Looks way better than my fancy store bought one!
My thing today was sewing on a lot of patches for a project that I have been meaning to do since 2014! Hand stitching them, so it might be a thing for a few days…
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15th Feb
So… the first mini book I made was lovely, but once I had made the rainbow cards to stick in, the book was never going to even attempt to close. I didn’t take into account embellishments 
But it is cute, so will find something else for it.
So that meant creating a new book…
Into which the rainbow of cards have been glued and I am loving the finished item. Not sharing a full picture yet, because although I don’t think my partner is a member here (it is a Facebook swap), I don’t want to risk it.
And, as always, a bit more on my cross stitch
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No tutorial. I have a Martha Stuart score-board that has an angled guide and cheat-sheet for envelope sizes. It’s not the best cheat-sheet either. I wrote myself a how-to that I keep with my envelope making supplies. Start with a 5.5" square and score in from the corners at 2" for the sides and 2.5" for the top and bottom. I also cut off the triangles past where the score lines cross each other and about an inch from the bottom corner before folding and sticking. If that doesn’t make sense I can snap a picture later and/or post a tutorial.
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Thank you!! I will give it a try but I might need a visual. 
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Ended up doing a slightly bigger project today than I planned. I did some running in town today (okay I was looking for sale chocolate) and picked up a fabric bundle at Walmart. (I was looking for a kinda specific color but they didn’t have it so I ended up ordering some stuff online as well) And came home with this fabric. Which I then made into a quick skirt!
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We have a wonderful bed except for the right-angled headboard bit. We’ve experimented with all sorts of pillow shapes, sizes, and numbers but if they shift around you can still bonk yourself on the noggin. Sitting up in bed with a sharp corner of wood bisecting the spine isn’t all that comfy either.
This headboard is completely reconstructed from a large square cushion cover and the big piece of foam and padding we purchased to fill it with. It was never going to fit anywhere or be useful in any way so I chopped it up and puzzle-pieced both the fabric and the foam and padding to make a new shape. Didn’t get it right the first time, it’s been in a time-out in the closet a few months. I finally ripped out seams, cut the foam, and resized the thing to fit.
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I have finally (I think) finished with the computer part of this zine I’m making for my kid’s “birthday swap” so I can send all that out to be printed. And I found another giant peanutbutter jar of sparkly plastic beads, so I added another scoop to each of the bags of beads to make suncatchers with… This project might actually get finished at some point! (which would be good, given that I said they’d be ready starting on, um… wednesday.)
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Day 15: I finished my other swap ATC, which is in a technique I don’t normally do. It’s ready to go out for the mail tomorrow…with the other one that has been in the mailbox all day waiting for pickup because I forgot there was no mail today 
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Yesterday I made another ATC. Today I made two more ATCs and I organized my washi/decorative tapes. Woo hoo!
Here are the two ATCs that are not for the swap 
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I actually finished a thing today! 
The elephant ami for my coworker is finished and accessorized, and now just needs to be packaged up and sent. I also made some progress on my butterfly ami for another coworker, and just a liiiiittle bit of progress on the big rainbow afghan.
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Love that hat!
I worked on my sampler yesterday, and will probably do that again today. And maybe also pick up a sock I’ve been knitting and finally finish it. Or maybe my crochet afghan?
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@poetrylover828 - that came out awesome! Is it stretchy fabric? I want to make an article of clothing this year…goals!
@Magpie - that looks so perfect for the space now! Of course the fabric is perfectly centered.
@AntBee - Ahh! Pattern emerging!
@Reinikka - I love the second ATC…so calming.
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Yeah it’s a knit of some sort. My mom and I have gotten into custom fabric the last couple of years. But most companies focus on knits. So we have been buying too much knit for never really sewing with it.
You can find pj pants using cotton or flannel online to try clothes without having to buy something new.
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Sprouted lentils! For a friend I gave a spare Mason jar sprouting lid too. I have lots of seeds for him, this is a tasty sample to try while sprouting his own.
My lunch today is a salad with sprouted red clover, lentils & fenugreek.
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I took a video of Mt. Catsmore in action, figured out online hosting, and linked it to my LC post! I haven’t written HTML in years!
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Fun! Look at all that snow!
Today’s thing: fabric twine!
Been wanting to try it for a while. I love the scrappy look. It took longer than anticipated and my fingers want to fall off but it’s so worth it. 
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It’s surprising how long it actually takes, isn’t it? What are you going to make with it?
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It’s also why sewing people don’t get rid of their fabric as often as they should. As soon as they do it’s this:
“Oh, I have fabric that would be PERFECT for that project!” Goes hunting for said fabric, doesn’t find it, looks all over for it again (including places in their stash areas they’ve already looked for it twice), starts to get aggravated because they just KNOW they have the perfect fabric and it’s here somewhere…
…only to realize they just got rid of it.
ARGHHH!!! Death to organization!
And promptly goes online to hunt for another perfect fabric because they must do that project.
(Don’t ask me how I know this.)
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