WOYWW 736: Answers and comments

 

It's Wednesday and I'm joining my dear friend, fearless leader, and our head desker Julia of Stamping Ground for What's On Your Workdesk this Wednesday, or WOYWW.  I'm going to let you know in advance that Julia likes us to keep it short, and I honestly try to do that.  However, that is not the case this week and it really isn't completely my fault.

Wendy is back in her usual spot and has her new badge in place.

Last week Jan (aka LLJ) wrote about peg bags.  I had NO idea what they were until Helen (H) mentioned she had no way to dry clothes outside.  Then it hit me that a peg bag is what we call a clothes pin bag.   My grandmother had one and I got it when she died.  I have a friend who is a seamstress who fell in love with it and offered to make me a new one IF I would lend her mine so she could get the measurements from it.  She even used a high end fiber reactive dye to make it look old and well used.  However, when I tried to use it, the opening isn't as large as the one my grandmother made, so instead of reaching inside the bag, I mostly leave a few clothespins around the opening.  Of course, there are about 30 more inside the bag.  This is my peg bag, LLJ.

Also last week, Angela from Crafting With Jack asked if I was going to make a Rocking Horse Journal.  Well, Angela, glad you asked.  I already made one.  This is the cover of my Visual Journal. It was my first attempt at sun dyeing fabric.  I used some of my rocking horses on the fabric.  I didn't leave the front horse on long enough, but I am not disappointed.

 

Here's a close up of the bling I created for the spine.  The word Rocking and two little rockers are wired into the the assembly.  To hide the wires, I wrapped the assembly in several different fancy fibers.

 

This is the rest of the bling that covers the spine.  That's an old paint brush, a pencil from my city, and some wood pieces I dyed green.

I attached a wooden rocking horse to a large button that can be used as the closure.

The inside left has more sun dyed rocking horses.

Every visual journal I make has three pockets in which to keep pens, pencils, rulers, etc.

This sun dyed pocket is a bit faint.  I'm glad this is for me because I would never send someone else such a pale pocket.

The inside back has a large pocket to hold items I collect along the way to add to my journal.  The loop closure is sewn between the front and back fabrics.

More sun dyed rocking horses.

And finally, a horrible photo of the back cover that even Photoshop couldn't color correct.

  Here's a better photo of the full cover before I added the bling on the spine. I bet you wish you hadn't asked now, Angela.  BTW, I've never shown that rocking horse on the cutter before, either.

 

I hope Julia forgives me and doesn't kick me out of the club.  I will be much more succinct next week.