My Sweater, my sweater

Wow, with all the summer time travel I finished all the pieces of my lacy knit sweater.  It's from the spring/summer 2013 issue of Knit Simple magazine.

It's currently drying outside.  Then I will begin sewing it all together.

Packing Tape Photo-Transfers

I saw this on Scrapbook Soup on our local PBS station.  What a great idea.  I love Beth's ideas but this one was over the top.

You take regular old packing tape and grab a magazine.  I have been good with the recycle but I had a Legion magazine (flimsiest paper ever but no worries)

Page through and lay a piece of tape over a half dozen + images that take your fancy.  Bright colours are good but not essential.  If the picture is large overlap the tape by a scant quarter inch.  Using paper scissors, cut out the pictures leaving a tiny margin outside the tape shape.

Important step:  Burnish the tape onto the picture with the side of a pencil of wooden spoon.  Don't worry about wrinkles - they just add character.

Now put some water in a bowl and submerge the paper/tape strips.  Let soak a few minutes and start to gently rub off the paper from the backside.  Voila!  You have a lovely transparent rendition of the picture in the magazine.

Here's what I got in about 5 minutes.  Cool, huh?  Pat dry and you have some cool art.  Beth, on the show used her's for scrapbooking but I wanted to sew mine.

I layered a couple of pieces of printer paper and overlaid some tracing paper.  Then I got busy with some silk ribbon and my sewing machine...

I can't get over how easy it was....

Amy Butler Magazine

Wow, Amy Butler has done it.  A huge ezine of pretty.  And best of all it's free.  To see this lovely thing go here.

I think she has a great idea.  I liked the format.  Just the right size for viewing on my screen.  I'm guessing it will work well on tablets to as the page size appears to be smaller.

I took this picture myself but it made me think of what Amy is doing with her new magazine

Reading....

Yeah, instead of cleaning my house or working on a new quilt I am reading...who could resist all the lovely inspiration...

As I've been on holiday for the last bit I am taking a rest but I should be back to work soon.