Oh yeah, like I’ve had time to do that since the baby arrived.  This little number is a project that I finished before Annabelle made her early debut.  It’s a perfect-size-and-perfect-shape purse (can also easily double as a diaper bag without looking too diaper-baggy) that was made for the April Gypsy Road team challenge.  It is also hanging on the wall at the Community Food Co-op as part of their Earth Day art show.  I whipped it up out of two old pairs of maternity jeans (ha! out you go!) and a pile of vintage scraps that I inherited somewhere along the line.

The bag is finished, but have I actually gotten it together enough to get down to the co-op to take a picture of the finished project?  Nope.  But you can go visit it upstairs in the coffee shop where it has a stunning view of the Bridger Mountain Range.  It will be there until the end of May and after that it might go into the shop, it might hold Annabelle’s diapers.  We’ll see.

It’s pretty slim pickin’s for crafty time around here with the two little beans, but I have managed to scrape out a couple of things.

While my mama was visiting, she requested a roll for her oil brushes so she can easily stash them away for plein aire adventures.  Inspired by the pencil rolls of Soulemama fame and the crochet hook rolls from Coyote Craft, we paired up these two sweet vintage twills for a painting accessory that is just a bit off the beaten path.  It has inspired a flurry of fabric matching and you locals will definitely be seeing these at the summer market this year.  But first one for my double pointed knitting needles, one for my straight needles, and one for my colored pencils.  I already have this one for my crochet hooks.

And given the weather around here (yep, still flurries of snow) my obsession with wool has not yet taken respite for the summer.

The newest in the line up?  Dyeing old wool sweaters that have been felted.  Wool behaves a bit differently than the other natural fibers , so working with these recycled sweaters gives me the freedom to experiment and hone my technique before I begin working with my roving and handspun yarns.

Did I say handspun yarns?  Oh, yes.  It seems the fiber gods have smiled upon me and a spinning wheel will be arriving within the next couple of weeks.  More on that adventure as it unfolds.

For now?  I will attempt to continue my work on a small inventory for our first market at the end of June!  But mostly I will be loving and kissing and shooshing and holding and rocking and changing and wearing and feeding and encouraging and amusing these two beautiful, beautiful beings that I am fortunate enough to spend my days with.

And I’ll be trying not to totally lose my mind while I’m at it.

It looks like the double vision is creeping into my sewing projects as well:

This is my new fire lotus applique design, featured here on a pair of wraparound leggings that will be in the next shop update (which is now Sunday, February 22, 4pm MST).

Perhaps it’s time to have my eyes checked?  Or maybe I’m just preoccupied with thoughts of two little ones underfoot…

Looks like mama’s brewing up some applique…just in time for the next shop update at that.