I finished the prayer shawl by adding fringe. Unsure if the Homespun yarn will maintain its integrity as fringe. I chose one skein of yarn from the basket and will work it with the remaining yarn from my last shawl to create a new shawl. Unsure if it will have fringe. During the meeting, the…
I spent ten hours working on scrapbook pages at New Life Church. It was a fundraiser crop (freewill offering) for their youth group’s upcoming Appalachia mission trip. Although we have a new printer/scanner/copy machine, I decided to photograph my work from that day. Much faster. I loved getting a bunch of pictures out of storage…
I browsed everyone’s stashes and blogs and came to some conclusions. (See yesterday, or here for info on the giveaways.) 1. I am morally staying out of most giveaways that require international postage. I wasn’t paying attention to all of the hosts, so I have to say “most” instead of all. I just never paid…
I’m a Gingermonkey is hosting a stash-busting giveaway! All of us hoarding crafters can volunteer to declutter somebody’s stash (that sounds positive and not greedy, doesn’t it?). My fabric drawer has recently seen a reduction in its contents, I want to make some fabric napkins, our youngest will need more fabric for her quilt, timing…
I rarely shop. With my birthday this week, I’ve ventured out more than usual, and noticed a couple things. First, I hated Hancock Fabrics turning into a KMart a couple years ago. Now it has changed again — they sell ready made clothing and shoes, now in an upscale, non-KMart interior. Ugh. Isn’t this a…