Friday, June 10, 2011

Doing versus blogging

Apparently, I can either do projects, or blog about them, but not both.  I have been surprisingly productive in the past three or so weeks, but haven't gotten anything posted.  I think I have three projects done.

[I have also gone through all my yarn stash, organized it into potential projects, and identified about ten or fifteen definite "cast-on-now" projects.  I put these into plastic (or other) project bags and matched them up with patterns and needles.  So they are ready to go.

I also have been working on some quilting projects.]

Now for the finished projects:

I took a class in fabric painting and used water-based paints with a brush to paint fabric.  We also used a resist to protect areas from being colored.  Although it was a lot of fun, I don't think I am going to add painting fabric to my favorite activities.  Several years ago, I took a different class in painting on fabric, using fabric paints which look very much like magic markers, only with sharp points.  If I ever want to paint fabric again, this is the method I will use.  In the class, I did produce a lovely picture of an Iris, though, to which I added batting and backing, then quilted it and bound it with a contrasting fabric.  Unfortunately, I do not have a picture available of this project as we are currently not at home.  But it is still Project #2.  It is finished (well, except for a label, does that count?)

Project #3 is taking much longer to complete than I anticipated.  See, I'm learning stuff already.  Project #4 is languishing at home, waiting for the sewing machine to stop breaking needles so it can be finished off. 

Better get busy on Project #5 now, as this is already the fifth week of the challenge.

Hope your life is not more challenging than you might wish.

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