Craft Mistake Swap

I want to write more blog posts and I want to document my excellent ideas for future reference. It's only posterity if you're famous. Anyhow- a craft mistake swap! Haven't you ever made something that didn't fit, wasn't right, or just didn't match your original vision? Can't take it to the thrift shop because really, they don't want a half sewn bodice of mismatched plaid? Craft swap! Bring your UFOs or no-longer-wanted projects and exchange them for something else! A wealth of new ideas or scrap fabric! A chance to overuse exclamation marks like a manga writer! What do you think? Monthly? Yearly? Special occasion? Limit to fiber artists? Tell me what you think in the comments! I couldn't resist that last exclamation point.

Craftermath

A hurricane of fabric has left scraps all over my workroom. Apollo has made himself a little nest of them. This is a prime example of craftermath- the stuff I have yet to clean up during and after my most recent projects. I will share my current quilting projects. My epic mountain of half-finished knits deserves a separate post. This pile of scrap will eventually become these blocks: However, because that quilt is complex and fiddly, I have also started cutting this quilt: And because both those quilts are ginormous and composed of straight lines, I made a tiny applique baby quilt: All of this quilting has left my craft room looking like this: And I don't even have room for all of my fabric, thanks to a recent Goodwill trip. Here is the hall outside my craft room. Despite all of the mess and interminably slow progress, I did finish a pair of curtains. Sometimes you need a quick finished object.

2, 3, & 4, of 42

Yesterday I spent hours ironing fabric. Hours!

Irritating.

But today after a nice afternoon knitting and drinking, I sewed three blocks.

Here they are.

1 of 42

Some sewing

Today I sewed the leopard blanket, the pillow for poly pellets for the chicken, and the second cat pillow.

I also cut out the white half Jewish half Christian pot holders. And one for Pat and I. Here are some photos.

I also worked on the quilt.

Starting a quilt

I'm starting a long over due quilt for my roommate, I've got very ambitious goals for this, and my speed.

We will see

Uh-ha

I bought the book If You Want To Write. And a sketch book.

Now I have to use both.