Spinning Tales

I finally learned to use a spinning wheel!  SOOOO much faster than a drop spindle!

The cockatiel's name in Vanilla, she was giving me lots of encouragement.

Thanks so much to Crystal for everything she has taught me!

Stitches ~ Swinging Singer

Spending the afternoon with Tom Waits and my swinging singer,

gearing up for Folk on the Rocks.

This is going to be great.

Beadery ~ Favourite new set

Extending the Chroma-Chrome Series

Beadery ~ Celebrating the Sun

         

Snapshot of what is to come

Beadery ~ Ptarmigan Tails

These are ptarmigan.  The ridiculous bird of the north.  They tickle me.

Here are earrings I made from their tail feathers

(which they shed in the spring... or when they die)

Beadery ~ iPhone case

I'm working on perfecting a beading pattern of a snowflake.

This one uses delica beads, and I think that may be the secret!

Stitches ~ Sharing the love of crafting

My boyfriend's niece Taryn slept over and we made this great bag!

It was lots of fun teaching her and her brother to sew on my old sewing machine.  They were both quick learners and we had it done in no time!