Time to move on to a new round of WIPs! It's Spring and we've been doing some weeding and planting and trying to get outside as much as possible, but after a really nice week of warm weather it's been cold and rainy - so a perfect time to snuggle inside and get crafty!
My theme for the next few months is "Bohemian Spring":
I took this photo at a shop in Phoenix and then did a little graphic work on Picmonkey! I tried to choose 4 WIPs with a little bit of a 'hippie' vibe. I've put the inspiration photos on my project board with my "theme" photo.
Without further ado - here's what I'll be working on:
1. Embellished jeans
As part of my effort to reuse and recycle I've been saving jeans that wear out. Some I'm cutting up into squares and they will be part of a quilt project I'm planning for the Summer. But for jeans that are more "gently" worn, I want to just repair any holes and then fancy them up with some embroidered patches. I have a sweatshirt with embroidered birds that does not fit great and I wasn't wearing it too often. SO - I just cut the birds out and I'm going to use them to embellish the jeans. I also bought some cool notions at Mood on one of our trips to New York a few years ago and I think one or two of those will go with the birds I'm using. I'm also thinking to add some additional patches that I'm making from designs from a Tattoo coloring book. So far, I've spent some time transferring the designs and organizing all of the embellishments on my jeans.
I think once I've embroidered the additional designs I'll pin everything on the jeans to make sure that I like the placement.
2. Needlepoint Bag
The next project I've been working on off and on for awhile. It's the Bergama Shoulder Bag from Anchor Crafts. I bought it a couple years ago at Craft South in Nashville. It's sold out now unfortunately so I'm glad I picked it up when I did but it's a big project to complete and kind of unwieldy to work on so its been slow going. In order to get it done in the next few months I'm utilizing the husbands saw-horses so I can handle the large frame. It's working pretty well.
I've been working on a small section each night and I'm making some progress!
3. "Little Selfie on the Prairie" - Embroidered Art Quilt
I sketched this out last year with the plan to make an appliqué, embroidery art piece.
So far I've picked out the fabrics and I should be able to fuse the background together this weekend. After that I'll need to make patterns to appliqué the girl and wagon and then start embroidering. I'm excited to see how it turns out.
4. Gradient Half Pi Shawl
I bought the Gradient Half Pi shawl pattern at Fibrespace here in Virginia a few years ago. I also bought some really pretty yarn to make it with! I'm nervous about this one - my knitting skills are still pretty basic. If I do have trouble I've found a lot of half pi tutorials on YouTube so I'm hoping I can follow along.
So those are the plans! Writing it all down here has helped to keep me on task so far so I'm enjoying the process. I hope it's also enjoyable to read about!
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