Saturday was my Guild sit-n-sew where I finished section #6 of my Christmas Tree Skirt. I quickly laid out section 7 (above) and got right on it. As of lunch today, I've got the left and right corners complete up through the red rows and I have 3 of the 4 top rows completed. I should be able to finish this section by the weekend thanks to several evening meetings. I hope they don't mind my stitching while they talk. That leaves just one more section. Eeeeekkkkk!!!!!
Yesterday I went to a town on the other side of the county to visit their quilt store - I needed a little more of 2 grunge fabrics for current projects. Well. I gotta tell you. I was held hostage by that grunge section until I came up with the following idea.
It's an incomplete idea as I don't know what (EPP, of course) pattern I'll be using but I'm being a good girl and not even thinking about it until that tree skirt is done!
I also visited a new "junk" store where I was held hostage by several crocks. I know I probably already have enough crocks but that's like saying I already have enough fabric. Ain't neither never gonna come out of my mouth...
The label on this crock claimed it was a 2 gallon. Really? Pretty sure it's a ten-er...but I could be wrong.
This means I now have a 20 gallon, 10 gallon and 2 six gallon crocks plus 12 to 15 smaller ones. The only crocks with out a purpose are the new crocks and I'll find a use for them soon enough. I use the 20 for fabric scraps, a six for rolls of wrapping paper and the other 6 for a kitchen garbage can. I use the smaller ones for all kinds of storage all over the house.
BTW - using a 20 gallon crock for scraps is NOT a good idea - can't keep up with the scraps when the container is that large.
I thought this 1.5(?) gallon crock had a different/neat bottom. It's got blue speckles on one side like it was around other crocks being marked with blue glaze but other than the bottom it's a standard crock.
I'll let Zorro tell you about my other hostage situations on Friday =^..^=
neat crocks - never thought to use them the way you are - so I do not have any I have never collected them - now you put the idea in my head I might keep an eye out for them
ReplyDeleteYou are such a hexie machine! Only one more section? Look at you go!
ReplyDeleteI am liking the combo of that floral with the grunge selection. Can't imagine how you are going to work that up in a hexie project.
Very cool crocks! Oh, your crocks remind me that we saw some at my MIL's when we were cleaning things out a couple of Saturdays ago (it is a weekly Saturday project), and my BIL and I each said we were interested in them. I wonder if there are any still there?
So what were the crocks for originally? I've only ever seen bread crocks, and they aren't that shape.
ReplyDeleteLovely fabric - I'll be interested to see what you do with it - only after the tree skirt is finished, of course!
You're a self-sustained hostage! LOL! I absolutely *love* that wildflower print. Whose is it? Is it relatively new? I'd love to get my hands on some of that!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI have a bunch of crocks I use to hold houseplants. Haven't bought any recently as they've gotten pricier. To answer Vireya, crocks were used to make pickles, sauerkraut and other brined products.
ReplyDeleteLove the floral fabric. I think I saw it somewhere (Arcade?), but passed it up because I would never want to cut it up.
Pat