Weekend Redux

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there, I hope your day was wonderful. I was busy this weekend with a lot of activity none of which was at the loom, but I did get some sewing projects finished. Another tissue box cover this was a gift for my cousin, for Mother's day, she loved it, couldn't stop raving about it and how proud she was of my creativity. My SIL got the last of the brown warped covers and was equally impressed. Thank God, I thought they were going to be like WTH is this crap, but I was pleasantly surprised, I guess they're coming around to the fact that handmade gifts are gifts of time and love rather than what they cost and name brand.
My DD got me Card Weaving by Candace Crockett from my wish list, that was really exciting, something new to learn and have fun with. The boys also got something from my wish list but it was delayed in delivery so I'll have a surprise this week. I finished this new bag from recycled jeans and some extra woven fabric that was stashed away, I used it Saturday and the weaving started to give out at one of the sewn edges, I have to repair it or decided to use some other woven fabric, still planning what I'm going to do with it.






Did some more knitting on my June Marinella Shawl .
In which I just found out the instructions are written incorrectly the lace portion says SSK which is slip1 slip1 knit tog, well the designer meant s1 k1 psso, arrrrghhhh, well regardless it's staying the way it is, I'm on my 5 repeat and it's 15" long I don't want to rip it out since I actually wanted any easy summer knit.




And finally the big TADA!

I've lost 15 pounds and am really excited I broke through the 10# barrier.

Away too much stuff to talk about.

I have a ton of stuff swimming around in my head and my hands have been really busy. I won't yet discuss the loom because I need to play with it first, but you should know it's clean and ready to go, I just have to figure out how to dress it, so many little heddles.. I've been spoiled by my RH and inkle, the simpler looms only one hole and one slot to worry about.







I've has some time this weekend to play with my sewing. Mr. Deepend had inventory and worked late Friday and most of Saturday, which left me to my own devices, a very scary prospect, according to him, but I really love having devoted time to my projects.
These little buggers have been on my mind since last year when we went away in May to a B&B in Lake Wales. They were sitting in the bathroom and for sale at the gift shop. I didn't want to purchase one already made in China of course so I took mental notes and a few photos. I'd woven this fabric with not too much in mind but after it was finish, I had an inkling I would make the tissue holders. I started with my fabric ironed on some fusible webbing (thanks to my mom's magic closet) and started to sew. The first one was my tester and the second the real product. One side of the envelope is closed so the box can't side out the other is held together with Velcro, I used the small stick round ones and added some fabric glue to the backs to reinforce them.



I made tassels and macrame the the end strings with a bead. Then sewed them one to the opening.

This is the finished product and I really love the way they turned out. My daughter's already claimed she's going to put them on Etsy because they are worthy of that site, I don't know they were some work, especially since I'm not a seam tress much to my poor mom's chagrin, her only daughter and can't really sew past the easy bits. But hey, I got me some other talents, LOL. If you can't have everything, you make due with the gifts you do have. Final decorator shot on my nightstand.