al dente crafting

Finished up bobbin #2 and started bobbin #3. Making good progress!

Making my second pair, actually more nervous this time as I'm using fabric I bought on purpose and didn't have lying around. Actually prepared for how much of sewing is cutting, folding, pinning and pressing, and how little is actual sewing, though.

Five hours of sewing later, these are my Grateful Dead dungarees.

"Gettin' a Hand on the Future", i guess? machine pieced the diamonds and machine applique'd the hand, but the flower itself is done by hand. also hand quilted! the brown diamonds were naturally dyed using cutch and madder, and there are a few other naturally dyed fabrics in the rest of the patchwork. the backing (not photographed) was dyed with goldenrod!

from 4oz of some fiber i bought at my lys. she told me what it was and i forgot. two 2oz bags, each a different color, that i alternated while spinning. plying this and seeing which parts ended up solid and which parts didn't was very fun.

I will definitely be doing more types of designs in this "no sew" type of style!

couple photos to document the bobbin of plied fractal, end was just solid purple so glad i captured this

Leaving for a summer trip tomorrow so I probably won't attempt the backing and binding till I get back.

before and after photos taken today, to show progress both from yesterday (day seven) and today (day eight). not a ton done either day, but since both days involved enthusiastic questions and occasional "help" from my two favorite six year olds in two different states, I'm still counting it as a win 💚

Next up in my „let‘s empty my woolee winder bobbins“ journey: I started some hand carded merino/angora bunny but wasn‘t happy with the thickness I‘d chosen, so I decided to ply it with a spool of Rico „Crazy Paillettes“ that I got back in 2024 at Munich Knits and didn‘t really know what to do with. It looks super cute!!

Spun 50g of corriedale from SheepShedByDonna for day 3 of TdF and then wound it onto an extra bobbin w a drill, i still have 200g left so I’ll be working on it for the next couple of days. This is my first time spinning long draw and I really like it so far

somewhat coordinating panel for the front of another pillowcase, using fabrics i had slightly larger pieces of, plus a couple pairs of pajama pants i made for j. out of a striped handloom fabric around five years ago that were finally too worn out around the seams to justify repairing again.

The danger zone is when they lead out of textile and fibre arts, into agriculture and woodworking and smithing and beyond.

Look at her!!

Yes, I had to wash the quilt because it was 90% chalk and because it was not anywhere near clean (my sewing area is nowhere near my room and I had to run back in the rain)