12.01.2010

Happy December!

I'm up to my eyeballs in triangles!
I was thinking I'd make some sort of garland type thing to spruce up the rather un-Christmassy-looking upper half of my walls, and I think maybe I got a little carried away.
It started innocently enough, raiding the scrap bins for likely red and green triangle candidates. I accumulated a pile of them really quick-like, then I stitched them all face down on scraps of white. It was somewhere into hour two of tangled bobbins, broken threads, and cussing at the sewing machine that I thought maybe some sort of triangle estimate wouldn't have been such a terrible idea.
Dylan helped with the cutting-out part. Ok, so we raced. He won.

Then I turned all the pointy bastards inside out and ironed them flat.
It looks like a much more reasonable pile now.
I'll show you what I end up making with them when I figure out the next step.

In the meantime,
I hope you're all having a lovely December day,
void of tangled bobbins.

9 comments:

  1. The Pointy Bastards are going to be brilliant - assuming you don't continue crafting along the same inspired/cussing/What-Was-I-Thinking-Anyway? theme and, unlike someone I may know, YOU FINISH 'EM!

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  2. Oh you've got me intrigued now, what will the ever inventive Jo do with these dang triangles?? Can't wait to see the delightful result of your cussin'! Deb

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  3. BWAHAHAHAHA ... I thought I was the only one who called some of my creative endeavors bad names! Glad to know I'm in EXCELLENT company! And looking forward to seeing the finished triangles! HUGS!

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  4. Woo! I'm so excited to see what they will be! Go... go... show me, quick! :)

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  5. I am horrible at piecing triangles, but I love doing them. It is so fun to put different fabrics together and create something unique and beautiful.

    Debbie

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  6. Great colours.. I thought you were making a lovely quilt! Well at least you can also use the triangles to hang up at birthdays or just for fun on your porch

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  7. Can't wait to see them when they are finished! lol You are so crafty!

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  8. No tangled threads for me to unweave but I bet that banner is going to look mighty festive when you're done!!

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  9. We could do this...far better idea than my last one.

    I made a new bag for our library books to go in. I was a bit too enthused. TWO of my children can fit in the bag.

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