~ Late January Diversions ~

 I choose to call them 'diversions'

...instead of 'distractions'.

to me, a diversion is a good thing, 

while a distraction can be

well, not-so-much.

in the midst of purging/cleaning out every room of this old farmhouse,

I'm re-visiting lots {LOTS} of magazines, books, patterns & things that I've forgotten about.

like these!:

Molly Makes is a good one for vintage & color-loving folk,while Granny Chic is just plain FUN....the others are books on crochet techniques, which I am perusing once again due to my recent re-fascination with artisan yarns.

 Joan & I each purchased this pattern for a sweet little apron-like top to wear with our jeans ~

we bought them last Summer with the best-intentions of making a slew of them

to wear to shows & events.

I have pulled it out, picked out my fabrics and will be sewing up my first one in the evenings...

I'm excited to share my {good or bad} progress with you!

February 1st's edition of Early Work Mercantile will be here in just a few short days ~

I'm working on another humble-embroidered heart {my fav. thing to make lately} 

and also a hooked chair pad...

the 'dusty' colors of pale blue, peach, sage greens and light violet of this cotton fabric

are the perfect match to the dark chocolate brown I chose for the prairie-cloth backing of this heart

 pretty, huh?

I have always disliked polyfil or other synthetic stuffing material.

I don't like how it seeps through the fabric and shows tiny little filaments...

~ plus it's too soft & smooshy for me.

I prefer to use saved scraps from previous projects to stuff with...

makes for a nice heavy old 'feel'.

and, again...

that yarn.

it all started a few weeks ago, 

~ when for Christmas I received a gift card to Joann's.

there was a sale on yarn and I was looking at how beautiful it all was ~ so very colorful & textural.

And I decided to get my crochet hooks out and work up an infinity scarf for myself....

progress below ~

 

Yes, please excuse the cat hair in any/all of my photos.

Mr. Iggy is always present when I work, 

so there is a little bit of him in everything I do.

 

My Schedule for today:

Blog {check}.

Process/ship orders. {yay!}

Laundry {ugh}.

Start working on Taxes {double-ugh}.

Walk in our deep woods a bit, before getting back to my needle & thread ~

Count my Blessings {yes}.

Wishing you all a Monday filled with sweet diversions!

 

Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori