tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21819963083782331552011-11-27T17:35:20.740-06:00Behind the scenes...felting, scavenging, living, and whatever else I find amusing.chicagowilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952195042567206958noreply@blogger.comBlogger1613Chicagowilliehttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181996308378233155.post-18995205741718347102010-01-07T22:01:00.009-06:002010-01-07T22:32:34.923-06:002010-01-07T22:32:34.923-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/S0azpnmZCEI/AAAAAAAAAME/w-bB3Jcj8SY/s1600-h/uncut.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/S0azpnmZCEI/AAAAAAAAAME/w-bB3Jcj8SY/s320/uncut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424220328800356418" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Well, so much for getting any sewing done recently. I could use the holidays as an excuse, but even before the holidays I wasn't getting much done. The blankets are competing against cooking for my time. It's an old love that resurfaced this year. Actually it's not just cooking, it's preserving, canning, freezing; all of that process stuff. Plus, we invested in a stand alone freezer this year and I've tried my darndest to pack that baby full! At the end of the summer I froze everything I could find. Did you know you can freeze lemons and limes?? What a boon! Maybe I should start a separate blog for my food frenzy - more on that later.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Anyway, I did do some monogrammed pincushions (ho hum), and Santa brought me a tripod for my camera so I've been experimenting with video lessons of my wool projects. But, as for completing any new blankets? nada. Don't give up on me, I will get back to them...but now I have a taste for some summer grapes I froze. They're in the back of the freezer I think.</span><br /></span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2181996308378233155-1899520574171834710?l=chicagowillie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hfy9b6RawqQjF0BHAxWi-r7Okc0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hfy9b6RawqQjF0BHAxWi-r7Okc0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hfy9b6RawqQjF0BHAxWi-r7Okc0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/hfy9b6RawqQjF0BHAxWi-r7Okc0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=QBKqGT36dnw:oxuFF6U2OpE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=QBKqGT36dnw:oxuFF6U2OpE:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=QBKqGT36dnw:oxuFF6U2OpE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?i=QBKqGT36dnw:oxuFF6U2OpE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=QBKqGT36dnw:oxuFF6U2OpE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=QBKqGT36dnw:oxuFF6U2OpE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?i=QBKqGT36dnw:oxuFF6U2OpE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Chicagowillie/~4/QBKqGT36dnw" height="1" width="1"/>chicagowilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952195042567206958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181996308378233155.post-84217960441047022352009-12-08T17:03:00.005-06:002009-12-08T17:12:24.737-06:002009-12-08T17:12:24.737-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/Sx7bih64EmI/AAAAAAAAAL8/d7-Z3lBdwX8/s1600-h/Circus+close+up.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/Sx7bih64EmI/AAAAAAAAAL8/d7-Z3lBdwX8/s400/Circus+close+up.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413005188413264482" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Finito! It's such a great feeling to finish each blanket. The colors are just so vibrant, which is why I named it Circus - it's just fun.<br /><br />If you would like to see more pictures hike on over to my etsy shop at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/chicagowillie">http://www.etsy.com/shop/chicagowillie </a></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There is another one almost finished so don't stay away too long.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2181996308378233155-8421796044104702235?l=chicagowillie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bos1vDQdR9DP_QxRgehF1m5WKC8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bos1vDQdR9DP_QxRgehF1m5WKC8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bos1vDQdR9DP_QxRgehF1m5WKC8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Bos1vDQdR9DP_QxRgehF1m5WKC8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=8xHScE_06X0:HZXFbe36RMw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=8xHScE_06X0:HZXFbe36RMw:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=8xHScE_06X0:HZXFbe36RMw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?i=8xHScE_06X0:HZXFbe36RMw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=8xHScE_06X0:HZXFbe36RMw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=8xHScE_06X0:HZXFbe36RMw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?i=8xHScE_06X0:HZXFbe36RMw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Chicagowillie/~4/8xHScE_06X0" height="1" width="1"/>chicagowilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952195042567206958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2181996308378233155.post-10846536356879278192009-12-07T21:44:00.011-06:002009-12-09T15:45:09.397-06:002009-12-09T15:45:09.397-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/Sx3ObNHXXHI/AAAAAAAAAL0/iElQ-iW9Fdo/s1600-h/circus+banding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/Sx3ObNHXXHI/AAAAAAAAAL0/iElQ-iW9Fdo/s320/circus+banding.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412709293941546098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/Sx3N9bblrrI/AAAAAAAAALs/HD-57LlPr9o/s1600-h/fabricated+orange+square.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 275px; height: 163px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sNFkUaVh3ts/Sx3N9bblrrI/AAAAAAAAALs/HD-57LlPr9o/s320/fabricated+orange+square.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412708782388391602" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Just a few pics of the final stages of this </span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-family:verdana;">blanket. As usua</span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">l the squares I had to fabricate out of scraps added a lot of texture and interest. I'm in the process of sewing on the edging now and should easily finish this tomorrow.</span><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2181996308378233155-1084653635687927819?l=chicagowillie.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rtt3Rhij2bka4pfyUvtkgONa4vc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rtt3Rhij2bka4pfyUvtkgONa4vc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rtt3Rhij2bka4pfyUvtkgONa4vc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/rtt3Rhij2bka4pfyUvtkgONa4vc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=v33SIwTuRss:cJp-to21rqk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=v33SIwTuRss:cJp-to21rqk:63t7Ie-LG7Y"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=v33SIwTuRss:cJp-to21rqk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?i=v33SIwTuRss:cJp-to21rqk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=v33SIwTuRss:cJp-to21rqk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?a=v33SIwTuRss:cJp-to21rqk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Chicagowillie?i=v33SIwTuRss:cJp-to21rqk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Chicagowillie/~4/v33SIwTuRss" height="1" width="1"/>chicagowilliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06952195042567206958noreply@blogger.com1