Yes, I know this is multiple pictures of the same thing. But look at it!
Just look at it.
Now from this side
I’m in love.
I need to add some more width. Otherwise I’m still in the honeymoon phase.
Look At It!
Tag: amazingness
Haunted
I was ready to rock.
I had my pile of squares ready to be pieced together into a quilt top.
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| Ah.. That distinctive Featherweight case stink. |
I pulled my Grandma’s sewing machine out of the case. I often think of my grandmother when I use this machine.
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| All I used from my sewing machine maintenance kit was the oil and compressed air. |
She was a Home Ec. Teacher and perfectionist as well. I have always suspected that she haunts this machine shuddering at my lazy sewing ways. So I took the time to clean and oil it just to satisfy her. I thought she would appreciate it.
I even spent some time on line reading Featherweight tips and I learned a couple of things about caring for the machine.
I got it all ready to sew and looking lovely, if I may say so.
I just needed unplug it, de-tangle the power cord from the pedal cord and re-plug it in to the outlet with the power cord positioned behind the machine. Just so everything would be perfect.
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What the?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She still has a sense of humor, I see.
I Just Have to Share
I just have to share some of the pictures from the Fearless Crafters Workshop we just held:
Aren’t they awesome? I shared them with permission from the Monona Public Library.
P.S. I didn’t make any of these but I still feel proud because I helped a bit. 🙂
Not Being Very Good At Taking Direction
Soon, at the Monona Library, I am going to be running a journal making workshop for teens and adults (psst…there’s still some room if you want to sign up) as part of my Fearless Crafters series. I have professional help this time from a friend. These are some of the journals she’s made:
She is super creative and clever. She doesn’t really like having her personal information out on the interwebz so I’ll just mention that we (like so many other people I know) share a first name.
Not being very good at taking direction, here’s the journal sample I came up with:
I’m sure the people in the class will come up with even more variations. I can’t wait!
As promised
More pictures, less talk:
Lovely Hand knitted stuffed toys…
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Made and donated by the Madison Knitters Guild…
For the Monona Library’s summer reading program prizes…
Encouraging reading…
And hand made goodness.
Sorry, I couldn’t keep my virtual mouth shut.
A Growing, Colorful, Machine Washable, Yarn Snowball of Goodness
Please forgive the long front story for only one picture, but it’s totally worth it.
I promise that I will post about this again, I will keep it short and there will be more pictures.
So, last summer I challenged the Monona Library, where I work, to stop giving out little pieces of plastic junk to kids as summer reading prizes. They jumped on board. We even had a program to publicize it.
We gave out lots of cardboard and paper gifts and even used fewer plastic bags (We bought none but used some from years past). We did have to give out fewer gifts, because plastic is cheaper than anything else, but our patrons were very supportive.
One of the more incredible gifts was that the mom of Karen (My boss and the Library’s Children’s Coordinator) crocheted hundreds of little fish for us to give away and they were the most popular gift of the summer.
This year, she wasn’t able to keep up the amazing pace so I went to Ravelry (Home of the best knitters and crocheters in the world) and asked local people knit us some toys as give aways.
Well, the Madison Knitter’s Guild totally jumped on board. In one month, this is what they put together for us (I stopped by the meeting just to thank the people who brought them in and was able to snap one picture with my phone):
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| That’s like, almost 200 hand made toys and bookmarks! |
I’m blown away. There are more coming and I understand that the Knitting Guild wants to expand the effort to more libraries around the state! This means less plastic crap polluting the planet and more exposure to hand made goodies for children. I will post more and better pictures when the creatures land at the library. I just had to share it, though. I’m overwhelmed by the generosity of the amazing knitters I met.
It’s like a growing, colorful, machine washable, yarn snowball of goodness.