What I was doing when I should have been playing over the past week (part 2)

In case you missed yesterday's post and want to see my friend Kathy and me shopping, here is part 1 of the saga.

We didn't return to Kathy's until early evening, and the first thing I did was check my camera batteries.  Kathy had asked me in the restaurant if I had them in their proper positions, and I said yes without really checking.  As soon as I opened the case, I knew they were in wrong.  How silly of me.  I hate to admit how flustered I got over something that could have been fixed in no time at all.  So, of course, I had to take a picture of Kathy in her craft room even before I unpacked.
 
I combined some of my hand dyed fabrics with commercial fabrics.  I also used my eco-dyed fabrics and combined them with rusty fabric to make my scrappy journal covers.

Before going to bed, I sorted the fabric and trims in order to place front and inside covers together.

I even sewed a couple of fronts to insides until I finally got tired enough to sleep.  It's obvious I have trouble sleeping in someone else's bed.

The next morning, after showers and coffee for me and a smoothie for Kathy, she wanted to forget the fabric by pushing it aside, in order to work on my ATC I needed to make for my PIF partner.  It's obvious I have whited it out, since it hasn't arrived at its destination yet.  The irony of it is, Kathy and I ended up making four of them in order for me to get one that was presentable.  I'm sure there was an easier way, but this was the hardest ATC I've ever made for WOYWW's PIF, and it's probably one I like least.

Kathy spent nearly FIVE hours (yes, you read correctly)

making this cover.  To her credit, she hand sewed the lace to the front, then attached the embellishment by sewing it by hand.

Here you can see she's putting the finishing touches on the fastener.

By this time, it was late evening and Kathy was ready for a much needed break.

Here she's playing with her dog Watson, who seems to love her dearly.

Or maybe it's just ice cream that Watson wants!  Note I didn't have any ice cream because I had pigged out on salads all made the day before by Kathy.  Note also the embellishment Kathy was auditioning under the sewing thread.

But it was now time to get back to work, because we had tools, fabric, and embellishments on every available surface that had to be dealt with.

Remember the embellishment from above?  Here Kathy is putting diamond glaze on an image of Marie Antoinette she had cut to size for the piece.  She thought it would be perfect for the Paris themed cover she had worked so hard on.   She set it aside to dry overnight, and I promptly LOST IT when I unpacked.  I have no idea where it went, but it's not with the rest of the things we made while I was there.

This was the last piece she cut for me before we called it quits.  She wanted this one to be cut to size, not torn as I had done many.  Note also her cutter, which matches the many zebra stripes in her craft room.

I hope you enjoyed seeing what Kathy and I made during my three days at her house.  Final count was six completed covers and four that still needed to be sewn together.  All but one needed/needs to be embellished.

Thanks for your visit.  I wish I had taken more photos of Kathy's craft room.  You would have loved it, and what you see in the photos is just the tip of the iceberg.  She has storage units that run around two of the walls that are behind doors.  And to think she had just destashed two months before.