Yesterday I finished cutting strips of fabric. I don't know exactly how much I need, so I simply cut a LOT of each fabric and then started sewing the ends together. So far I have three "runs" that I will braid together: one of floral fabric [ball on left], one pure white [ball on right], and one variegated blue, fuzzy green and purple, and fleecy pink [crazy pile on the floor]. The picture turned out a little dark, but hopefully you get the idea.
I have an idea in my mind of how I want it to look, but never having made a braided rug before, am not sure if that's how it will actually turn out! We'll see!
I have way of jumping headfirst into huge projects. For example, my first quilt was a queen-sized patchwork quilt made of 4-inch squares, pieced entirely by hand. I'd just hand-pieced and quilted a potholder in art class, and when I heard my mom and dad needed a new quilt for their bed, volunteered to make one. Completely by hand. Crazy I am.
It did get finished a year-and-a-half later, though.
So now I'm tackling this rug project, which doesn't seem too hard (given the tips Marie-Madeline Studio already gave me). And having a crafty project to work on in free time is always energizing to me. (I need that right now, I think.)
I'll keep you posted!
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That rug is going to be so soft and Heathery! : )
I admire you for doing the rug, but it just seems like the kind of project that seems ETERNAL! But you must do really well with those if you HAND QUILTED a queen quilt. I cannot imagine how much work that must have been! Way to go! I nominate you for the pioneer woman award!
It'll be fun to see your finished product (and maybe.......maybe.....someday I'll make a fun pink rug like that for Ali!)
I enjoyed your list of 10 Things this week. I will have to see if our library has some of those NG movies. My kids LOVE watching movies with animals in them; they are so excited to get to go to the zoo this summer in Denver and talk about it constantly.
I'm going to try the brown sugar chicken this Sunday when we have Ali's preschool teacher over for the first time. It sounds yummy! My uncle, who is a head cook, has always said that he uses Coke to make a delicious ham.
I'm sorry you have had such a hard week. I hope things get better and you have lots of extra time on your hands when the summer starts and Jacob is done with school! I hope your car gets fixed soon too and that things go well for you! You have your priorities straight, and blogging doesn't have to be every day.
LOVE Those colors :-) been outdoors pretty much since i last commented the other day. now i'm just catching up. tomorrow kevin is preaching. that will be fun. i hope you have a good weekend and get your car soon!! love you!
Mrs. Jo--I think you'd have fun making a pink rug for Ali! Especially if you used pink fur as one of the strands. It looks SO sweet and soft when it's braided in with the other fabrics!
By the way, the National Geographic videos are actually online. They're very short clips that were the second link in that paragraph. :)
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