Greetings Unravelers and Happy Last Wednesday in May! It is bittersweet to think of bidding May adieu but June is there… so close I can almost touch her!
I have been busy since we last talked. Stitching and knitting… knitting and stitching.
First up, my finished 100 Day Project! I spent a good chunk of time pondering the layout, figuring out the “tab and slot” fabric book method, realizing I needed inside pages for the front and back pages, not understanding how those extra 4 pages would fit in, thinking they would somehow “fit” over the finished book, realizing they would not, ripping out lots and lots and lots of seams, pinning pages together to figure out the puzzle for those 4 extra pages, marking up my sewing map, sewing, pressing, hand stitching the “tabs” and “slots” closed, and assembling!
Page adjustments and sewing map!
Whew! (For those wondering, I used Ann’s guidelines for the book… part one and part two.) I also did a good bit of googling to see if there was a theory of how to add pages (I did not find one.) In the end, it came down to me and a big jar of safety pins… Yes, I needed to unpin and re-pin several times to get the order to work. I expect the next tab and slot fabric book will be easier since I worked out all the hurdles (probably, lol)
But I am in LOVE!
I can’t wait to see Heidi’s face as she looks at it (I will include a long(ish) letter for her in which I talk about my thoughts as I stitched and the fabrics I used – though I think she will recognize them!)
I also have May’s socks in just under the wire! Yes, this is the fifth pair of socks I have knit this year! I began winding the yarn (some very vintage sweetgeorgia tough love sock in the sitka colorway, for those wondering) for pair six on Monday and would have cast on Tuesday afternoon… but it took me almost more time than the making of the book to figure out the video!
The reading though… oh my! It was a sweet week of reading! I stumbled upon Dan Flores Wild New Word thanks to Libby… it was the “Big Library Read” earlier this month. I am about 75% through and enjoying it thoroughly (although, I really am disgusted by our actions beginning in about 1800’s… sigh) But I am learning so much… so much! At night I am closing in on the ending of The Hazelbourne Ladies… it is delightful. (and I am also learning so much!)
What about you all? What is on your reading and making lists for this summer?
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A bit of housekeeping for the remainder of this week. I have a flurry of activities tomorrow and Friday (which includes my first visit back to see the audiologist since getting hearing aids) so this might be it for me this week! If I am not here on Friday, I will see you all back here on Monday!
The stitch book is so, so lovely! I think Heidi will treasure it for many years to come. The socks look pretty great, too, but I’m afraid the book is the star!
The stitch book is such a wonderful, heartfelt gift! Congratulations on figuring out how to “bind it” and thank you for the video so we could see each lovely page. Your socks are terrific, but I keep rewatching the video!
The stitch book is amazing. At first I thought the yarn bowl was my favorite, but then there was snowmen. The whole book is a beautiful labor of love.
I’m like Bonny and have watched your video several times – we’ve ‘watched’ you over the past months biding your time with needle and cloth in your hands not realising what a fantastic gift you were crafting.
Thanks for sharing your daily ‘quiet’ time with us
Oh, Kat! The stitch book is an absolutely treasure!!!! It is just lovely — and so clever. XO
I love love love your book!! so much beauty on each page.
Oh my goodness, Kat!! Brava!!! That is amazing, and good for you & your perseverance! It’s so satisfying to puzzle out things like that. THE VIDEO!!! I love it so much. Thank you for sharing… it’s sure been fun to watch this come together.
Oh my! I’m really just about speechless. Kat!!! What a wonder! What a treasure! What a lucky girl Heidi is. And what a masterpiece you have created. Well done you! I do like your socks, but as everyone says, your 100 day project is the star of this post!!
Your stitchbook is so lovely and sure to be treasured!
So special!
Love!! As in, I love the stitchbook; the stitchbook IS love! You’ve created an heirloom. What could mean more?
That stitchbook is incredible, what a legacy of love you have created there! And I’m glad you’re enjoying the Big Library Read selection. I always wonder if people like the picks and I’m glad to know you do.
You have made a treasure for your daughter. That stitch book is so precious and just lovely. I have put together some chap books of poetry and my essays and getting all the pages in the right place is a feat of mental gymnastics. Well done. I’ve watched that video several times. Fascinating books. Thanks for the information about them.
What an absolutely gorgeous book. I know how hard they are to construct so many Congratulations