5 May - Maybe

Maybe I missed posting yesterday...

Maybe:

I will get my laundry done today.
I will get the packing finished for the weekend at the Heritage Fair at Fort Lupton, CO and the Kirkin' o' the Tartan at St. John's Cathedral in Denver.
I will sew the buttons on my new blouse.


It's the Revenge of the Fifth.
Happy Cinco de Mayo.
Good luck to Guy Grandison in in his first election today.

Sew Expo - I Actually Sewed Something

Today I met my friend, Judy Wisehart in Denver for lunch and to attend the Rocky Mountain Sew Expo. It's become a regular thing for us to meet up there and walk through and view what the vendors are flogging. Normally, when we go, it's too crowded and hectic to really see anything due to the crowds. We usually attend on Friday, however, this time we both able to attend today and it was perfect timing on our part. We ate lunch without waiting forever in line and actually got to see what the vendors had to offer. Judy scored some trims and tulle for making dresses for her granddaughters along with a super duper spiffy ironing board cover.

I also ran into my friend and customer from Great American Quilt Factory where I worked for 3 years. It was kinda of odd tho as she was the only person I ran into today, unlike past shows where I would get lost from Judy because I was talking to yet someone else I knew. That's Sharlene and me.

I also did a Make and Take of a table runner on gridded iron on backing. It was really simple to use. I definitely think I will buy more of the grid to make some table runners as gifts. The other picture is of the few goodies I bought. Mulberry silk yarn for Erin to dye up along with silk sari waste to spin into some woolen yarn for a novelty. The photo includes the table runner top and some cherry pins. I also scored some hook and loop tape to close some 1700s period jackets that I intend to make later on. I found yardage of one of the fabrics in the table runner but there wasn't enough for the size of napkins I want to make to go with the runner, so I will order it from the website of Contemporary Fibers.

The strawberry buttons and the novelty hooks and eyes came from Denver Fabrics where I stopped on my way out of town. I need to find a warm grey fabric to make my Mother of the Bride dress and thought I might luck out there, but alas no. The one fabric I found that was the right colour and weight was very short on yardage, sadly and there was no more to be had. The strawberry buttons are for an Outlander Swap over on Ravelry. Strawberries being one of the symbols of the Fraser Clan, which is the clan of the main male character in the Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.



I did actually spin today as well for the Tour de Fleece... Again more shall be revealed...

Blog Give Away of Really Kewl Buttons

My girly, Tala who I haven't actually met is having a giveaway of hand made buttons. Go check them out and I want to win these... If you tell her I sent you I get more chances to win, BTW.

SteamPunk Neck Warmer

As promised, here is the Steampunk Neck Warmer that I designed and made for my dear Daughter for Yule. She asked for a button on neckwarmer and it needed to be made from yarn that wouldn't drive her crazy as she's violently allergic to wool.
I ran to the LYS and found a skein each of three different black, white and grey yarns, on sale, even. Two fuzzy and one ribbon type were used. I held the three VERRA different yarns together and used Size 10.5 needles to knit this in a 2x2 rib. I am grateful that the yarn itself hid the deficiencies in my buttonhole making as the DD wanted this to be fitted and to button on as well.

The buttons used are brass buttons from the League of American Wheelmen with a design of a bicycle wheel overlaid by three wings and the initials of the L.A.W., which is an organization that my Da belonged to back in the day. The organization has been around since the 1800s as it's for riders of penny farthing and boneshaker type bicycles. I then added neoprene washers behind the buttons to make them bigger and to help with the over all steampunk effect.

My apologies for not being able to get a better picture of the buttons, I can't find my tripod and I can't hold the camera steady enough for macro photos, suffice to say, THEY are verra kewl.

The DD loves it, it keeps her neck warm and it doesn't make her itch which is the best thing of all.