I’m going to start posting some of my projects that were completed prior to my website update.
This is a terrarium/micro-train layout built on an industrial machine gear and covered with a cloche from a defunct anniversary clock. Not photographed is the working street light that I later added. Alas, the fern has now passed on to its next incarnation (as has the moss), but I have purchased a replacement that is awaiting installation.
This is a set of flannel-backed items I made this year. In increasing silliness, we have a set of spats, two colarettes, two pair of thong panties, two sets of ridiculous pasties, and lace-up-ass undies. Make certain you can handle the answers if you ask questions.
Here are a couple of berets I sewed up for K for Christmas as modeled by D and J. They’re both reversible. The top one is made of wool felt on one side and a poly microfiber on the other. The bottom one has velvet (the good stuff) on one side and wide-wale corduroy on the reverse.
Here are a couple of quilts I made for Christmas gifts this year. Nothing fancy. They’re all machine sewn, although I’m pretty happy with the edge binding. Finally found good instructions on how to do it correctly.
Behold! The largest knot I’ve tied to date. For the record, it’s Abok #2218. It has 50 points of intersection. The boys each wanted one for Christmas. I have one more to tie. They take an hour or so to do.


J decided to be cheese; complete with giant toothpick and olive as well as Cheddar the mouse. He won first prize at the local skating rink and a sizeable cash award!
D settled on Link from the Legend Of Zelda. Everything except the tights are from scratch. He won the admiration of the teenage boys at the skating rink, plus he gets a sword, shield, and dagger. We’re having a hard time getting him out of the costume.
An increasing intolerance for cheap wicker in my kitchen prompted the creation of new fan blades made from wild cherry that I milled from logs around fifteen years ago. I’m much more pleased with hardwood moving my kitchen air around.
Behold! The power of cheese! J wanted to be cheese this year for Halloween. I complied :)
My friend Stacy is having a baby soon, so I figured a hippie quilt was in order (Gotta start ‘em early!). The top is cool cotton batik and the back is mint green cotton flannel. It took me about a days-worth of on-and-off work. I’m quite pleased with the outcome. There will probably be more quilts this winter .
