Recycling Wool

Scrapping Together A Small Lap Throw..

(I made this pincushion a long time ago...using a piece of  felted sweater) 

Small Lap Throw.....or??

This is the second one of these I have made.

They are fairly small, under four feet in length and width.

We use them mostly when we are watching tv and need just a little something,

or when we are sitting out on the porch.

 They're also kind of  handy to just throw in the car.

This one is made from a piece of Pendleton blanket I found.

Someone else had already cut into it and crafted from parts of it,

that is why the design is offcenter. I had to use it as it was.

The "vine" is made from old sweaters from thrift stores.......shrunk and nicely felted........

The fun thing about sewing with the sweaters is you can manipulate and shape them so easily.

 I  also shrunk the piece of wool so there are no unraveling worries,

and also that way you don't have to turn the edges under.

The buttons are from my button jars,

odds and ends of embroidery thread were picked up here and there.

However,  the floral fabric for the binding was purchased new.

I had it in my head that I wanted to use a floral fabric for 

an unexpected contrast, and I couldn't find anything that would work. 

I have made several things from felted sweaters,

have you?

Tell me!!!!!

                                                                              

                                                                        

In The Garden...

RECYCLING..............

The last of the free wood we picked up along the road, and

some pieces of old fencing and bits we found at a garage sale.

I was just at the lumber yard buying wood for the fence around the garden.

I appreciate that free wood quite a bit more now!

( I am not sure blue tarp covered objects qualify as good focal points..???) 

I just bought a clematis to grow over this arch,

maybe I should have bought one to grow over the tarp!!

                                                                

Junk in The Garden...

Our neighbors put up new fencing and set these 4x4s out at

the road in case anybody wanted them. So .....yeah for me....

some new raised beds!

We actually had enough to make these 2 raised beds, 

a lower strawberry bed, the frame for the new compost bin,

and a arbor.

I made markers from old silver plate from thrift stores.

It's coming along , but s.....l...o.....w.....l.....y.....

 These windows hinged together fit perfectly

to make little greenhouses over the basil.

I still needed a couple more beds for squash..................

so I made these temporary ones ...................

uh, I think they look like graves............

The Cryptkeeper??????

NO, we haven't had a single bite yet.... however.......rabbits, deer, and slugs.........

all seem to be eating well.

New compost bin..............still needs door,

Corgis LOVE compost piles!!

Junk in my planter, and I don't know if you can see,

but the blue creeper in my lawn is starting to bloom,

before long my whole lawn will be blue.

My Grandmother had a blue lawn,

I always loved it and mine is a tribute to her.

Junk chair planted with baby tears.............

surrounded with moss of course!

And lastly, a lovely old bird bath at a farm down the road.

Built about 50 years ago, it stands sturdily on

outside the big old barn covered and full of...................

moss.

Come on sun, 3 days of you is not enough!!!

Everything is up, but it is shivering and huddled,

can't grow without you!!!