Saturday Sewing Project -and More

I awoke feeling alive and ready to tackle  embrace the world.   I played around for a bit online.  I walked past the sewing machine and saw some fabric I had woven and cut away from a project.  Thoughts swirled.  Could I use my woven fabric in a quilt block as a piecing material?  After some contemplation another idea stepped into the spotlight.  I could use the woven as an accent on a piece made with an upholstery fabric sample.

Pressing, cutting and more thinking happened before diving right in. The idea I had in mind changed as I went.  Suddenly I had this:

It is just a bit wonky and unusual - hey! just like me!   I used a mustardy gold color fabric for the lining -it peeks out at the sides.

So what is it for?

I didn't measure at all.  But it is the perfect size for my Kindle Fire.  Since I didn't buy or make a cover for the latest one (bought at a ridiculously low price)  this is perfect.

I also re-visited card  or tablet weaving on my larger inkle loom.   The cards act as shafts in the loom, making it a type of four shaft loom.  (Shafts raise and lower the threads to create patterns in the cloth.)

I threaded up twenty cards with four threads each to start weaving this particular pattern.

The pattern draft used gray, green, yellow, black and white as the colors.  I substituted teal/aqua for the green. Purple took the place of yellow, as navy did for the black.  I love the color combination.
This is a very precise, orderly, planned out type of weaving which is in contrast to the Saori - freestyle weaving that I do on my floor loom.  I am thinking that combining the two in a project could be wonderful.

If you happened to miss my affiliate post (Friday) for Craftsy's supply sale, let me remind you  that they are having a sale of up to 50% off on supplies.

I went looking for temptation and found this one at 50% off. There are 40 fat quarters in this box.  I am mightily tempted.

Cotton + Steel Fat Quarter Collection II Box

from: Craftsy

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