Hello, all. I popped over to Lisa's blog to read her latest, and realized I'd not posted for quite a while as well! I always think summer will be slower, but it never is. Ah well.
Adam has been on his summer break for a week, and he's hit the ground running in his sewing adventures. There is so much creative energy in the house! It's lots of fun chatting about what he's making, what I'm making ...
I'm sewing little fabric bowls. They are ridiculously easy, and it's silly that I love them so much, but I do. I've made four, and will certainly make more.Like Kate Jackson, I saved all my little scraps of fabric from the other projects I made. Then I decided to sew them together in a hodge-podge sort of way, and then cut it square, put some batting in it and a back on it, and run some bias tape around the edge. It's not fancy, but it sure was fun!
This is a new piece of kit that Adam got me for my birthday -- a tapestry loom. I finally admitted that my big rigid heddle loom was NOT going to work for tapestry weaving, and I'm so very happy with this loom. It's made by Grebstk. I'm almost finished with my first piece on it:
I had many more cards printed this past week, from watercolors I'd painted and scanned before.
All of these are pretty new, except the geraniums. I especially like how the sunflower turned out. I sell 5 of them (with envelopes) in a pack. These sold very well at the market today. I thought this batch of 300 cards would last me for many months, but now I'm not so sure!
The chickens have been rather naughty. Mr. Sparky, the new roo, is often too scared to enter the pen if I'm in there. He's spent a couple of nights on the loose. The hens have been quite naughty and started laying their eggs in mysterious places in the yard. Today I discovered 8 eggs under our deck. They may have to spend some time in Chicken Pen Prison, so they remember how they are supposed to behave!
It's nearly mid-June, the weather is heating up, and our schedule is speeding up. I hope to have some time with the grandchildren soon, which I'm over-the-moon thrilled about!
Happy summer, friends!
6 comments:
I'm not surprised that you have a hard time finding a chance to post what with sewing, weaving and painting. It's hard to believe that June is almost half done. It hasn't really felt like summer yet.
Too bad your chickens are hiding their eggs outside. I wonder if it would help if they were kept in the coop for the mornings and only let out later. Maybe that's what you mean by Chicken Pen Prison. *smile*
Hi MK! How fun! I love all of your makes! The new loom is very cool! I need to make some dolly quilts, too. God be with you, friend! xo
When we kept chickens I would typically keep them in their pen until an hour before sundown. That way they would lay in their nest boxes, and only have a little while to range through the garden -- I thought it would be enough time for them to eat all the bugs but not eat too much of the vegetables! Then when the sun went down they all would gradually head back to the roosts where they were used to sleeping, and I could shut the gate again.
Your cards are beautiful! It's a heartwarming description of you and Adam reveling in your creative pursuits. I hope you have so much fun that it carries you through summer without wilting too badly!
You are so creative! Your cards are just beautiful. I, too, have a tapestry loom but have gotten no further than buying the materials.
Great blog
The cards are so pretty and the loom looks like fun!
We're having the same problem with our chickens. Our Adam will have to get a chicken run made so they can be confined for most of the day.
You two enjoy your artsy endeavors!
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