More Christmas Stuff!

In a previous post I showed you all my dulcimer The Bald Man got me... well, here's the dulcimer I and my ex-husband bought Brian.
Its made of cherry wood from the family farm... isn't it so beautiful! Now Brian can actually play the dulcimer! So maybe he'll help me out with mine... (I can play London Bridge so far!! lol!)

Here's the polo shirt I made Bald Man! Made from another wonderful Kwik sew pattern! From blue and black knit... and a cross embroidered

on the sleeve... just alittle personal touch I love to add!
I love the way this turned out!

Here's just a few of the things Mom and Britney got me.... Mom made me the green chenille scarf, she knit me the purple multi color scarf and the cute grey fingerless gloves! She wove the burgundy and navy table runner on her loom! Its lovely!

The cute pink draw string bag was made by my niece Brit.

Here's a Fabric to Go present!! From Mom... how cute is this! Each cup had different fabric and some cups had embroidery thread!

Here's a present to My Bald Man... made by Mom.... A Bald Santa!

Here's Mom in the Scottie dog wool blend cape I made her... I trimmed it with serger crochet...

and yes, I wanted to keep it for myself!

Here's my Dad in the Titan jacket I made him! I'm so glad it fit!

This was a great Christmas.... we are truly blessed by God!

So many wonderful presents! I loved everything I got!

Also..... The Bald Man got me a new machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More on that... and the fabric I made/embellished for my New Years jacket tomorrow.

Marathon cooking Monday!

I am very much in to healthy whole food eating. But if I don't plan some meals.. Especially lunches I grab easy things like nuts or a green juice.. not enough to keep this body going! something I started a few weeks ago on Monday was what I call marathon cooking. I make up a couple of high protein desserts and snacks , a couple of easy things for a few lunches and dinner with enough leftovers for the next days dinner or more lunches. A couple hours in the kitchen and solid healthy food for days! While things are in baking/cooking mode I use that down time to organize patterns , work a simple project or promote/check social media. Don't let ok at it as, yuck 2 hours of cooking .. I look at it as 2 productive hours of multitasking. Today's marathon cooking consisted of,, simple egg salad that we like put on a low carb wrap with spinach. Huge Baked sweet potatoes which I'll cut in half and eat for lunch or a snack with butter and goat cheese mashed up! Super yum! A huge ...

Work in Progress Wednesday: Natural Dyeing, organization and new fleece!

Ok! Well I had so much fun posting yesterday's theme post I decided to do one today too! Organization is a big deal for me. I live in a small house but I have big crafty area needs! I need areas to dye , to store fiber, yarn , to blend fibers and card, to spin, to occasionally sew, to make and store soaps .. and on and on! Dyeing is done now on my back porch and green house. I have a stove, stainless steel work table , shelving and screens. Picking and drying fleece also takes place there. Solar dyeing saves time and energy too! Only certain plants will successfully dye this way though. This works well! Gets the dyeing components out of my house kitchen! And gives me a large area to spread out and do several things at once. Organizing work in progress projects has been a challenge until now! No fiber person I know only has one project going at a time. It can get messy and confusing! I try to limit myself to 4 crochet ( or knitting) projects at once. I come up with this...

Knocking it off dress

I feel in love with this Chanel look last spring.... so instead of making a Chanel jacket I decided to put that time toward knocking this off the best I could.... I am pleased with my results! Fabric from Miami's Rex Fabrics for the top..... and ofcourse fabric for the jacket and skirt... I found a close to perfect match at walmart! Of all places! Add so hip chain belts and here is my knock off! I made the skirt longer than the original.... and no collar on the little jacket... lower neckline on the top... and a bit longer on it too.... I have several other Chanel outfits I want to knock off too... soon as I can find similar fabrics for them! I had fun with this outfit and fun wearing it! Next V8489.... I bought this fabric on a trip to Panama City, Panama. This was an easy pattern and I will use it again in the future. I added a personal touch to the dress but it didn't photograph at all... asymmetrical from shoulder across the waist and to bottom I hand beaded swarvoski crys...

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