This past Saturday was another hot and muggy Grande Levee in Vandalia, IL. It was only a one day event this year and not state supported(thanks to ex-Governor Blago[inexplicitive]). Luckily they got local donations and support to put on the event. There are several around the state that have to find funding.
Anyhoo..........that¹s another topic........the breeze and being in the shade made it bearable and there was a good crowd despite the 95 degree F. We all had a good time visiting with our reenactor friends who we haven't seen for a while. Chewed the fat and all that. One of my sister's reenactor friends shot this picture of me working on my bolster pillow http://tat-man.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Tatman_at_the_pillow.jpg I was working on the Brazilian edging that was presented by Christa of Heartland Lace Guild and I took on the challenge of working it up. It is a typical torchon edging and it works out nicely http://tat-man.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Brazilian_edging.jpg This was an edging that has been on this pillow for quite some time. It is worked with DMC pearl cotton size 12. I got 3 repeats done while at the show. I needed the pillow for another project I wanted to work on and I was getting bored with the edging anyways. Imagine that!!! Me getting bored! I really do think I have adult ADD. Or just can't settle on one project long enough, so have to jump to something new. Hence my collection of pillows with works in progress and other unfinished projects of all needlework genre. So I finished a repeat and cut the bobbins off. Some visitors happen to be watching me and I just went *snip* and they gasped. HEHE It was like you thought I neutered it! I told them I was bored with it and wanted something new. They understood. But I liked their reaction! Don't know what I am going to do with it. The footside is 14 inches long. Can't put it on a pillow case, but could go on the end of a tea towel. It might gather up into a nice flower. Any other ideas?? I will be working a large 14 inch oval doily on the bolster pillow next using some handspun flax/linen in white that I purchased a few years ago at another heritage demonstration. I will be taking this with me on our vacation. Don't have a workable travel pillow, so will haul this monster. I tend to pack too many projects when going on vacation. Then I find I don't really work much on them because I am busy hiking, running, enjoying nature. But I do try to work on my projects while having coffee in the morning while the rest of the campers are still sleeping. ;) Thanks for letting me share my weekend with you, -- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
