Holidays are coming and I'm itching to sew. But I have to pack up the fabrics as soon as I finish the books. In a few months I can be creative again. In the meantime, I discovered a handwork project that calms the itch. A guerrilla knit/crochet group called YarnBombing Los Angeles is planning to cover a building in granny squares in turquoise, white, orange and lime green. So I'm making five inch squares in the evenings, using up some cheap yarn. It's sufficiently mindless, satisfying, and the final goal is certainly whimsical. You can find out more here: http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-lh-yarn-bombing-museum-granny-square-20121106-002,0,4682723.story
I give up. I've consulted libraries, colleagues, weblogs. Nobody wants 50 year old paperbacks about American history. So into the recycling bin they go, box by box. Here is where I need one of those waste chutes they use on large construction projects--I could just toss them down the chute into a dumpster. But lacking that, I am developing strong thighs marching up and down the stairs with boxes of paperbacks. I'm saving the hardbacks and any books that I really want to read,but it's time to be ruthless or I'll never get done. [Is there such a thing as "ruthful"? Where do you keep your ruth, anyway?] Holidays are coming and I'm itching to sew. But I have to pack up the fabrics as soon as I finish the books. In a few months I can be creative again. In the meantime, I discovered a handwork project that calms the itch. A guerrilla knit/crochet group called YarnBombing Los Angeles is planning to cover a building in granny squares in turquoise, white, orange and lime green. So I'm making five inch squares in the evenings, using up some cheap yarn. It's sufficiently mindless, satisfying, and the final goal is certainly whimsical. You can find out more here: http://www.latimes.com/features/home/la-lh-yarn-bombing-museum-granny-square-20121106-002,0,4682723.story Work on the new house continues. The floor tile is in, the shower is demolished and rebuilding begins next week. I transported many gallons of paint last week (Sherwin Williams was having a great sale.) I'm sleeping there a couple of nights a week and learning my way around the area. Each time I go, I find places in the house where I can put up bookshelves!
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AuthorBobbe Shapiro Nolan, Fiber Artist in Eagle Lake, TX. Trying to learn to call the sewing room my studio, and myself an artist. I retired after 15 years in hospice nursing--so now I have the time!. Archives
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