March 10, 2007

Fiber Art

This is a craft I found at a quilt show. It's called Fiber Art and makes great use of fabric scraps which I accumulated when I was quilting. I made this picture (about 23 x 11 ins) based on a painting my oldest daughter did. It's basically an inch thick piece of foam core board. You draw the design, cut into the board on the lines, and then push the edges of fabric down in the cuts. No sewing, no gluing, just a knife, scissors and fabric. Goes very quickly, weighs next to nothing, and is a very unique art item. Great for gifts. My friend F, made two of them. If you look on the Fiber Art page, he did Rolling Star and Hummingbird. Maybe he'll take pics and post on his blog (hint! hint!).

I am almost ready to put the waste yarn in for my afterthought heel on my second sock. Probably have five or six rows to do before that. I had kinda hoped I'd get them done in time to wear on my second trip to the Ren Festival with F and his hubby. Don't think I'll make it, though. Oh well, it's actually too hot to wear socks anyway!

We have two citrus trees in our tiny back yard. Grapefruit and lemon. They've been neglected for quite awhile and are very over grown. Right now at 7:15 am, there must be 50 birds, mostly sparrows, out in the trees just talking up a storm.