owl towels

new tea towels from some vintage woven fabric i found on etsy:

cardinal hoodie

it's pure satisfaction to finish this project after hoping to make it a christmas gift then vowing to finish it by the end of march, then sewing the seams twice (because the first time just didn't cut it) and one spot even three times.

this is Eily before 9am in the morning. and behind him is the reason i've been preoccupied with other things (ie. drywalling, mudding, cleaning, painting).

A Slow Start

January is a satisfying expanse of time that too quickly fills up.

I spent the holidays picking up a few old projects and starting some new ones.

A dragon towel for Eily and one for his cousin:

Learning intarsia for the cardinal motif on E's hoodie:

A second roller blind, this one went much more smoothly:

And, at the quilt shop, E requested a needle felted elephant like he saw in a book. It's a tiny little thing named (oddly enough, considering his natural habitat), Snowy:

First Big Birthday Party

13 kids, 14 adults, 2 cakes, loads of other food, a bird feeder craft, goodie bags, and only a little bit of rain. whew!

Some wool appliques I managed to slip in between assignments. I long for the day when I can get back to regular output. Hurumph.

a felted mobile for a new wee little woodman

 

A project that has been in the works since Brett's birthday, probably three years ago, when i made him a calendar of the birds he saw every month. afterwards, he suggested we frame them all since i have this "handy" mat cutter (handy, not so much; i'm having a terrible time making straight cuts with it). i'd love to have the project finished and after shooting glass across the front room and backyard picnic table, i was glad to find a glass cutter who would do the work for me without costing a crazy bunch of money. i only had four glass pieces to replace but some fool suggested i buy a big frame and cut them myself since the pieces were small. it seems that a framer can charge lots if it's for a "framing job" so i just went to a stained glass artist instead (Stained Glass Artisans in Breslau).

These are my favourite birds in the series.