A little re-organizing...

So, I have decided to split up my crafting and historical sewing into two different blogs. This one will become crafting-only and historical sewing is moving over to livejournal (under cotton_muslin).

just fyi! :)

Rag Rug

In yet another spastic crafting moment, I decided that I wanted to try my own rag rug. I read about making them here and decided to go through my scrap bin and see if I could start my own. It worked up very fast and was super-simple, although I admit I was less than tedious about my braids. It was fun, colorful, and rather mindless and at the time that was my crafting-capacity. So, now all that's left is sewing it all together, which will take me a while. When its done, I think the plan is to put it in the kitchen. Fun fun! I might eventually make a more planned one, where I might get a few yards of maybe three different fabrics and make strips of that to braid.

Here is a close up of some of the sewing on the back...messy messy, but really, its gonna be walked all over so I'm not too concerned...

Other crafting distractions...

After spending almost all of this past January and some of February deep in the land of period clothing, March saw me needing a break. Not from sewing it would seem, just from clothing. Enter, the quilt...or perhaps, re-enter.

About, oh, maybe 5 years ago I went through a brief quilting phase, and managed to accomplish an entire quilt top. That's where I stopped however, and it has been in a closet ever since...right beside its border fabric, backing fabric, and batting. Really, I had no excuse.

Now, I find myself yet again interested in quilting and really, its just another thing I am going to have no place to store the supplies for! O well. Like that has ever stopped me before. Anyways, instead of finishing my old quilt, I started this one (not my fault! the other quilt was not available to work on...). So far, its just a crib sized top, but the batting is bought and the backing cut out. Its going to get a nice border and then I will pin it, and start hand quilting it. I haven't decided what type of pattern I will be doing, but it will be either in-the-ditch or something equally as simple. And this time, I have every intention of getting it finished and using it! Stay tuned! It may take me a while to get back to it, but I'm hoping to at some point this month. So, not top priority, but still on the schedule.

Enjoy a close-up of some of the piecing.