Winter Craft Projects.....What Are Your Plans?

I am guessing Stewbies are planning indoor projects... at least those Stewbies for whom winter is descending.

I hope to make an fabric wall hanging for our son, per his request. I plan to sew the fabric on the diagonal, the finished project bring a rectangle.

Here's the fabric


Oops, it's the wrong way. Picture it turned 90° and a rectangle in shape with a dark border.
Actually if any of you have suggestions, I welcome them. I have not done this before.

Anybody else planning a project?

 

@toni I like your ideas. I was thinking of sewing the pieces on the straight of grain, then cutting them out on the diagonal. It will use more fabric, but I do have extra. Thanks also for the tip of edging the diagonal cuts with binding, and being sure to have the top most fabric be with the grain rather than on the diagonal. Makes sense.

good luck with those five quilts! Post photos please!

 

Ha ! I want to see you at the pool hall !

 

And I bet they'll miss you!

 

The only project I have, if you can call it craft, is to remake these decorative panels between the pergola posts.



I remade them a couple of years ago. I used exterior grade plywood. The present ones are 1/4 inch or whatever. The problem with cutting plywood with a jigsaw, is that you disturb the laminations, so what little adhesive is put between each these days when they are made can come unstuck and no matter how well you paint them, eventually water will get in. A couple are damaged and splitting in places, but I might as well replace them all.

Ideally, what I need is solid mahogany or similar, like the two rondels I made last year from a bit of left over 9" window sill I took down we'd used as shelving in the lounge thirty years ago. They hide the bolts that hold the pergola to the supporting posts.



But that'd cost a fortune now. So I'm going to try with 1/2 inch plywood.

 

Dog I remember you making those decorative discs for your pergola. I like how you use the same design throughout for continuity.

 

They replaced these which I made out of plywood, but despite painting them every year, they just rotted away.
The new ones had to be of a slightly different design as they could only be nine inches in diameter.

 

Just use a good exterior grade caulk on the raw edges of plywood and let it cure a few days before painting ! It will extend the life of the plywood a long time !

 

Knowing Riley as we do @mart i bet he has already completed this task and is on to something else.

 

I have been making wreaths for my roadside stand. you can check them out on my keiper farm stand facebook page if you want. I don't have any on my camera or I would share them. my phone doesn't take small enough photos to share. we need a bigger file allowance on here so its easier to share photos. today I finished up and am putting all the stuff away to start baking for the next week or two. Putting up a new greenhouse at the end of this week. (NH for a wedding on Jan2 maybe? I am honestly expecting it to not happen with covid).. then to TX for a month to work on building a little house for us as snowbirds eventually or perhaps even 6 month split residence?
sigh. I need a break.

 

Hi all,

I finished that quilted wallhanging project in time to get it mailed to our son in Seattle for Christmas.
Our daughter really liked the look of it so i am making her one too.
This second photo is of the backside. I stuck a dowel in pockets for easy hanging.

I'll post our daughter's when i finish it.

On second thought, here are some photos of the work on progress:
I just sewed various strips of fabric together, varying the widths for interest.
Using that brown paper as a template, I then cut the thing on the diagonal. Then I just sewed the leftover triangular piece (visible at the bottom of the pic) on to the end to make the wallhanging long enough.

I think our daughter will be pleased.

 

Wow, that is some work you did. The wall hanging for your son turned out really good didn’t it. It is always amazing to see the talents of folks on here outside of gardening. Chapeau
No, but I mean I...rather WE so liked the look of your tapestry work. The one for your daughter looks a treat as well.
You haven’t been wasting your time, I see.
P.s. the way you solved the hanging problem with the dowell and the corner pockets was inspired.

 

looks great. I like the colors. and that they all complement. the crazy quilts we see... I just can't find that I like them ever.