Hi everyone! How are you doing? My summer's been weird, to say the least...I had no internet access for most of last week. Ants ate my modem. Yes, really: ants. No, not really: they didn't so much eat the modem as destroyed it. Apparently they are attracted to electricity or maybe the warmth. The clerk who exchanged the modem said it was the third one that week, one of them even still had live ants attached (no, not mine). The ants are out of control around the area. There must not be enough picnics around...
Anyway, here is a new project, no ants involved. It's a pincushion made from the lid of a tea tin:
The fabric is a black brocade, covered with dragons. The one I sent away has hearts & peace symbols around the metal edge of the lid, with + & - signs in between, so it's love + peace-love+peace...The photos show it without the symbols. I think these lids make great bases for pincushions, they're the perfect depth. I'm definitely making more of these!
What did I get in return? An amazing magnet to remind me of Tucson & the southwest, made from a juice can lid, with feathers, a little skull bead & Milagros. I'll post a photo soon, you have to see it!
How about you? have you been working on anything recently? SAM
