A friend stopped by to drop off my RH loom that she had borrowed for a class. She sews a lot and has a huge fabric stash and offered me a bunch of fabric to sew more masks and I refused. She enjoys it. I don't. So I will refer people to her.?
She did bring me a bottle of her husband's maple syrup as a thank you present. That is so precious. I know they have a small stand of maples that they tap and I've heard of the work involved in making small batches of maple syrup when you don't have all the equipment - and a sugaring shack on the premises. The wallpaper has been steamed off the walls in their kitchen! So it is a lovely gift.?
On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 9:05 AM Jenny Swanson <jenny@...> wrote:
Well done you.
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Our local bookstore rang me and asked if I would make them some masks to sell in the shop. I said no, but I did suggest a very good sewist who is indoors probably until Xmas and might like the task.
I dyed 6 masks last night after dinner. So far so good. The water rinsed clear and there are no colored drips on the rag I put under them to dry.?
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I think they look weird because you can see the flowers overdyed with blue - the green leaves are sort of a lime color but not bright. The blue flowers are sort of purple - again you have to look closely at the fabric to tell. But they are blue from a distance.?
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Once i get my next shipment of elastic, I am done with this,.
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Today i am going to mark, stabilize (sew) and cut my hemp top out and baste the seams so I can try on for adjustment.
