The Color Purple

First day of blogging and now I have writer's block; hopefullly this is normal and will pass . . . hmmm . . . I've been wanting to start this for months and months, but I always felt like I had to wait until I had something earth-shattering to divulge. But no, today is just a good ol' Thursday, which for me means no kids and no work - just free to do what I want and force myself not to clean, do laundry, or grocery shop.

Today actually was pretty special because I was invited over to Ann Gati's house to rummage through her scraps of fabric and old sweater pieces. I met Ann at the post office - we got to talking about sewing; she sews jackets, vests, and things and sells them at a gallery here in Santa Fe. She gave me a huge bundle in exchange for a batch of my currant scones. I'm planning on "repurposing" them to make hats and gloves and blankets and the like.

Here's my sweater stack. Andy came into the room while I was spreading them out and said, "wo that's alota purple." Yes, it's alot of purple, which happens to be my favorite color recently and I keep telling myself and everyone else that it's very hot right now (although I have no idea whether anyone else thinks so).

My first hat I made with one of my old, stained sweaters and some fabric scraps. I lined the inside with some recycled fleece from some old baby mittens so it wouldn't make me itch like crazy. I love it! It's amazing how much warmer I can be wearing a hat; the rumors are true. This was also my first experience making a fabric covered button, which is ridiculously simple, but I didn't know that - yippee for me.