Some recent projects

[fadedwings]

I haven't posted here before but since I'm trying to be a bit more active in the communities here during 3w4dw I thought that I'd finally post.

Here are a few things I've made recently...


a tiny envelope wallet for a bit of cash and my ID along with a cozy for my iPod touch...



and an art quilt as a gift for my mom...


6x6 inches

(you can see bigger versions by clicking on the photos)

Comments

[seryn]

Welcome!

I really like your pouches. Those are neat.

Is the cozy fabric soft enough that you can just squeeze your iPod out of it or was there a hidden opening? I looked at the bigger picture but I can't quite tell how it works.

Nice quilt too. I especially enjoyed the dangly bead work. Does your mom like it?

What are you making next?

[fadedwings]

Thank you. The cozy is quite soft and there is batting layered in-between. The top is open and it fits tight enough to not fall out put it's still easy enough to get in and out. I basically wanted something to pad it when it was in my purse.

My Mom really loved the quilt, thank you.

At the moment I'm back to work on a mini rune art quilt project that I've been working on. I do one a week. Here is the set of photos on Flickr if you are curious...http://www.flickr.com/photos/tezzkatt/sets/72157626461488380/

I'm not sure what else I'm going to do next though. I'm still working on some ideas :)

[seryn]

I should have browsed all your Flikr sets! Those rune quilts are cool.

[fadedwings]

Thank you :)

[undyedyarnpire]

I did that too! I knitted a tight cozy for padding things in a purse. It was for my mother-in-law so she could keep her camera with her and not worry about pens jabbing it or whatever. I admit that I was hoping there was a better kind of closure so I could make one for me and my phone.

I'm such a slow knitter that I'm afraid I'd get a new phone in a different shape before I finished the cozy, so I don't want to rely upon a tailored fit, but the snap+envelope type seems like it's too much trouble to answer a call.

Do you make a lot of these kinds of things such that it's not weird for me to ask for suggestions?

[fadedwings]

I made a cozy for my camera that isn't fold over but has one snap so isn't too much of a bother. Here's a picture of it here.

I made a lot of different things so it isn't that weird to ask me for suggestions but I do tend to wing it a lot. I don't knit though. I've tried but it hasn't worked out that well. I do crochet, I think that is why I find it so difficult to knit. Knitting just feels wrong to my hands after crocheting for so many years.

I prefer to sew these days though.

[undyedyarnpire]

Most of the people I know who crocheted before they learned to knit prefer the Continental style where the yarn is held in the left hand.

Your "Knitting... feels wrong" is how I am about sewing. ;-) I've been known to staple fabric pieces together--- staples because glue washes out. heh. So I'm totally with you about having a preference. The above comment is just if you were interested-but-discouraged you might not have known about the alternate method.

If someone sews something, I can usually replicate the shape of it through knitted stuff. Snaps are hard, but buttons are easy enough (especially the loop over kind). It's just that as soon as I add a closure, it's too much trouble to answer the phone.

Do you remember those coin purses where you squeeze it and it opens like a mouth? I've been considering using plastic "stays" (or "boning") to replicate that for a fabric (or knitted fabric) electronic-things holder but I can't quite figure out how to make it go. In early efforts, the stay goes straight through the fabric at the ends.

[weaverbird]

The iPod cozy is making me think about all the bits of tech jostling about in my purse... hmmm. Must do something about this! Thanks for the inspiration. *g*

And oh my, your art quilts are lovely!