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Monday, May 24, 2010

It's yo-yo time


I have decided I need help! I am recycling way too much....let me explain.

I have been working on yo-yo's for a quilt pretty steadily for the past year. Progress has been made to reduce the fat quarters in the stash that I have cut up into squares. All is well and good. Well if you have made these yo-yos, you will know that the thread you baste them with gets wasted when it will not go all around the "yo-yo" form.

I felt that I have wasted gobs of thread
when I go to throw away the "pile" ....well one Thimbles, Carmen showed me her mini yo-yos. They were so cute....I had to have that size to make....well....more yo-yos of course. Bad Melisa was able to supply this need.

Then this bell goes off....ding, ding, dingy! Why don't I use the long threads that I waste from the large yo-yos and use it to make the small yo-yos? Yup...time to institutionalize me.... recycling used thread.
What's next...using the fabric trimming from the yo-yo form to make Bonnie Hunter's wonky stars...hmmm. ;o) k

Friday, May 21, 2010

House hunting....yuck!

Some of you know that we have been looking to downsize our house and 4 acres. Well I must say I am not the best house hunting person. Have definite likes and dislikes (mostly these!) and we thought we had found a house we both could live in....the negotiations fell through at the end...the bank would not bargain to fix the repairs we felt were necessary for the $$ we were dishing out. Oh well, back to square one as DH says.

I know I am not looking forward to packing my "stashes"...yes stashes...plural!!!! I have the never ending fabric stash...discovering new (old) fabric purchases and ufo's. The fiber stash of washed wool, silk, cotton or yak waiting to be spun on the spinning wheel. The other fiber stash where it is actually yarn to knit, crochet or weave with...and my book collection (not really a stash)...take a wild guess how many books I have being a media specialist????

Not sure how to downsize these things, but I know DH will think I am nuts if I think they will all fit in a smaller house!

Going to try ;o) k