Wow. I had so much fun with
those keychains that I posted the photo to my Facebook Timeline, the digitizer’s
fan page, and a machine embroidery keychain fan page, and I’ve had almost 40 ‘likes’
total. Wheee !
Only problem is, all that
fun wrecked my Arena. Felt and vinyl scraps everywhere, along with used lack-of-tack
masking tape (used to hold the vinyl and felt still in the hoop for stitching)
stuck to the floor and threads and stabilizer bits liberally coating everything
like flour and salt on chicken. Knew the vinyl scraps wouldn’t fit in the felt
scrap box (it’s almost full already), so we made a budget trip to Dollar Tree.
I liked the clear-lid ‘starry
ornament’ box I got last time, and if I know anything about our local DTree and
holiday / cooking stuff, it’s that items like those sell out fast – otherwise I’d
have waited a week or so, we are a bit tight on funds. Was hoping to find a
different but coordinating design, but there’s only two that fit that lid, and
the other was snowmen with Merry Christmas wishes all along the sides. Since
mine are out and used year-round, that was a no-go. And having two identical
wasn’t gonna work, as the three like mine left in our store were dented or
damaged. Ended up with a slightly smaller ‘starry ornament’ box with a solid
lid, but they look good stacked up. And the felt and vinyl are put away,
hopefully for future projects. Cheese popcorn, I’m hoping to save for tomorrow,
as I still have some of yesterday’s chips.
That done, I peeled up weak tape
with just enough tack to it to stick to the floor and redid my stabilizer scrap
storage. Believe it or not, I did all the VA keychains with scrap / recycled tear-away
– I didn’t use a single inch of new stuff. However, that left me with a ton of
tiny scraps with just a few larger ones, and they were all mixed in with cut-away
and a few bits of water soluble in the Clawdeen 2013 Happy Meal pail. Not good.
Got it all organized, separated the ‘tiny bits’ from the ‘big enough strips’
tear-away and put them back in the bucket separated by a divider cut from a
cereal box, then repurposed a brick ramen package to hold it and the other
stabilizer bits as a sort of slide out tray. Since it’s right above my cutting
surface ( i.e., the washer), I added a pencil, a decent pair of scissors, and a
found ruler, all stuff I’ve needed over there for a while. Considering adding
stickers to the ramen box.
As for today’s image, these
are the clothes I bought at the OldTown thrift last Monday, when I had to take
the IL’s to their appointments. The navy blue stretch velvet dress was 49¢, the
Princess Hello Kitty skirt was 69¢, and it came with a crowned Hello Kitty
charm and a big silver bow that I’ve already removed. I’m gonna cut into one or
both tonight, make some on-the-fly doll clothes. I’ll probably start with the
dress, I have some ideas. The two hearts are silver embroidery, the stripes are
silver / blue /white ribbon. But I’ll probably start with the back. . .
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