My daughter and I had a wonderful Christmas.
We spent a lot of time in the family room chatting while being absorbed in our own creative world. One of the gifts I gave to my daughter was a beading loom, after showing her how to use it she immediately started working on a bracelet. I purchased her glass beads to accompany the loom and even gave her one box filled with some of my favorite glass beads. The loom I purchased, is the same type I’d bought for myself in my early twenties. I told her this loom was the gateway to much fancier looms if the beading bug bit her. It seems as it has since she spent hours yesterday familiarizing herself with the loom and weaving a lovely bracelet.
While she was working on her beaded bracelet, I finished my loom woven dishcloth and was able to make two washcloths from the same warp!
Today marked another first, I sewed my own woven cloth!
Securing my woven fabric with a sewn hem
Once the fabric is woven it needs to be secured. How did I do that? Well… I secured the edges of the dishcloth and two washcloths with a zigzag stitch; I used my Brother PC-420 sewing machine. From my online search, I’ve see a lot of fringes used on items made with the rigid heddle loom. Cute… but I’m not a big fan of fringes. That’s why I secured my woven fabric with a sewn hem. I have three more washcloths on the loom. I’ll be pulling out my Serger machine; Brother 1034D and will secure the edges with a rolled hem.
Last week, I didn’t keep my commitment of two washcloths/dishcloths per week, but I’m making up for it this week. By the end of the week, I should have woven five washcloths.
Q – WOW! Very beautiful. Have your daughter look at the white necklace with a rose that my dad made using a loom. http://curlsandq.com/2012/06/09/love-of-beading/. He made at least 6 necklaces that way and gave them “to all his girls”.
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@curls and q, Thanks, my daughter finished her bracelet. I love the colors she choose, I’ll have to post a picture of her modeling new jewelry. I’ll be sure to check out that post. That’s so awesome that your parents are crafty also. I knew your mom was, based on some of the lovely items that you’ve posted (that she made)on your blog.
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Oh YAY! Beaded bracelets! Can’t wait to see all of them! And the weaving! Nice! You two are BUSY – BUSY! But looks like great quality time and FUN!
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