Thursday, April 14, 2016

March craftiness

We're halfway through April now, but it's not too late for a crafty update for March, right?

I slacked a bit on the knit poncho, not keeping up with knitting a full repeat a day as I'd started out doing in February. I've made some progress, but it's not nearly as close to being completed as I'd expected.

Lace Cotton Ponchette, pattern by windloop

Remember the fiber I found at the thrift store? It's now yarn!

638 yds, 249 grams
I love how this turned out! I used about 4 ounces of undyed BFL from my stash as the second ply to stretch the yardage. I love spinning big skeins so I have more options when I decide to make the handspun into something. I've actually finished a project with this skein already, but more on that later.

I also did a bit of sewing last month. Since I've cracked the code to finding the best secondhand deals, I've been picking up some items to disassemble and make into new items. Such fun! I've found some nice cotton men's shirts and had a few ideas floating around in my head I wanted to try out:

A thrifted cotton shirt & wool skirt and a yard of organic cotton from my fabric stash became a nice tote bag and drawstring project bag. =)

A wool suit jacket, cotton shirt, polyester tie & snaps were all thrift store finds and became a nice little project bag! Plenty of extras leftover for more projects too. 
The boys all hung out with me in the craft room while I sewed. I think they're enjoying their new bed. Notice, Phoebe is absent. lol She chose to sleep in the small bed on the antique sewing machine alone rather than pile in with everyone else.


It's not just eco-friendly to shop secondhand, it's a whole lot of fun too! =)

2 comments:

  1. How neat! Where did you find the pattern for the drawstring bag?

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    1. Hi, Kristi! Check out Craftsy. They offer a free bag making class that includes a basic drawstring bag. It doesn't have the boxed corners to make a flat bottom bag, but that's how I started out. :-) Then you can resize to suit your needs (or fabric available). My one small change is leaving the opening to turn the bag on the lining bottom or side since this is less visible than along the top edge. There are tons of tutorials on YouTube as well.

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