I just decided to go poking back through my photos and start where I left off. So this should be chronological, but may also be a bit random.
These first two photos are of the spot where the house I grew up in used to stand. They pushed it in sometime in the spring, after my last post. Obviously bittersweet. This was the only house I lived in prior to going away to college and then moving to the area I live in now. My grandparents lived across the back yard from this house and in fact one of my brothers now lives in that spot where my grandparents live.
We had a Chicago Sewing Social meet-up at Benzie Design. Their shop is so gorgeous with all of the felt lined walls and bins of felt balls. They also carry little kits. These were needle felting kits that a couple of us bought and worked on. I think mine is the one on the left. I also bought some felt balls and made the necklace in the second photo. It was super easy to make. I'm looking forward to colder weather when it will be easier to wear a necklace made with wool balls.
This is a quilt that I made when pattern testing for Erica at Kitchen Table Quilting. This is a version of The Linda Quilt. I find Erica's patterns to be really well written and would certainly recommend any of them. I ended up gifting this quilt to my cousin's baby girl. I was sewing the top together on the day she was born and then the quilt decided it was just meant for her.
Hmmm... just realized that I am at the end of the photos that I loaded into this post, so I will end here for now. It's late, so I'll try for more posts in the following days.
2 comments:
great to hear from you! love your felting projects!
I've had this page open in my browser since it went up - I've been reading blogs but haven't taken the time to sit down and actually comment. Now my browser is so full of open saved pages that it's getting hard to navigate, so I need to stop getting so distracted, LOL.
It goes without saying that I'm glad to see a post from you - it's definitely been a while, but sometimes we just have to take a break.
Sad about your old home being torn down. My family home is still standing, although it's been sold several times over, I believe, since I moved out 40 years ago (well, 39, LOL). The surroundings have changed drastically, but the house still looks pretty much like I remember it. I always wonder if my kids have the same waves of memories when they come to visit, or when they drive by. I hope so!
The felting looks like fun :) I have a hard time with felt - my fingers are rough and they get caught on everything. When I stitch things by hand, I'm forever knotting or shredding the thread, lol. I do puppets with felt but it isn't my favourite texture to handle :D
That's a beautiful quilt - I opened up the picture in another tab so I got the big view - lovely fabrics! The recipient will be able to use for many years to come!
Watching for the next update :D
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