Monday, July 21, 2008

Three Mini Baskets Ready To Be Given To Their New "Best Of Class" Owners Soon


A few days ago I mentioned that I was making a few on these mini baskets to be given as a little extra gift for Best In Class winners in our County Fair's Textile Division, run by the inimitable Susan Rosenberg, Superintendent. I tried some new techniques with these. One of them, the green and yellow one, was stabilized by using a bit of my favorite GAC 400 textile stiffener. I love the way this stuff works and I also love the way I can adjust the amount of stiffness by adding water if I want. I boiled the purple,pink and yellow basket in some mild detergent so see what would happen if I shrank the fabric a bit more. The result was good. Stiffer than doing nothing, but not as stiff as using the GAC 400. It's easy to bead these baskets no matter what finish I use and it's always good to have options.

I also spent part of the weekend beading on my knitting bag that I have made from (for the most part) the three fleece that I got from the Fair last year. One side is completed! I still need to make a braided handle, but I want to see how the completed beading looks before I figure the braid design out.

I played a bit with paints and patterns from my Journaling class this weekend too. Still working out a few things on the pages. Amazing how much more emphasis I now place on having a good background. I did a little binding on a large traditional quilt quilt and it is almost finished.I am trying to pace myself a bit & remind myself that I still next a bit more rest than usual. The Prednisone is doing it's wonderful job (along with the antibiotics) and I am feeling just about right now. I stayed up until about midnight 30 last night though so I think I will be ready to go read my biography "Privilege and Scandal: The Remarkable Life of Harriet Spencer, Sister of Georgiana" by Janet Gleeson pretty soon. I am finding is an easier, more interesting read than Amanda Foreman's "Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire" was. So much of that period of European history that I know so little about. Must have been a very enigmatic time.

9 comments:

Terri Stegmiller said...

Love those baskets!

Vicki W said...

The baskets are so cute! What a cool prize.

mouse (aka kimy) said...

these are so sweet!!

you are such a wonderful, talented and GENEROUS spirit! those best of class winners are going to be beaming brightly !

the book and period sound intriguing. must check it out.

glad to hear you are feeling better - folks do claim prednisone is a miracle when needed!

namaste.

La Tea Dah said...

Your little baskets are ADORABLE!

Exuberantcolor/Wanda S Hanson said...

the little baskets are so cute!

jenclair said...

They are all lovely!

Doreen K. said...

Those are so cute. I can't imagine sewing on something so small. The winners should be very happy to receive one of these.

Shannon said...

Gorgeous! I'm totally jealous.

FARBTUPFER said...

So beautiful, these baskets!

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