Time is up! Gone...I have none left...well maybe I can squeeze a few more hours out of tomorrow before set-up...I have been fairly productive though these past few days which is making me excited to get set up and see what people think of my newest creations. Saturday will tell as they say.
And so it is now very late on Thursday (actually it is almost two hours into Friday) and in the past two days I have finished four new scarves! Yippee!!! Long hours though so my blog is suffering for it. Anyway these scarves are all in a fashion I call a Triple Wrap Around. They were very big sellers this summer at the Market. I start with an double dyed, iridescent silk scarf and add merino. When it is finished I cut it up so that it is very long and wraps around and around... Very fun, light and flirty. Sorry to say that none of the double dyed, iridescence shows in my quick pics...a little of the sparkle I add in with the merino shows...for the rest it's left to your imagination.
Enjoy!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Power Of Suggestion
Ever have something happen to you just by the power of suggestion? You know...you get a fortune cookie and it says something and then a day or so later sure enough that's what happens?! What I always wonder is did it happen because it was going to happen anyway or did it happen because I was thinking about it a few days earlier??? People out there that believe in the power of suggestion would say it only happened because my conscious and then unconscious brain activity was attracting "it"...and a big part of me believes that...especially after what happened to me today!
At Thanksgiving dinner someone mentioned self-cleaning ovens. That led to a discussion about their merits and whatnot. Two people in on the discussion LOVED the feature...but the third person had incurred a $250 bill and still didn't have a clean oven after she had tried to use the feature on her oven and it malfunctioned. So despite the fact that I needed to clean the oven, I hadn't quite decided to flip the switch on it, so to speak.
Sure enough today my husband leaned against the stove long enough to turn on the self-cleaning feature (which neither of us noticed). About 20 minutes later I noticed the smell! But by now the oven was LOCKED! We are renting and I have not used this feature on this oven or any oven - ever!...I neede to find the manual and see what it said. I was still thinking about it but the discussionfrom Thanksgiving had me wary ...well too late!...it was out of my hands!...nothing to do but wait and see...
That's how my felting project went too...I had created some beautiful 'nature' felt and was set to assemble my next felpture (a felted sculpture). It seems that my subliminal thoughts were guiding my project for today...things seemed out of my control. I could picture it in my mind, but I wasn't getting there. It took many trials and lots of error, but by mid-afternoon (while the oven, I hoped, was baking away all my lovely spills) I had lighting that would hopefully work...a sculpted framework...and my felt cut into the correct sized pieces. If I just pictured it harder in my head would it "just happen"?
Somewhere my brain must have skipped some steps...I could see in my mind what it would look like finished but failed to quickly attract the solutions for getting there...though now...at 1 AM it is finally!!!...and so is the oven! No blow-ups and no need for a repair man. Had to open some windows for a bit to air the place out...and dinner was take out!
Here are some quick snaps of my felpture...
This little beauty is headed to the Christmas Farmers' Market this Saturday. Hope to see many of you there cuase everything is way more spectacular in person!
Janet
At Thanksgiving dinner someone mentioned self-cleaning ovens. That led to a discussion about their merits and whatnot. Two people in on the discussion LOVED the feature...but the third person had incurred a $250 bill and still didn't have a clean oven after she had tried to use the feature on her oven and it malfunctioned. So despite the fact that I needed to clean the oven, I hadn't quite decided to flip the switch on it, so to speak.
Sure enough today my husband leaned against the stove long enough to turn on the self-cleaning feature (which neither of us noticed). About 20 minutes later I noticed the smell! But by now the oven was LOCKED! We are renting and I have not used this feature on this oven or any oven - ever!...I neede to find the manual and see what it said. I was still thinking about it but the discussionfrom Thanksgiving had me wary ...well too late!...it was out of my hands!...nothing to do but wait and see...
That's how my felting project went too...I had created some beautiful 'nature' felt and was set to assemble my next felpture (a felted sculpture). It seems that my subliminal thoughts were guiding my project for today...things seemed out of my control. I could picture it in my mind, but I wasn't getting there. It took many trials and lots of error, but by mid-afternoon (while the oven, I hoped, was baking away all my lovely spills) I had lighting that would hopefully work...a sculpted framework...and my felt cut into the correct sized pieces. If I just pictured it harder in my head would it "just happen"?
Somewhere my brain must have skipped some steps...I could see in my mind what it would look like finished but failed to quickly attract the solutions for getting there...though now...at 1 AM it is finally!!!...and so is the oven! No blow-ups and no need for a repair man. Had to open some windows for a bit to air the place out...and dinner was take out!
Here are some quick snaps of my felpture...
This little beauty is headed to the Christmas Farmers' Market this Saturday. Hope to see many of you there cuase everything is way more spectacular in person!
Janet
Monday, November 28, 2011
Runners
Well it is after 1 AM which makes it Monday. This is it...4 days left to finish things before set-up day on Friday and the Christmas Farmers' Market on Saturday. I am NOT ready. I have completed some things since I last posted about this upcoming show. Not as much as I wanted, but more than I had before!
4 silk pillows
2 party wraps
3 table runners
3 sets of wrist cuffs
Next up I want to work on Felptures. If I have time after that (not sure how that could possibly occur except if I were to work through the night and all day!) I sort of promised to get some wrap around scarves done for a couple of interested people. Whew! Glad I am not having to do any Christmas shopping this week!
For tonight I have the wet, but finished table runners for you to see. I am including before and after pictures. I found that the holes I had cut in my white prefelt to make my snowflakes closed up more that I liked...guess I should make gigantic holes...but then they tended to fall apart. The holly leaves and berries turned out well except for a few that didn't want to attach for some reason. Finally got them on there well enough that I could stop rolling. The leaves and acorns turned out really, really well! My favorite by far. I did have trouble on this one too...the acorn tops didn't want to attach as well as other parts so it took some tender loving care with just them to get them on there. They will look different after they dry...
Enjoy! I am off to bed for some much needed sleep :)
Janet
4 silk pillows
2 party wraps
3 table runners
3 sets of wrist cuffs
Next up I want to work on Felptures. If I have time after that (not sure how that could possibly occur except if I were to work through the night and all day!) I sort of promised to get some wrap around scarves done for a couple of interested people. Whew! Glad I am not having to do any Christmas shopping this week!
For tonight I have the wet, but finished table runners for you to see. I am including before and after pictures. I found that the holes I had cut in my white prefelt to make my snowflakes closed up more that I liked...guess I should make gigantic holes...but then they tended to fall apart. The holly leaves and berries turned out well except for a few that didn't want to attach for some reason. Finally got them on there well enough that I could stop rolling. The leaves and acorns turned out really, really well! My favorite by far. I did have trouble on this one too...the acorn tops didn't want to attach as well as other parts so it took some tender loving care with just them to get them on there. They will look different after they dry...
Enjoy! I am off to bed for some much needed sleep :)
Janet
Sunday, November 27, 2011
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