Big Finishes and Little Finishes

This has been an amazing week, I have managed to finish several projects to put into my shop. My big quilt from the Tula Pink Still Room pattern is finished, the threads are hidden, and it is up for sale on my Etsy Site. It is a bit expensive, however it took a good month to make and hide all of the threads, as well as all of the cutting, sewing, and the price of fabric and batting. Yes, I’m justifying the price but I’m not planning on lowering it. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1555929929/a-little-more-madness-quilt

In addition to this big win I also put up some small items, reusable makeup wipes and a little coaster with licensed fabric.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1543000588/halloween-yoda-coaster
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1542321850/reusable-makeup-remover-wipes

This has been a great week for me to work on my crafting, in addition to these finishes I have a couple of starts! I started about 3 quilts this week of differing difficulty. Two of them are compromised of squares stitched together along a theme. I am calling the first, that I have already gotten to the quilting on, Love in All Stripes. I finished the quilting last night and I hope to get to the binding and clipping threads today.

While I have t gotten to any home improvement projects this past week, I am now on vacation for a week so I plan on finishing projects indoor and out this week…well not tomorrow. I e got other plans tomorrow.

I hope that everyone has an amazing week and Remember to Live Life A Little More Abstract!

Home Improvement and Crafty Procrastination

I have made significant progress on several home improvement projects, not only to procrastinate on finishing hiding threads on the quilt…but oh well. The crafting content will be after the ***** if you want to skip to that.

I finished making my lighted walkway look a bit better. In about an hour I used a tined weed remover to loosen the grass and dirt along the path. After that I removed the grass and put it on my compost pile, the dirt went into some flower pots that were lacking in soil, I’ll see if I can plant something there next year. After that I used black weed preventing cloth that I staked down with my lights. After the cloth was laid down I added the rest of the lights and a bag of brown mulch. My grass doesn’t look bad enough for me to worry about mowing so I’m not going to bother just yet.

I am still working on getting rid of the grass between my sidewalk slabs, so please ignore that. I did try to get some of the spaces on my front porch fixed up, I’m going to wait a bit to see if it looks better before I take photos. I did another two hours of sanding on my back porch. I like how the porch is looking so far. I did some filler on the other railing and sanded down the first set of filler.

I know, it doesn’t look like much but this was significant progress for 2 hours work. I’m hoping to finish sanding either this week or during my vacation next week.

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I did manage to get some crafting accomplished this week. About half of the threads are hidden on my quilt and I figured out how to easily thread the needle to hide the rest. I experimented with some inexpensive templates I purchased from Amazon. I tried to use a pen like knife to cut the card stock, but it didn’t work. Due to that I traced the inside template piece with a yellow marker to maximize the piece of paper, the yellow is very hard to see in a photo.

Once I had the traced them out I used scissors to cut out each shape. Later I am going to have to use the larger outer template to cut the fabric. I will be using a rotary cutter, being very careful to not cut myself.

I have been messing about with a few other things but I’m going to wait a little bit before revealing anything further at this time.

Until next time remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract.

End of Summer Reading

Yay! This past week was the last week of our summer reading program. We will be having a finale and prize drawing this upcoming Saturday. I’m teaching a needle tatting class to a guild that day so I will not be available. For the end of our summer reading program I ran my usual classes and two extra events. Due to this I’ve been really busy and not able to get a lot of crafting done.

I have been working on hiding the threads for my big quilt, I’m done tying the top and bottom threads together and just need to thread each one into a needle and slide that needle between the top and bottom quilt pieces and then snip any extra thread off. This will help the threads stay together better and not allow the quilting to unravel. I did wash the quilt and it has amazing crinkle. I’ll post photos next week when I’m ready to put it in my Etsy store.

I haven’t managed to make much progress on my second Tunisian crochet square but I’m having fun with it. I have managed to make progress on a couple of projects. I put some wood filler into the cracks I’ve found on my back porch railing.

I am certainly going to have to do more sanding and possibly more filling. I cannot wait to get this ready for the winter. Speaking of prep for the winter, I’m still working on my garage. I’m going to show you the shame of my garage window and the hole I need to fill in.


As stated in my earlier post about how to repair the window, get the right sized glass. It makes all the difference unless you are good at cutting glass…which I am obviously not good at.

My handyman left a bunch of stuff behind that I need to figure out what to do with. I’m more concerned about getting the hole covered so that I can store my garden stuff in there for the winter. I did spray the place with all natural cat repellent as well as a bug spray to make sure I can get in there without any real problems. I’m on vacation in two weeks so I plan on doing more work at my home then, while wearing some very durable gloves.

I also managed to finish a garment which is one of the few garments where you would ask your significant other ‘Does this make my butt look big enough?’ I am going to be playing the part of a mother from 1880s who is in mourning. I’m trying to put together a costume with minimal purchasing so I used an old pillowcase that I stuffed with fabric scraps and sewed in a semi circle. I then sewed a few lines to roughly keep the stuffing in place before adding in some twill tape to use as ties. This is not how you should make this garment if you want it to last and look really authentic. For a quick job this is an alright result. It will cover my entire backside and give my hips a little more padding. I’m going to try to put together my rough costume this upcoming week to see if it all works.

The final bit of news I have is that my local government is going to release a new grant this week for an opportunity to get home repairs completed. My last application contained a bunch of small things I would like to get done and my application was denied. This time I’m asking them why my last application was denied as well as asking for a list of contractors that will do repairs on my roof. I did see an article released about someone that obtained the initial 10k grant toward a roof replacement and their roof was actually leaking. I’m trying to get this repaired before it leaks, so here’s hoping.

That is it for this week. Until next time remember to Live Life A Little More Abstract

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Crafting Bug

*I managed to update the photos so they should all show up, sorry about that.*
I’m really not sure what got into me this past week, I finished so many projects and started some more. I’ll start with my quilt that I’ve been working on for a few weeks. I did finish all six types of blocks then I spent some time before work sashing the pieces and putting rows together…then once I was almost late to work (just one more row), I finished putting the top together.

This quilt is on a queen sized bed, so the entire quilt would fit on a queen sized bed without any overhang. I managed to get the quilt sandwich made, I pieced the back together and I love how that turned out. I’ve started to do the actual free motion quilting on the quilt, I’m considering the quilting something like ‘entropic chaos’. Okay, now that I’m looking at it through a camera lens it doesn’t look as bad as I thought, maybe once I wash it the quilt crinkle will hide things.

I can only do a bit of quilting at any time because of several circumstances, my hands cannot move against the natural movement of the quilt for very long and the top thread is giving me trouble by fraying often. Of course this is not enough for me. There is a new free tutorial on how to turn corners when you are sewing, those sort of internal corners that cause so many problems. This worked really well….okay so it would have worked well if I had ironed the pieces down and squared the two halves before connecting them. The new instructions were created as a masterclass be Plains and Pine, I highly recommend this! It is so simple how they have written it out!

As you can tell from my Lemoyne Star quilt I love all things spooky, so I’m playing with coffin shapes.

I also managed another kitchen towel and finger towel on my 16 shaft loom.

I did some weaving on my saori loom, two pieces have clasped weft and the rest is yardage I hope to eventually use to make a shirt.

So five projects in a week, that’s it right? No, not really. I also found a Tunisian crochet challenge, it’s supposed to be weekly but I finished the first in less than two days, it was the Tunisian Simple stitch. I had a minor problem with counting after the first row, I managed to correct it and I’m hoping to ease the extra into a seam when I put it together. I’ve started the second square which is the Tunisian Knit Stitch.

I cannot wait to see what this next week will bring me. I have 4 classes I’m teaching plus makerspace this week so I don’t know if I will have any energy for crafting, but if the rain holds off I should be able to sand my back porch some more. Until next time remember to live life A Little More Abstract!

Who Am I This Week?

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The DIY bug bit me hard this weekend, combined with realizing that the quilt I’m working on has 6 types of blocks not 5, means that there will not be any crafting content this week. I will be writing about home repairs and the products that I used/recommend to accomplish these tasks.

I did not manage to get any more paper made, I did manage to get some home renovations complete, however. When I first purchased this house the garage was a bit of a mess. Since this house was built in the early 1900s the garage was an afterthought. This means that without back-up cameras getting in and out of the garage would be a nightmare, and my old car did not have back up cameras. Even now that I have the cameras I’m still not planning on using the garage for car storage. All of this to tell you that the busted out pane of glass, hole in the back wall, and door that does not sit flush were the least of my concerns 2 years ago when I closed on the house. Now that I have several of the inside projects completed or handled in some way, I can turn to the garage…though I still need to find someone to patch my roof I’m going to hope it holds out for another year.

I managed to ‘fix’ the pane of glass…if you do not have experience cutting glass and have been working with fabric where you need to lean on the ruler to make sure it does not shift…don’t take this task on alone or get the pane professionally cut, or better yet just buy the right size of glass to begin with if you can find it!

To start with I obtained a piece of glass, that turned out too small, so the first step needs to be measure your window pane. If you can find the correct size glass, purchase it. If you cannot find the correct size then you need to either purchase one that is bigger and cut it down to size using a glass cutting set, this is the one I should have purchased

Glass Cutting Set

or special order the glass to be the correct size.

After you have the correct size glass you need Glazier’s points,

Glaziers points


I obtained the push kind because they were easy to install, and Window Glazing compound,

Window Glazing Compound

After that the install is easy.

Brush away any extra dust or debris, wipe the frame down if there is no glass in it, or pick out any glass remaining being careful to not get cut. Wearing cut proof gloves,

Cut Resistant Gloves

is probably a good idea for this step and any steps where you are playing with sharp edges.

Push the Glazing points into the window frame flush with the back where the glass pane will sit. The pointy bit goes into the frame and the sticky outy bits needs to be facing you to hold teh .

Next fit the frame of glass into place, making sure that the fit is snug.

Once you have the glass in place use the window glazing compound around the edges to seal the pane in place and prevent water from getting into the wood. I ran a line around then used a putty knife

Putty Knife

I prefer a metal edge, to smear the compound toward the outer edges helping it seal better. Within a day or two it should be dry…as long as you don’t do this in the rain…don’t do this in the rain!

My fix will work for a year or two, and then I’ll get a pane of properly sized glass and take out my mess. I might just see if I can install a new window altogether, but that seems a little to ambitious right now. It does not look pretty (at all) but it should keep the wind, and more importantly cats, out.

For my back wall I purchased some Shiplap

Shiplap

The link is to some primed shiplap which would have saved me some time since what I purchased needs finished. Once I have the Shiplap cut down to size I will need to seal it

Deck Sealer

with the same kind of sealer I purchased for my front deck and back steps. After that I will use my nail gun

Nail Gun

to nail the boards into place covering the hole. I am not sure what I did before I had a nail gun!

Of course in addition to all of this I decided that August is the perfect time to do all of the home improvement projects, so I will also be sanding off the spray paint I used on my steps last year. Well, I say I’m sanding it off but most if it has peeled off already but there is some stubborn spots. After talking with someone that works in a home improvement store I decided against a cordless variety and I purchased

Random Orbital Sander

to help me get the back steps as well as my front porch prepped to be finished. I hope to get the back steps done by the end of the week, and work on the front porch while I’m on vacation the first full week of September. That is about it for home improvement projects this past week, though I’ll post progress photos on my back steps if I make any progress, though they are calling for rain most of this week.

Until next time remember to Live Life A Little More Abstract!

Biting the Crafting Bullet

This past weekend was about biting the crafting bullet and doing those projects I have been dreaming of, in one case for years. I will start with the craft I have been procrastinating about for less time, only a few weeks.

Earlier this year I saw the Tula Pink Deja Vu Nightshade collection that was going to be released in July. More important to this tale, I saw the quilts that Tula Pink had created to go with the collection. Immediately my attention was caught by “The Still Room” and I started looking for how I could pre-order the pattern. In my months of searching it seemed that I could order the kit for $186 or wait until the collection launched and then purchase the pattern. I waited, impatiently, for the collection to launch. Imagine my surprise when not only did the collection launch but the pattern was FREE on https://freespiritfabrics.com/projects/?page=3. The link is directly to the page that contains the Tula Pink patterns but I recommend looking at all of the free patterns. That being said, I still procrastinated for a couple of weeks. Finally over the last week I looked through my fabric and started pulling types and colors that I thought might work. This past weekend I bit the crafting bullet and started cutting out one type of block at a time to sew together. Instead of following the cutting diagram and cutting out all of the pieces for all of the blocks I decided to start with the blocks that had large motifs that needed to be fussy cut. Before going any further I am going to disclaim, at this time I have not purchased any of the Tula Pink fabrics, this project was entirely out of stash. I do hope to purchase some of this collection for some of my English Paper Piecing to take advantage of the fussy cutting. That disclaimer aside I have finished these first 4 blocks and no two are the same size, and they certainly are not the size called for in the quilt diagram, but I will be able to add sashing and such to fix them up.

Honestly, I think getting these 4 blocks finished this past weekend is amazing, however that is not all that I did!

I had made up some paper pulp from shredded mail, the recycling this week is paper so I thought I would finally start shredding some. I learned several lessons, the first is to take out all of the plastic windows before shredding paper that you want to turn into pulp because the plastic will tangle around your stick blender and then you have to unplug it to get the plastic untangled. The second is that even if you let your pulp sit in water for 3 days (I’m hoping 4 is okay because I want to pull another couple of sheets tonight) it just gets better. I know that it will likely start to mold in another day or two but there were also instructions for drying the pulp so it can be used later. The method is much simpler than I thought, there are tons of tutorials on the web so I don’t think I will go over it again here. I did purchase the kit from Crafter.com as well as the video instructions included there. I’m looking for ways to make more sheets of paper than I currently have ‘couching’ sheets for, so keep an eye out for that. I do love how the shredded mail had some weird inclusions that added different colors to my finished paper.

That is all for this week so until next time remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract!

Weaving Adventures

So yesterday I taught my last planned scissor fob class, and it went very well. I had seven people take part and they all made beautiful scissor fobs. Someone did ask if I would be willing to teach another class for another organization that they belong to so if that goes through, that would be lovely. I organized and brought a lot of materials that I had created out of resin because we were going to be having a sort of garage sale event, however, no one was interested in my creations. They were mostly seconds that I had priced just for the cost of the resin and slight cost of the molds. However, since they did not, so at this point, I am probably going to either offer them through Facebook marketplace as seconds, or try to gift them to someone. Onto the very exciting parts of this post, the crafting.

so over the past couple of weeks, I have managed to get my loom, completely warped, and I have completed two towels, one of which was finished and washed. I am currently working on weaving the third towel and I love how the pattern is turning out. I’m not going to post a picture of the first towel because the warp was not accurate and there are a bunch of weird floats. I swear it took me almost halfway through the second towel to get the warps completely correct but I love how it looks now.

Yesterday I had a lovely phone call from a friend of mine that is on a very long drive back home, so we spent a wonderful six hours chatting. Since I am in capable of keeping my hands, still while talking on the phone, I managed to begin weaving, a beaded weaving project. That is something that I’ve been telling myself that I would do this entire week that I was on staycation, but it never wound up happening until yesterday. This was woven on my mirrix loom, and I spent another three hours this morning, working on it because I had another phone call from a different friend who was having trouble. It did take me about another hour or two to get a completely finished finish off the warp ends, glue everything down and put a back on it. So this less than 10 inch woven piece took me about 11 hours. That means that if I were to put this for sale just at my time at around minimum wage, I would have to sell this less than 10 inch piece for $165. That would not be taking into account the price of the loom, the thread, and the beads. I think that it’s beautiful but I don’t actually see somebody paying 165 for it.

Well, I have not just spent my entire staycation crafting. I did manage to get some things done around the house. I finally managed to get the thorn bush cut down from my side yard so I’m now working on figuring out how to get rid of the stumps so that it does not come back again. I am so excited by how much I managed to accomplish during my staycation and well I will not have another one until early September. I think that I am prepped and ready to get through August.

I hope that everyone has a great week and remember to Live Life A Little More Abstract.

We Are Warped

I now have my 16 shaft table loom warped up completely and I have been weaving on it this week. A couple of threads snapped and a couple are floating rather than separating so I have to figure out what is going on with them. After I finished weaving the first towel, I decided to take each shaft off of its rail and take off the extra heddles that I had on the end. This was going very well until I reached shaft 14 and then the shaft decided to snap on me, essentially the bottom came off before the top was out of the rail, and it snapped. I was able to glue it back together using gorilla glue, however, that happened just this morning so I will not be able to put it back on until tomorrow morning.

I know that the gorilla wood glue worked because after half an hour the shaft stayed together without the clamp on. I did manage to get all of the extra heddle off and shifted where the last shaft is going to be by adding the pieces onto the other heddle. Essentially now only the 16th shaft is missing the part that keeps the heddle rods in place. Do I regret doing all of this, while the loom is completely warped up, not really. Considering how much time and effort it takes to warp up the loom, loosening the warp from the back beam and allowing the heddles to shift in place seems to be the best way to do this. That being said, I have not found out where the sticky warps are nor whether anything is shifted or twisted, so wait and see if this actually works or not. Since I am having a Weaving Guild meeting on Saturday and they asked us to bring our own place setting, I’m going to wash the towel now that I’ve hemmed it and see how it works.

There is one more aspect to this saga and that is the paper that I used to wind the back warp. Since it was not exactly the same size as the back warp beam, it wound up crinkling and wrinkling. Those crinkles and wrinkles cause the warped be held at a different tension which completely messed up my front tension. I should’ve seen this coming however, I did not. I am still debating different ways to potentially resolve this issue. The back warp reel is actually quite wide, though it isn’t 36 inches wide which is what I think the paper is.

I believe taking off the extra heddles will give me room to figure out which of my warps are crossing or doing other things that cause me to not get a clean shed. I also believe that if I can find some way to wind the warp on with even tension I will solve my loose warp problem, though I do not look forward to unrolling the entire warp just to try to roll it back on the back beam with even tension. Perhaps unrolling the back beam and pulling it through the front reed and heddles will help me figure out my threading problems, then I can concentrate on the tension problems. I hope to get both of those problems solved this week, though again it will all have to wait until tomorrow morning when I can get the last shaft fixed.

As you can probably tell, this has been my all consuming project this past week. The quilt as you go project went well, not everyone finished since I had between 16-18 (I lost count) people wanting to do the project. As a result, even though Wednesday-Sunday I’m supposed to be off, I will be coming in to work for 2 hours to set up and help everyone finish their potholders. Each person will be making 1 and I have enough supplies for 12. I’m also teaching Scissor Fobs on Saturday, so I will really have Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday off. That is alright, I will use the ‘on days’ to run other errands and take care of other chores around the house.

I think that is it for this week, so until next time remember to Live Life a Little More Abstract!

Storage and Organization Ideas

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this post is designed to give you an idea of some of the storage units that I use in my crafting practice. These are not exactly what I’m using except where I state that they are, however, they are what I would use if I was setting up a brand new crafting studio .

Storage Desk

I am a very firm believer in making sure that I have exactly what I need to start crafting on hand at all times whenever possible. To make this as accessible as possible I love having a desk that has plenty of storage already built in within it. This storage desk is not very big as it is just over 3 feet wide, however, it does have a lot of storage on the shelves.

Clear Plastic Storage Bins

I am a visual organizer that means that if I cannot see something it might as well not exist. I understand that this is hard for some people for which visual clutter causes them a lot of stress. If visual clutter bothers you I recommend some closed baskets, however, if you were like me, I recommend having clear storage. I have been trying to cut out plastic in my life for ecological reasons however, there are circumstances where I have not found a better solution. So that I know where everything is and that I can keep it corralled I recommend using clear storage boxes, such as the ones above.

Daylight Ceiling Light

Good lighting is absolutely vital to good crafting. This light bulb can be screwed into any normal socket and it provides three fan type appendages that have daylight LED lights. I love how much light this adds to any area, since I have a lamp with bendable heads I can adjust this light to shine on what I need it to. I also find during the winter having a daylight limp keeps me from feeling quite as down.

Compression Bags

I have a lot of yarn. I just do, and storing yarn takes up a lot of space. I have recently started using compression bags because I can vacuum out the air and squish down the yarn that I am not going to be using immediately, but still have it safe from any insect or other problematic concerns. Honestly, I love the fact that I don’t have to worry about any kind of dust or anything else getting into my yarn, especially my wools. I cannot recommend this storage option for things like fiber storage. If you’re planning on spinning your fiber, this will probably compress it down too far and cause matting.

Plastic Bookshelf

Yes, these are very inexpensive plastic bookshelves. That being said, for my small bedroom, where I do some sewing, and I wanted to partition off a space to put a reading chair these have worked beautifully as partitions and storage. I have actually managed to put quite a few magazines and books on the shelves without worrying about them breaking. For complete honesty when you are beginning make sure that you have all of the pieces fastened properly be careful that you do not twist the rods too far as I did have a connection sheer off. Other than that minor issue I have had no problems with the shelves, and as long as they are tightened, decently they do not wobble. If you’re looking for an inexpensive storage or just some inexpensive shelves to partition off an area, I highly recommend these.

Reading Chair

This is the reading chair that I wanted to add to my craft room. Since it’s only around $150 I was a little concerned that it would not hold my 250 pound plus weight however it holds up beautifully. The legs and frame are metal and so they hold up the weight just fine. More importantly, the cushion is beautifully comfortable. I have to be very careful that I do not spend my entire day just relaxing in my beautiful reading chair.

Broom with Scraper

The unfortunate fact of life is that if you craft you’re going to need to clean up at some point. Actually, that probably does apply to people that do not craft as well, but I cannot speak to that. When I had a contractor in to do some work in the house, they brought this broom in and I fell in love. One of the things that always drove me insane was that the way that I was taught to sweep is that you sweep everything up and then you lift the broom over the garbage can and use your hand to brush every extra bit off which seems disgusting. With this kind of broom, the little plastic teeth managed to scrape off all of the extra nasty stuff, and you just have to lift up and empty the broom pan.

Seasonal Storage Bags

The final thing that I will recommend, is these seasonal storage bags. If you make quilts, crochet, or knit, afghans, crochet, or knit things, like hats and gloves, and scarves and mittens, then these are going to come in handy. These are great for seasonal storage or just storage of any completed blankets and quilts. They zip up and there is a window so you can see what you put in. I always make sure to put in a few cedar discs and some lavender pouches just to make sure that nothing is going to be tempted to come in and mess up my stuff. If you’re looking at some longer-term storage of things like well, afghans in Quilt, then these are a good solution as well. I am tempted to ship items like afghans and quilts right in these bags so that people have storage options when they receive it but I think my shop will have to takeoff a little bit more than it has presently for me to be able to afford that.

If anybody is interested, I could start a set of blog posts regarding what I would recommend for beginners, sewers, quilters, knitters, crocheters, or whatever else you’re going to get into even resin art, but until next time, I hope that everybody remembers to live life a little more abstract.

Severely Sidetracked

Crafting content will begin after the ******.

I went outside this morning to get my 30 minutes of cardiovascular exercise, also known as using my old fashion lawnmower to mow my lawn. I love my old fashion mower because it is not nearly as harsh on the grass as an electric mower, or a gas powered mower, it also is very environmentally safe, and the blades do not need sharpening. I had mowed my front lawn on Thursday because I had a little bit of time and I knew that since it was forward facing I wanted the front of my house that everybody could see to look nice. I had decided to leave the backyard that nobody except one neighbor can see alone until I had time on Sunday. Imagine my surprise, when my beautiful, plush lawn was scalped. I know that someone thinks they were helping me and giving me a hand, however, all I feel is devastated and violated. My lush green grass is now almost down to the dirt and it looks horrible. Somebody came into my yard without my permission and did what they thought was best without consulting me or talking to me or anything. I know that the short way of thinking of this is that somebody mowed my lawn for me, however, all I really feel is violated. If they think it’s OK to mow my lawn without permission what else do they think it’s OK to do without my permission on my property? I’ve been trying to slowly do some landscaping, last weekend I put out some new, stepping stones for my pots and other things.
because of this, I wound up going to my local hardware store to buy a blank sign. I put the sign out after I wrote down something to the effect of ‘Thank you for mowing my lawn. Please ask permission.’ I plan on keeping it up for a week. While I was there, They had bushes half price so I did get a bush for an area that I was planning on putting in the back and a nice lilac bush that I put in a pot out front. In total, I spent all of what I earned teaching yesterday on some of the yard work as opposed to saving it as I had planned to do. I also think that I might need to put out some cameras on the backyard so that I can keep track of what’s going on. I didn’t want to be that kind of paranoid person, however, I don’t want people thinking that they can do whatever they want on my property.

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due to circumstances beyond my control, I have not gotten around to creating the organization post that I intended to. Since it is mirrix, weave every day month I have managed to get some weaving done almost every day. The most exciting achievement that I’ve managed is that the reed on my 16 shaft loom is completely threaded, and I have almost half of the heddles threaded as well.

I did have to take a break in the middle of my project to create my own lease stick so that I could attach it to the back roller of my loom. For the life of me, I do not know what happened to the original, however, with some para cord, an impact driver, and some ingenuity, I did manage to get the lease sticks for the front and back of the loom finished. I have been having some trouble with the lease stick on my rigid heddle loom as well so I am not sure if I’m going to just use para cord to attach it to the front and back beams or if I am going to use the slightly thicker wood that I purchased to create my own lease sticks.

I did manage to get all of the pieces cut out that I need for the quilt as you go potholder class I am on Thursday, that did take quite a bit of time and playing around with the machines to make sure that they were going to work. I also had to remind myself that fold over binding is just fine because I am not going to try to teach 13 people on the fly how to do regular binding. I am not that much of a masochist.

I know that this is not the post that I promised you, I do hope to get to that before the 11th. I hope that everyone has a wonderful week and remember to live life a little more abstract.