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#33 gather

This morning's harvest:

When I make a pouch with my shirt to carry something, I always think of other women in my family. Pretty sure I've seen everyone on my mother's side of the family do this.

I also gathered scraps and made a book.  The class was called "Seeded notebook." With a name like that how could I resist?

The image to the right is a photo copy of a project I stitched.  It includes an edge of lace made my Grandma Iside.

I am pretty sure I won't ever buy a book to journal in again...

I'll just keep making them.

#32 look for a butterfly

It was a good day for a bit of origami.  I could see making these and leaving them in a variety of places as a surprise. Or for a decoration. Or just because...

#21 division

 

The tiny moons are from Glennis (Shibori Girl Studios)

I've had them for a long time.

#13 make some choices

Something that I am trying to do with my work clothes is to build sets of clothing that mix easily.

I fell in love with this print (cotton double gauze), looked at it for over a month, and then decided okay, yes.

But there is a rule I've set for myself with prints... I have to buy enough fabric to make a skirt and a top so that it is an outfit on it's own and each piece has to go with something else so that there are multiple options.

The yellow and brown were picked to match the print and I thought maybe would go together.

The original plan was yellow top, brown pants or skirt.

After living with the fabric for a few days, I don't think that I would wear the yellow (cotton) without another color in the mix though. Too...something (loud?). I am leaning towards two tops or pulling the brown from this mix.

This is an easy decision, pants made with a light denim. All three other fabrics will be just fine with the pants as tops.  This is probably as close to making my own jeans as I am going to get.  The more I look at the yoke part of jeans, the more I think no.

The fabric will make a minimum of 5 pieces.  It's very likely there is enough of the denim to make a cropped jacket bringing the total to 6.  It's also possible scraps can be pieced to make one more top with just this mix. It is certainly possible with other fabrics added in. And masks. There is certainly enough for a mask or two. 

I need to look at the rest of my wardrobe and make some choices.

make twine

Make a wish.

This might scare someone.

#9 make a garden shirt

Loosing fitting so that I stay as cool as possible, but covers more than a tank top.

I cut apart a shirt that was a bit shorter than I liked and a pair of pants that didn't fit very well, and added a scrap leftover from the original sewing. A french seam was used for all the piecing.

The pocket fabric was a gift from Mom and Dad.

The details: It's made of two squares about 36 inches wide (my shoulders are about 24 inches), plus the pocket. The neckline is from another pattern, cut on the fold.  The arm holes are about 14 inches.  It's four seams of sewing to put it together: along the sides from arm hole to hem and the shoulders.   The neckline is finished with bias tape.

That's it.

As for the garden,

it's rose season again!

#7 it's easier to be green than you might think...

Day #5's goal is met:

Four squares, zero waste as the fabric cut for the neckline goes in the collection bag of scraps saved for stuffing pillow forms.

It's the robe pattern that Jude shared in one of the Boro classes with a lot more ease across the shoulders + it's a pullover.

India Flint's classes have really inspired me to play with patterns and/or sewing with an idea and measurements.

I am also piecing scraps together to make garden tunics with pockets and doing the same thing...sort of.

More on that later.

And

As I was reviewing today's pictures I realized it was the same color as...

Beans!

 

house building

Just playing with the pieces.

square 20

Square number 20 contains strips cut from masks that I made that were two small to wear comfortably.

It's the first square that actually has fabric from masks worn, rather than the fabric that matches masks made.

I should make a few more masks but keep resisting, wanting what I have to be enough.

Good enough.

"Good enough" is still my most common answer when asked how I am doing.  It's become code for "I am tired but there is so much that I am grateful for."

"Good enough," is putting the pieces together so that it works, not needing perfect.

And "good enough" will be 36 squares, approximately 1 foot per square.

6 feet by 6 feet.

 

play

Today's 15 minutes of making:

Cat toys.

For the cat, who needs her nails trimmed.

It's hard to catch her at the right time though.

And really, the flowers are just going to keep coming...

it's that time of year.

Spring.