FNSI and crossing things off my list.

 This is what I've have been up to the last few days. A stash-buster rug for my Vinnies collection and a personalised cushion for my sisters birthday to match the quilt I made her for Christmas. And of course with the left over pieces I managed to put together a little bag for her to use.

I also finished the skirt I cut the other day.


So my list for Friday Night Sew In includes the remaining things on the list  from my last post as well as working on my hexi quilt.

I apologise for the briefness and the lateness of this post but my internet is having issues and randomly disconnecting itself.

Will post pics on Sunday.

my crafty to-to list for this week

while I am aware it is already wednesday, I've had this list going in my head for a few days.

- Cushion cover for my sister's birthday to match her christmas quilt - to be done for sunday
- Destash lap rug for vinnies. I'm knitting a lap rug with size 20 needles which requires a lot of wool.
- altering some skirts
- work out how to sew with elastic on my machine so i know how to ruffle once and for all!!
- finish sewing/wrapping for my welcome mat

these are the plans, i would like to have them all done by the end of the week. i dont know how much will get done today though, i have a friend coming over who needs my help with his guitar playing. should be..interesting

Woot I can actually blog again!!!!!!

So blogger was being temperamental last week and wouldnt let me actually put text in my last post. sad.

I dont know what you got from the picture but its going to be a braided welcome mat. I need one for my house given its been raining a bit lately and I've been wanting to try that technique for a while. Will upload a pic and details when its finished.

other than that little project, ive been working on crochet squares for a blanket.and trying to plan my next project for when i sit back down at my sewing machine. it has its own spot set up but i havent really used it in a couple of months. only for some altering of clothes. maybe I'll pull out the denim patches i have set aside and finally put them together.

Ho hum. curse uni for taking all my time and energy. only a couple more weeks then I will be on break for several weeks and able to craft to my hearts content.

Can you guess what I'm making? -probably not because blogger is playing up

I'm still here, just having a moment

I've been checking my blog reel everyday and keep ignoring the fact that my last post was a week ago. I haven't done much in the way of crafting lately. I've been doing jigsaw puzzles instead. I only just picked my hexis back up again, they've been spread out on my floor for the last 2 weeks while I was sewing portions together but my motivation disappeared.

I've been having a moment....you know the one I mean. Doubting why it is I bother with all this crafty stuff anyway. It seems to be a dying art, few people are actually interested anymore and I never tire of the strange and surprised looks I get from people when I tell them what I do in my spare time. And if I hear 'you're so young, I don't think I've ever seen someone your age into that kind of thing' one more time I'm just gonna lose it.

Yes I craft. I sew, knit, crochet, bead, embroider, cross stitch and even draw, paint and collage when inspiration strikes. Yes I even make my own clothes and YES I'm not yet 24.

I do these things because I enjoy them. I like using my hands to fashion something different from something seemingly small and ordinary. I like to cook for the same reason.

If I'm so firm about what I do and why, why am I feeling down about it all, thinking it's a waste of my time and like I don't fit in?

The finished Beanie - for Robyn

shocker of a photo but from a different angle it makes me look like I belong in something by Anne Geddes. cute and fuzzy finished though.

hexagons

I figured since everyone else has finally gotten on the bandwagon, I should upload a pic of where I'm at with my hexi quilt. The top right and bottom left of the picture are actually to scale - the other corners arent spaced properly yet. I have spent the last couple of days working on the edging of the centre - the white hexis. Todays plan is to work on Kimba's framed hexi so I can return to my hexis and see how much I can get finished while uni break is on.