Crafty

I thought I'd share some of my non-food/gardening activities. Sadly, most of what I've been working on is for Christmas and can't be shared until after the holidays. One thing I've been making (very) sporadically is a small quilt/wall hanging (we'll see how I feel when it gets bigger).


I started out with seven yellow fabrics and seven blue fabrics, and then cut each one in half. One half was left as it was, and the other half went through a bleach-discharge bath. I did this in my pre-blog days, and apparently I forgot to take pictures. Basically I just filled up a big bowl with water and a small amount of bleach, swished everything around, let it sit for varying amounts of time, and then rinsed really well. Everything was also run through the washer just to get the last of the bleach out.
Those two blue triangles in the center are actually the same fabric; the one on the right has been bleached. It was interesting to see how the colors changed, and it doubled the amount of color I have to work with. Here's the overall pattern I'm going for:

I like it so far. Oh, and as promised, a shot of my cucumbers. This guy was hiding from me in the foliage, and I only discovered him today. the little shriveled alien-thing hanging above it is actually a baby cucumber, so you can see the size difference.