[Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello out there!

[mds4pak]

I just finished a batch of M&P soaps for some friends of mine. I used mica 
powder and made them a lovely shimmery royal purple. For the fragrance, I 
did mostly sweet pea accented with some bamboo flower and plumeria. They 
smelled lovely and DH said they looked beautiful, too.

I wrapped them in cellophane, then tied off each side with white ribbon so 
they sort of resemble large wrapped candies. I'm also thinking of making 
gift baskets containing bath and beauty stuff along with some wine and 
chocolates for relatives this year. It would save on expense (DH's family is 
a huge Catholic family), and I've got some items I've been longing to try 
out.

Hope everyone else is staying busy and having fun.

Happy crafting,
Sarah
"All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream."
       - Edgar Allan Poe
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From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:34 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Hello out there!


> Hi everyone,
>
> It has ben awful quiet here.  Is there anyone out there?
>
> I had to check in and let you know that I found some wire and will see 
> what
> I can do with it to make the needle threaders for my sewing machine.  Go
> figure, I went to the craft store looking for 30 mm wire give or take 2 mm 
> and
> they had the darn size in .010 or .020.  So I had my daughter search 
> around  for
> sewing machine needles in AC Moore's and then took it over to where the 
> wire
> was.  Yep, I opened the package of needles and tested out to see if I 
> could
> get the wire in theeye of the needle.  Good thing I did that as I noticed 
> the
> wire I had first was real limp.  After searching and testing I came  home
> with a spool of wire that fit in the eye of the needle and was a bit 
> stiffer.
> All these wires had a plastic coating on it.  Now I soon  will be off to 
> my
> back room where the sewing machine is and check out if this  will work.
>
> So what is everyone doing out there with their creative hands?
>
> I started on one of those 10 hour adult sweaters.  I do have the 
> directions
> if anyone is interested with my couple of changes in the  directions.  I 
> don't
> know about taking 10 hours to do it, but I did frog it  a few times.  I
> finally got it to go along by sitting in front of the  computer and 
> "Listening" to
> the directions line by line and doing the  knitting.  I kept figuring I
> remembered it and would go and sit to listen  to TV and come out with the 
> wrong
> number of stitches.  Once you finish the  yoke part you pslide off the 
> sleeves and
> just straight knit the body until it is  the right length.  Then you go 
> back
> and knit the sleeves.  It is a  cardigan, but my mind is already going 
> ahead
> to the next time I do this and  change it into a pullover.  I mixed 2 
> yarns
> together, too.  I had some  acrylic yarn maybe a worstered weight and put 
> a
> washable striped sock yarn held  together.    Others have made comment 
> that they
> liked it.
>
> I have to finish my Grand daughter's long sleeve t shirt I am sewing, 
> too.
> Just have the ribbbing on the neck and sleeves to put on along with 
> hemming
> it on the machine.  Last of all I have to fringe the shawl I wove  on my
> triangle loom.
>
> I do like to have several projects going at one time so I don't get bored
> just working on one.
>
> How about you?  What are you working on?  Do you work on one  thing at a 
> time?
>
> Joyce
>
>
>
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