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThanks, Terry for your comment! I hope my medical appointments went well too! I had a nuclear stress test and ultrasound of my legs, to check on the status of my peripheral artery disease. At my annual check-up with the GP, his last words were, “Keep doing what you’re doing.” so I’m taking that as a positive.
DeleteCan’t wait to wear the jumper! I like it a lot, and I have fabric to make another one. I probably will.
Ha, ha. Isn’t there always a squirrel? At least for me there is.
I hope you’re doing well. I really appreciate hearing from you! I responded to you at the email address you provided, and it bounced (again). Linda