Box
The title says it all. I made a box this weekend using that book I picked up in California, Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes. I'm in love with my sewing machine. Oh and the boxes were fun too! Check out the little box I made. It's the introductory 4" box.
I originally made outside of the box with the flower fabric, but it was too difficult to see the lid. So, my solution was to reverse the box, turning it inside out. I like the contrast better with the green fabric. You may recognize the fabric from the purse I made before Christmas.
My plan is to make a large rectangular box that will hold my drop spindles. I can't seem to find a vase that is wide enough, yet tall enough for my collection of drop spindles. My plan is to make a tall rectangular box, fill it with rice (with some bay leaves to keep out bugs), and then insert my drop spindles in a row. I'm not sure if this will work or not, but I thought I would try it out. It can't hurt anything. Worse case scenario . . . I get a lovely rectangular box without a lid.
What did I learn? Well, I purchased some Peltex double sided interfacing (by Pellon). One side is ready to fuse (paperless and is rough) and the other has a thin layer of plastic film on it that you peel off after fusing the first side to your fabric. Well, I fused my fabric to the rough side per the directions of the company (using wool setting). I must have left it on too long because I couldn't get the plastic film off the other side. Sigh, I had to peel it off using a seam ripper and some ingenuity. This was for the box itself. I learned my lesson and the second time (lid) I used less heat and didn't leave the heat on long enough. When I fused the second piece of fabric to the unit, I used full strength heat and redid the first side. This worked out well.
What else did I learn? I learned my new sewing machine rocks! I was just giddy as I was stitching along a beautiful satin stitch edge. Wow, talk about an upgrade. My old machine would have been having fits and threads tangled below the feed dogs. Phew, what a relief. Especially as it is an expensive machine.
On the spinning wheel? I have some more Targhee I am working on, same colorway as the previous pictures, so I won't show that. I am also working on some black Wenslydale and that is just boring to look at. I've got a project I'm working on with the guild. We are doing a fiber challenge. I think I've mentioned it before, but I finally started spinning the black fiber up for the project I have in mind. I have to do some dyeing and some measuring, but I hope it will go well.
Oh yeah, on the needles we have a half sock and some edging done on my Mystery Shawl Along 2. I also joined the Mystery Shawl Along 3 that will start in February I believe. I ordered some KnitPicks Shadow merino yarn in Lost Lake. Should be dark, but beautiful.
Okay, that's it for me. Happy fibering!
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I originally made outside of the box with the flower fabric, but it was too difficult to see the lid. So, my solution was to reverse the box, turning it inside out. I like the contrast better with the green fabric. You may recognize the fabric from the purse I made before Christmas.
My plan is to make a large rectangular box that will hold my drop spindles. I can't seem to find a vase that is wide enough, yet tall enough for my collection of drop spindles. My plan is to make a tall rectangular box, fill it with rice (with some bay leaves to keep out bugs), and then insert my drop spindles in a row. I'm not sure if this will work or not, but I thought I would try it out. It can't hurt anything. Worse case scenario . . . I get a lovely rectangular box without a lid.
What did I learn? Well, I purchased some Peltex double sided interfacing (by Pellon). One side is ready to fuse (paperless and is rough) and the other has a thin layer of plastic film on it that you peel off after fusing the first side to your fabric. Well, I fused my fabric to the rough side per the directions of the company (using wool setting). I must have left it on too long because I couldn't get the plastic film off the other side. Sigh, I had to peel it off using a seam ripper and some ingenuity. This was for the box itself. I learned my lesson and the second time (lid) I used less heat and didn't leave the heat on long enough. When I fused the second piece of fabric to the unit, I used full strength heat and redid the first side. This worked out well.
What else did I learn? I learned my new sewing machine rocks! I was just giddy as I was stitching along a beautiful satin stitch edge. Wow, talk about an upgrade. My old machine would have been having fits and threads tangled below the feed dogs. Phew, what a relief. Especially as it is an expensive machine.
On the spinning wheel? I have some more Targhee I am working on, same colorway as the previous pictures, so I won't show that. I am also working on some black Wenslydale and that is just boring to look at. I've got a project I'm working on with the guild. We are doing a fiber challenge. I think I've mentioned it before, but I finally started spinning the black fiber up for the project I have in mind. I have to do some dyeing and some measuring, but I hope it will go well.
Oh yeah, on the needles we have a half sock and some edging done on my Mystery Shawl Along 2. I also joined the Mystery Shawl Along 3 that will start in February I believe. I ordered some KnitPicks Shadow merino yarn in Lost Lake. Should be dark, but beautiful.
Okay, that's it for me. Happy fibering!
-- posted by Annette @ 10:25 PM
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