BrambleStitches

I made a big basket-full of pincushions for the fair coming up next Saturday. I used some of the hundreds of thousands of six-inch cotton squares that threaten our very lives every time we venture into the garage. Each "pyn pillow" has two vintage (or at least grubby) buttons. When Erik came home to see me working on these, I know I saw him shake his head and mutter something like "…totally lost it, now." I’m just not sure ONE basket of these is enough. What do you think?

I finally got around to making Gavin a new Mei Tai, like I’ve been promising for ages. I got some wonderful fabric from Fabric.com for this. The kids’ room is decorated with cowboys and farm animals, so I thought it was just perfect. The cowboy fabric is a wonderf ul quality quilting cotton from Alexander Henry. The back and straps are a medium weight cotton twill. I made up my own pattern after looking at a bunch of Mei Tais on various websites. My old Mei Tai was way too big; this one is about 15 inches wide and 18 inches tall. The long straps are about 55 inches long. I was worried that they’d be too short for Erik, but they seem to be right for him, too. Not that he’ll ever use this. But, you know.. just in case. (The one time I asked him to wear Gavin in public he made such a huge fuss about it that I will never–NEVER–ask him to do it again. But if he ever offers, this one is nice and plain and brown on the reverse. He won’t be able to complain quite so vehemently.)

This pin just didn’t turn out right. I think I’m going to clip off the buttons and put some different ones on. I used one of Molly Chicken’s wonderful tutorials for last-minute brooches. I want to make a bunch of little brooches for the fair, but I am not very good at these little things.

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