I have moved into my new apartment!
It was a rough day of moving, and thankfully I had a team of three strong men helping me haul of my stuff up to the third floor. And no one made fun of all my sewing/craft/yarn supplies! Now it's just a matter of organizing it all...
Thursday was the big moving day, so by Friday I could go to Whole Foods and get the place filled up with some yummy, organic goodness. A few months back, while cleaning out my grandpa's house, my mom came across a set of three vintage Pyrex mixing bowls that used to be my grandma's. Naturally, being the Pyrex lover that I am, I got very excited and she said I could have them!
This is one of the bowls, filled with some fresh strawberries:
Amongst all of the grocery shopping and unpacking, I found my old coasters from Buy Olympia. I think I bought them back in 2006, so again, it was time to make some new ones. I found some scrap Kaffe Fasset and Amy Butler fabric from when I worked at the Quilting Loft in Seattle (hey ladies!). The idea came instantly, how I wanted to leave the edges raw, and also using a random "crazy quilt" inspired stitch to hold the layers together.
The three layers included: top layer was a printed cotton, middle layer of mid-weight batting, bottom layer also a printed cotton. I made myself a set of six, all being reversible. You know, so I can pick a coaster depending on my mood and the glass that will be resting on it...I'm hoping that these coasters won't get as stained as my other set. At least with these, I could wash them if they started to dirty. All together, it took me about an hour to complete- start to finish!
Here is a picture of my "will work for yarn" mug resting on a coaster:
The coasters are great, and then last nite, I finally wove in all of the ends of my Smarch Lady Sweater so I could wear it today for Easter dinner. I had my mom take some pictures of the final product:
The sweater still needs to be blocked, which is why the sleeves are curling a little bit. I'm so happy I got to wear it at least once before the weather turns super warm! I'm hoping to take some better pictures when the flowers start to bloom.
playlist: coasters
"the blues ft. nina persson" - primary 1
"parachutes (funeral song)" - mates of state
"ramblin' man" - isobel campbell and mark lanegan
"the boy with the arab strap" - belle and sebastian
"rotten love" - levy
"true affection" - the blow
"lily two" - matt pond pa
"tightrope" - yeasayer
"with arms outstretched" - rilo kiley
