There's something new on the blocking mat! It's a thread crochet table runner that I started back in April, so it's been a while in coming-- though to be fair, I haven't worked on it non-stop since then. (It's only felt that way, sometimes!)
My blocking job's not perfect, but it'll do.
It's a pretty design, and I'm happy with my results, but I wouldn't want to make it again. All that back and forth of crocheting rows (rather than rounds, which I prefer)! The separate strips that require multiple "pep talks" to get started and finished! The joining of the different elements! The edging!
This was definitely a "product project" rather than a "process project"-- meaning that I kept crocheting more because I wanted the finished product than because I particularly enjoyed the process of crocheting it.
Once it's dry, I'll try to get some good photos without the blocking mat and all the pins, but even these snapshots give a decent idea of how it turned out.
The next thread crochet project is already on the hook! The pattern is named "Marion"-- one of Grace Fearon's oval doilies. It looks so elaborate, with lots of texture. Though I'm looking forward to trying more of the variegated Alize Miss Batik, I decided to keep the thread simple for this doily, to put all the focus on the texture. I've just started, but the pattern's fun so far.
I wanted some relaxing, carefree piecing, recently, so I took out my box of crumbs and some scrappy strings, as well as the partially-completed crumb blocks I was working on when I put it away, last time.
There's something very soothing and therapeutic about sewing small scraps of fabric together any-which-way. It's similar to the feeling you get when you're "in the groove" on a mindless crochet or knitting project-- like scrappy granny squares, for instance.
No rules. No fuss. No mistakes. Just little pieces of fabric and the sewing machine. Maybe some music or a cozy TV program playing in the background.
Crumbs join with other crumbs and strips to become... morsels?... and eventually full-sized blocks.
I'm not sure how big a crumb(ish) quilt I'll be making, but I know there's a long way to go before it will be a finished quilt top. That's good; I think I like the piecing best, anyway.
The crumbs ought to hop back into storage, soon, because the pumpkin window dressings are very close to being turned into quilt sandwiches-- which may be precisely why I'm procrastinating with crumbs in the first place...
My blocking job's not perfect, but it'll do.
It's a pretty design, and I'm happy with my results, but I wouldn't want to make it again. All that back and forth of crocheting rows (rather than rounds, which I prefer)! The separate strips that require multiple "pep talks" to get started and finished! The joining of the different elements! The edging!
This was definitely a "product project" rather than a "process project"-- meaning that I kept crocheting more because I wanted the finished product than because I particularly enjoyed the process of crocheting it.
Once it's dry, I'll try to get some good photos without the blocking mat and all the pins, but even these snapshots give a decent idea of how it turned out.
The next thread crochet project is already on the hook! The pattern is named "Marion"-- one of Grace Fearon's oval doilies. It looks so elaborate, with lots of texture. Though I'm looking forward to trying more of the variegated Alize Miss Batik, I decided to keep the thread simple for this doily, to put all the focus on the texture. I've just started, but the pattern's fun so far.
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I wanted some relaxing, carefree piecing, recently, so I took out my box of crumbs and some scrappy strings, as well as the partially-completed crumb blocks I was working on when I put it away, last time.
There's something very soothing and therapeutic about sewing small scraps of fabric together any-which-way. It's similar to the feeling you get when you're "in the groove" on a mindless crochet or knitting project-- like scrappy granny squares, for instance.
No rules. No fuss. No mistakes. Just little pieces of fabric and the sewing machine. Maybe some music or a cozy TV program playing in the background.
Crumbs join with other crumbs and strips to become... morsels?... and eventually full-sized blocks.
I'm not sure how big a crumb(ish) quilt I'll be making, but I know there's a long way to go before it will be a finished quilt top. That's good; I think I like the piecing best, anyway.
The crumbs ought to hop back into storage, soon, because the pumpkin window dressings are very close to being turned into quilt sandwiches-- which may be precisely why I'm procrastinating with crumbs in the first place...