SHEs Organized

Harriet, aren't you glad that craft is behind you now? I'm glad you had enough.

So I finally talked to DD about this. She was very nice about it though a bit not understanding the difficulty. Told me not to stress about it. I gave her the whole saga and my time line of trying to do it. I had a pretty good solution, to cover the seats and staple up underneath which would encase the material that is shredding for no good reason... and then put something removable and pretty on the foam cushions with a tie. Make the seat covering material the same black and with the cushion on top it wouldn't even be noticed.

Her solution: go to the store and buy an existing slipcover and see if it can be modified and use for a pattern. I tried to tell her I didn't think I could even sew this. It's hard when someone has their heart set on something. I don't think she liked my last idea. That's sure what I would do if I was set on saving the chairs.

By the way, if anybody is interested in this point of this long boring monologue...look up Z-chair. That's what they are. Mid-Century Modern. We found them online, DH trying to help figure out how to put a whole new upholstery on them. Noooooooo that would be an even worse project!

I have half of the 2nd dish cloth made up. Yea for progress.

I have the 2nd puppet this week nearly done.
Loom is warped and header is on it.
I will weave with the actual weft later, I am just fine with it being warped up. Yea me!

Blue project is woven yea!

Got one more color for the next prayer shawl. They were out of the other color I was going to get. I have a crochet one going and a knit one also. Started that project today. Dgd will be here for crafting after school.dropped off donations for the thrift shop workers that I decided not to mail today. 1 puppet, & some dish clothes. Getting closer to the end of this batch of puppets.

Next weaving will be red and white.

I am on hat #11 for the library's hat & mitten tree. My goal is to take 12 hats when I go back to work on Thursday. I initially was only going to do 3 adult size because that's how many I could make with the gray yarn I bought, but then someone gave me a bag of yarn (pink and green) so I switched to a smaller looms and kept knitting. Baby and kid sizes don't take nearly as much time as the adult ones.

For the 3 hats XL size for men I just used a basic knit stitch to keep them simple and quick. I did 3 pink XS for babies, also simple and quick. The rest are using the loom size for children, and I've been trying different patterns that I've watched on youtube.

I've learned a lot from a channel called Loomahat. She gives very clear instructions, shows everything up close, and has a nice soothing voice.

I do need to finish the final steps on most of the hats. I waited to see if I would have time to make pompoms. I've decided they look ok without pompoms, so now I can go back and weave in loose yarn ends and such.

I am doing great with crafts some more mending today. Got my pants hemmed.

I discovered that I already have 12 knitted hats in my project bag, and I did the final steps on all of them so they are ready to deliver.

I still have some of the donated yarn, and another pattern that I want to try. I think I can make at least 1 more hat before Thursday.

I got my project done and it's all packed up to go. I made a chair cover (6 of them) that fitted over the back like a pillow case and across the seat and I sewed another piece to that to make it go over the front a few inches. I took darts at the front corner to make them semi-fitted.

Then I took the 2" foam and made slipcovers for those and I sewed a ribbon across the back to be tied around the back of the chair. I didn't use the expensive material (dry-clean only ) she picked, but I got the closest in nice cotton for the cover and a lighter coordinating material for the cushions which will go on top.

Have no idea if this will be acceptable or not. But it is done the best I could do. I'll never get that time back and it was difficult getting everything done while doing this.

My sewing machine is clacking a bit so when I get time I need to clean and oil it and see if that helps. It's a 50-year-old kenmore with the disks for different stitches I can put into the top. It's certainly got a lot of use in its day!

Harriet, I would really like to see that blueprint of the 1st sewing machine!