Tuner

My good friend is an old-skool tinkerbot. He loves to do tech things like rebuild computers and for a project to do together, we're taking this on for a challenge.

~ksp

Quilt of Valor

Several years ago, when I was perusing blogs I came across Patchwork Times. Occasionally, Judy publishes patterns and does quilt-a-longs. In advance of Memorial Day she published the fabric requirements for a Quilts of Valor (QOV) pattern.

The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover ALL those service members and veterans touched by war with quilts called Quilts of Valor (QOVs).

To this end Judy published this pattern (scroll down), and while I did not make her deadline I am pluggin' away at the pattern.

Since I am on a stash fast, I challenged myself to pull fabrics only from the stash closet. This is my sample sheet. Given the various lengths of fabric at my disposal, I ended up with scrappy options of tonal calicos and tone-on-tones.

These sheets from Electric Quilter are hella handy when choosing fabrics.

Here are the actual fabrics....

Now's time for the pattern. My summer is chuck full of stuff so it'll take some time.

More to come. ~ksp

Have We Met?

This warning sits at my office desk near the door...a gentle warning for those with whom I am not already acquainted. ~ksp

Zed

The loverly Kristine gave me this plant as a housewarming gift this past winter. His name is Zed. I am not sure about the species of plant, but it grows like a weed and is in desperate need of replanting.

Sitting next to Zed is approximately 152 yards of 4.5 wpi yarn. It came home with me as 4 ounces of pencil roving from this year's MDSW.

This was my first time spinning a superwash nylon blend.

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Specifications
Fiber Optic Yarns - Foot Notes Unspun Pencil Roving
80% merino - 20% nylon
Colorway: Rockwood, one of a kind

Night Out!

I took AJ, a young man that I work with, out to the The Aljira Fine Art Auction 2010.

My mother, AJ and me. Photography by Karen Sinocchi.

The auction is one of the gallery's fund-raisers and showcases the work of local and regional artists. AJ is not what you would call a fan of the arts, so we spent a lot of the night discussing the pieces on display. By the end of the night, while I wouldn't call him an aficionado, there were some pieces that he would have purchased. Although contemporary art prices are a bit out of collective reach. ~ksp