Goofy

My husband came home a couple months ago with an order for a walking stick from one of his co workers.

Their whole family are "Goofy" fans...I had made them a stick before. (It was not one of my favorites)...Anyway I have been putting it off, just couldn't find a pattern and could not "see " it in my head. (I was thinking of doing it "in the round" but it just wasn't coming together for me...finally after slapping myself on the forehead it came to me to relief carve it using the turbo carver...This worked out great . I was able to finish it in a couple of days and I love how it turned out....Luckily the co worker loved it too.

Braided Rug

I saw, I pinned and then I made.  whew ! 

I stumbled on this beautiful rug on pinterest and the gal had a wonderful tutorial here so I will let you go there to see how it all comes together.   I really liked it and have been wanting one for our new wood floors. So we gave this a try over the "cabin fever" months this winter.  The braiding in kind of fun to do and it is fun to watch the braid get longer, however the sewing was a bit of pain.   I tried to short cut by using the sewing machine but it was a major fail . After a few rows it puckered up too much, so then I had to rip out the stitches and then resew it by hand...It was not as big as I was hoping for the floor but it looks adorable on the table..  Maybe next winter we will attempt a new one.