So I changed the “theme” for the homepage. I remember setting up this blog. I had no idea, as most of us didn’t, how to blog. I just chose a platform and went for it. I learned an awful lot about publishing and some it I have forgotten already. I guess that is how it is. In the meantime, I have learned that I should not doublespace after the punctuation at the end of a sentence. Boy is that hard to do after 40 years of doublespacing!
Well, then. Here are the Everlasting Towels, the weaving is finished but not the finishing. Heh. Not finished with the finishing. Since I made a longer warp than the pattern called for I ended up sacrificing weft to the warp. OK with towels but not with everything handwoven. I must remember that. They are in a pile right now, awaiting hemming and wet finishing. Then they can have their official debut. This WAS NOT a difficult project. I just took forever getting it done because of my stupid back and the stress that threading the loom places on it. Once the weaving commenced it was so enjoyable to see the progress.
I did some other weaving also. My young neighbor sold me a potholder loom for 8 cents. She told me she had “outgrown it”. So I have made some new potholders, to join my old ones that either my husband or children made when they were children. These things are great.
And finally, for Theresa, our kitchen has for 12 years been off white with an accent wall of deep, cobalt blue. This photo shows a failed blue that read as sage green with the light in here. Not a bad color but not what I was going for.
It is a north facing room and I wanted it to lighten without changing the lighting. So the experiments began. I tried yellow. I tried a faded red. But I came back to blue, in a medium tone.
The window treatments need to be sewn still but at least I have the fabric. It is blue with ivory animal toile by PKaufman, another $4 a yard remnant!
I also picked up another 3 yard piece of fabric at a local “antique” store for a few dollars. It is an “authorized reproduction of Old Sturbridge Village” fabric. I remember this colonial trend from back in the 80′s. I think we can call it vintage now.
