Hi! I'm Jan. My twin sister, Joy, and I are both empty nesters. Her two kids are off to college. My two dogs are off to heaven. So we now live alone with just our husbands. In separate houses, of course. Actually, in separate states. She's in Illinois and I'm in Ohio.
We both need something to do in our spare time. Last week while I was visiting Joy, we went fabric shopping. And did we shop. We found loads of beautiful cotton that we just couldn't pass up. Now we are trying to figure out what to do with all this fabric.
Last fall, our parents moved to an assisted living apartment. While we and our older sister were cleaning out their house at Thanksgiving, we came across a huge stack of old feedsack material and quilt squares. We divided it in thirds, and we each will do with our share as we please.
Of course, in this whole process, I had to buy a new sewing machine. Who wouldn't?! Mine was 25 years old and wasn't working. My new Brother CS-6000i was delivered last Friday. I've already made an apron out of some of the feedsack material. It looks pretty good, if I do say so. I had to break it in today by making chocolate chip cookies.
Last fall, I also learned to use a weavette. I never knew such a thing existed until I sauntered into a lovely yarn shop in Powell, OH. I had gone there to ask if anyone could repair some old handknit cardigans that we had found in my mother's cedar chest. One of the owners of the shop fixed the sweater as I looked through all the awesome yarn. That was when I discovered the weavettes.
I went back the next week and bought a couple of them. Elaine, one of the shop owners, sat down with me and taught me how to use the weavette. I was very intrigued. I made a pillow out of the wool yarn. Next, I felted the wool. The pillow is beautiful, if I say so myself. Unfortunately for me, I have promised it to a friend of mine. I will be delivering it to her on Wednesday. I hope she loves it as much as I do.
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