Weaving

I've been weaving!!

Taking those leftover strips

and using some of that UGLY fabric

that "snuck in" to my stash!!

:)

I love these woven table runners

that "SPRING" from the trash bin in my sewing room!!

This table runner was made using

a rigid heddle loom

Warped with cotton crochet thread

and then woven with strips of fabric about 1 1/2" wide.

Weaving is therapeutic

AND

it USES UP all that stuff that FILLS my sewing TRASH BIN!!

win. win!!!!

What are YOU up to this week???

Wordless Wednesday

Time and voices

I'll never have enough TIME to do everything I want to do!

 

I'll never have the time to "DEAL with"

all the fabric that CALLS my NAME

from the shelf.

;)

 

The scraps in this table runner

WON'T be calling my name anymore!

Thank goodness!

Neither will all the multicolor strips in here!!!

But......

There are still strips in the BIG bag

wanting to be WOVEN into SOMETHING!!!

 

There are also LOTS of little squares

that CRY from their drawer....

"Take me out and PLAY!"

The orphan quilt blocks chime in...

"We want to come too!"

 

They call and CRY out to me.

 

GOOD thing they know how to

HARMONIZE!!!!

 

 

 

Leftovers

I just finished a  new table runner.

A wee bit late for

Thanksgiving dinner.

;)

It's already time to CLEAN up the fall decor.

But that didn't stop me from making a

FALL colored table runner.

I'm going to call it my LEFTOVERS runner.

 

Kind of like making turkey soup with the leftover meat.

These are the scraps of fabric

leftover from my quilts.

 

At least fabric scraps don't go BAD!!!

They are ALWAYS good to GO!!!

 

 

Blue

While the loom was out.....

I made another table runner.

 

Blue and white.

It looks SO pretty with the blue tinted jar!

All I need are some FLOWERS IN the jar!

Friends:

It is NOT hard to MAKE these woven table runners.

It is hard to STOP making them!!!

 

;)

 

Made this for my daughter.

Used my 24" rigid heddle table loom.

1 1/2" strips of cotton were cut and used in construction.

IF the strip was ALREADY about 1 1/2"...

I did NOT trim.

Nothing is EXACT-ly done at my house!

Lots of what I call "uglies" were used.

I DO have quite a BIT of that kind of fabric.

;/

 

Is it really October?

My goal this year was to use ONLY fabric that I own.

The months have been FLYING by

and there is NOT a DENT anywhere!

 

 

weaving strings

My loom gets ALMOST as much time as my sewing machine.

It's a peaceful way to deal with scraps!

I dug around in my Christmas fabrics....

and added some bright green.

I DO love GREEN!

Finished on Friday

Some of you knit or crochet.

Maybe you do it while you watch a movie?

I weave.

:)

I can watch a movie...

Have a conversation.....

Move around the house to different locations

with my portable table loom.

 

I liked the colors in the pillows I made recently

and wondered how a BAG might look.

I think it looks just FINE!

;)

Monday

I've been weaving again.

;)

I like scrappy quilts...

AND

I like scrappy weaving!

In these pillows I was able to include:

Polyester yarn

wool yarn

knit fabric

cotton yarn

fleece fabric

LOTS of texture!

 

This project came about because I was CURIOUS.

That's how LOTS of my little projects get going.

 

I was curious about mixing different yarns/fibers.

I was curious about what a pillow might look like

if it was WOVEN.

 

I'm very happy with how it turned out.

I LOVE the mix of colors.

 

A nice white linen backing completed my "pillow" project!

 

Love the whites.

Love the greens and blues.

Nice ocean"y" colors!

 

These are now listed in my shop.

You asked

Some of you wondered about my loom.

You wondered what the process looks like.

This one's for YOU!

;)

 

This is the cotton crotchet thread I used this time.

A nice varigated green/blue/tan.

I warp it onto my loom

following the simple instructions

in the little book that came with my loom.

I began at the end with a small bit of cream crotchet thread.

I think it gives my table runner a nice finish.

I ended with the same.

 

The comb there is used to push the yarn/thread tighter

as I go along.

 

The picture above shows the loom resting on my knees

as it leans against the table.

I could buy a stand....

but this takes up LESS space in my home this way.

;)

 

Then..... I make my RAG YARN.

1 1/4" strips of fabric.

I make a whole bunch!

Lots of greens, tans and whites were chosen.

I sew them together to make

a LONG piece of "YARN".

As I run out...

I make some more!

;)

I wrap it around my shuttle

folding in half as I go.

 

In and out

Back and forth.

Pushing each row down as I go....

 

That's weaving in a nutshell.

 

This is the beautiful results!

I LOVE it!

Lemonade

 

You may know the old saying....

 

"when life gives you lemons...

you make lemonade."

This is my attempt at doing that.

 

These are the lemons.

This.....

Is my YUMMY lemonade.

;)

 

I used my rigid heddle loom....

cotton thread for the warp

and

lots of 1 1/2" strips of fabric!!!

Tablerunner is 11"wide x 37"long

 

 

Looming Along!

A new RUG!!!

Just right.

Just right...

JUST right.

I DID have some colored balls of  t-shirt yarn......

But once I got going with the OLD white t-shirts....

I didn't want to leave!

The Golden stripes are Cotton YARN.

There are some GREAT how-to tips here.

(Thank you Barbara!)

I think the NEXT rug will have some COLOR!!!