Oh, Scrap!

I thought this looked pretty, all these little calico croissants, stacked and waiting. That little rotary cutter has had a workout, and you know what that means? SCRAPS. The scrap basket is exploding. Overflowing. All the scraps from the book and from these kits — mostly all cotton prints, calicos, ginghams — I think I'll bundle them up again and put little bags of them in my web shop after I get the kits shipped out. I think the scraps are pretty good, better than the ones I had last time. I'm trying to stay more in control of the areas of the house that are overflowing. It's driving me crazy. (Added later, after reading the comments: Please note: The photo above shows the fabric bundles cut and ready to go into the doll-pin kits, NOT the scraps. The scraps from leftover from these bundles will be made available but they will look like they were first thrown across the room and then tossed in the salad spinner. They will not look like croissants. Just sayin. I won't be folding the scraps. I'm crazy but not that crazy.)

Today I'm hanging out with my friend Marlene, who I knew ten years ago when we both worked together at GACPC. Marlene is the editor of Beadwork magazine now, in town for the Bead Expo this week. I hope I get time to go to that this weekend, too! My house is a total mess. We did go for a walk yesterday after dinner. The light was amazing. The sun was setting and it was raining at the same time — rainbow conditions, and I did see one very faint one on the way home. I will be interested to see the photos, since they were mostly taken in the rain, while wearing my glasses, which were absolutely dripping, so I couldn't actually see anything, etc. But I did point the camera around at stuff, so I'll have to upload those pictures later and see what develops. I tried to take a picture of Clover standing next to a clump of clover but she was zigzagging all over the place like, "What are we doing!!! GO!!!" Bossy miss. I need to set my ISO to 1600 to get that dog. I hope I was able to get that glowy light, though. You never know. Sometimes you get it, sometimes you don't. It was yellow and gray. Love that.

Comments

[Knitsational]

What a beautiful bunch of scraps! That inspires me to do a little bit of digging in my own scaps, maybe today. I I can ever get in that room. Look forward to seeing your "rainy" pics!

[lizbon]

I love that yellow and grey light, too.

[HeidiAnn]

I love the way those scraps look. It reminds me of the way people used to sort of weave gum wrappers into chains - know what I mean? Or sort of an origami puzzle or something. The glowy light sounds beautiful - I'll look forward to seeing the pictures!

[KellyRose]

I saw that light yesterday too -- absolute "spring" to me! The sun gave anything green a "radioactive" glow against the soft gray backdrop!

[Jeanie]

Oh, how very cheery these bits of color are! They just make me feel good looking at them! Thanks for a step into your world today!

[lissilulu]

I have kids who are fast like clover. lol!
gingham love...

[Leanne]

what i wouldn't give for a little spring shower...we just recieved another 2 feet of snow yesterday! can't wait to see some dewy fresh photos.

[Nancy Cook]

the scraps look so pretty bundled like that
i'm hoping for a walk today myself.
i have yet to take the 2 kids outside by myself. the littlest one is 7 weeks. i think it's time....xx

[erin]

You could make the most RIDICULOUSLY PRECIOUS pinwheel quilt with all that. Not like you need another project in the queue, I'm sure. Just sayin'. Quilting ate my brain. xoxoxox.

[Candy]

Ooooh, pretty bundles of scraps - mine always just look like, well, scraps. I'm definitely waiting for those at the webshop.

[Susan]

I was sad that I didn't get to order any dolls this time. But hopefully I can get some scraps when you put them up. Scraps are just the most fun things to me.

[tweet herself]

your eye and hands work like magic with your camera so i have high hopes for those photos :)
your friend, bird tweet robin from down the road

[Jean]

Your fabric's are all Springy... so bright and pretty!
You know, having loved it when we lived in Oregon you hear people complain about the rain! Phewwww! My answer to them is if you like the green.... you need to learn to love the rain!
Your pup is so cute... bundle of energy... be nice to be able to grab a hold of some of that!
Have the Azallia's and Rhod's started to come out yet? (Sorry I can't spell!)

[nanette]

Scraps are so lovely. Its more fun thinking what to do with them sometimes than new lines of fabric.

[Christina]

I hope you find time to make it to BeadExpo. If you do, please post about it! I wish I could go!

[Anja]

That is my favourite light. Always makes me happy.

[Poppy]

Love the scraps they look so pretty all together in the box. I wish I could go to the bead expo.

[ChristinaTE]

How did you get your scraps to look so pretty? Mine are so messy! I also immediately thought pinwheel quilt when I saw this picture.

[Mama Urchin]

I still use scraps from last time :)

[Cami]

I'd bet my donkey you got it! And I love my donkey!!!

[Leisl]

Oh, don't talk to me about scraps. I reckon I could probably challenge you to a scrap off, so dire is my own scrap situation.

Still, you never know when they'll come in handy. Right? RIGHT?!?!

[Carla (from Alabama)]

I love the scraps. And the tittle of this blog made me laugh.

[Kitty Jimjams]

Oh my Lord, I must look out for those. Alicia-picked fabric scraps? YES PLEASE.

[tiffany]

Pretty, pretty.. Oh so pretty!

[Angela]

Calico croissants! Exactly what they look like!!!