Travel project completed! Kinetic Cowl

I have been carrying a zip lock bag in my purse or tote just about everywhere for the last "little while"-alright the last "long while". I have knitting that is just too big and heavy to carry but this project was compact and served me well when visiting my mom at Assisted Living or waiting at appointments. It was a long (120 inches) of bias strip made from sock yarn. It always sparked conversation and those without imagination and without the benefit of a photo would scratch their heads and dismiss me as if I was a pathetic dreamer wasting my time.

But as you can see, there really was a plan and a result which I am very happy with. The strip is attached to itself with a crocheted slip stitch only adding to the color play. It is a cowl which looks like the turtle neck portion of a sweater and serves as a scarf on a cold winter day. As it is 80 degrees today and my eyes are swollen shut from the results of the cottonwood tree shedding snow into the air, I will not be posting a photo of me wearing this beauty. 

Got the bug again!

Thanks to my Quilting friends Lisa and Nancy I have renewed my passion for quilting after an impromptu visit to Geneva. I joined a day long "bee" with 7 ladies all sewing at the same time and worked on and oldy but goody Singer machine. Then when I got home I remembered that my sister had given me one years ago and uncovered the little beauty.

I am currently working on a spider web quilt that I saw on Missouri Quilt company You Tube video. I have used charm packs (cut apart) instead of scraps to ensure the exact combination of colors. Here is am example of how the squares will go together.I am having so much fun with this paper piecing project. I currently have 80 wedges done. I am thinking 6 nine inch blocks across and 8 rows for a total of 48 blocks before a turquoise border frames it. I have to make 16 more wedges. Then sew the blocks together, rip off the paper foundations, audition the blocks to balance the colors and then assemble the quilt top.
Good thing that I LOVE the process!!