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Tutorial: Cascading Chip Bag Decoration
This decoration was inspired by a cheap Chinese-made ornament hanging in our sukkah. No, we don’t eat this much junk food–I had to dip into my stash of chip bags left over from a brief fling with...
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Tutorial: Tear-Drop Chip Bag Ornament and Scrap Garland
The last two decorations were a bit fiddly even for me, so I came up with a couple easy ones. Fortunately, I have a small stash of clean chip bags, so no calories were consumed in the making of these...
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Tutorial: Diamond Chip Bag Decoration
This decoration is an oldie but goodie. You can find tutorials for it all over the Web. It’s an adaptation of the well-known 3D paper snowflake. After this I’ll probably give the recycling crafts a...
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Sun-Printed Fern Fabric: A Taste of Summer in the Fall
I had to share this stunning piece of fabric made by Pam of Gingerbread Snowflakes. Pam’s blog is a delicious compendium of crafts, recipes, and gorgeous photography. A few months ago, she created...
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“More is More” Shawl
After I got back from Prague, I caught a cold. One day when I happened to be at home during daylight hours and felt well enough to crawl out of bed, I photographed a shawl that I finished a couple...
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I’m still around…
My blog has been on hold because life got a bit busy. I ran in the Binyamin 10K race last month, during a heat wave, at Maale Michmash–no shade, lots of hills. I didn’t run as well as I’d hoped...
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Hutzot Hayotzer 2014: Flamenco Natural
Flamenco Natural, led by Sharon Saguy, appeared on the small stage of Hutzot Hayotzer (Jerusalem International Arts & Crafts Festival), May 11, 2014. Flamenco is quite popular in Israel. If I were...
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Lady with Unicorn Embroidery: Almost at Half-Way Point
I’m still working on the never-ending “Lady and Unicorn: Sense of Hearing” embroidery. I’ve just finished the second row of charts, which means I’m just a few rows above the halfway point! (The last...
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Lady with Unicorn Update: Third Row Finished
Just wanted to brag about finishing another row in the endless embroidery. Did I mention that it contains over 180,000 stitches? If you’re working on this piece, don’t give up! The tablecloth is a...
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Periodic Table Sweater
After nearly 20 years, I decided it was time to update the Periodic Table sweater. So here it is, with elements 111-118 included. It required 10 balls of blue Cascade 220 Superwash wool (8 blue, 1...
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