I've always been one to love doing crafts of different kinds. At one time, in my teens and early twenties, I loved crochet work and made many doilies with the really fine cotton thread. I have some still, and gave some away back then. Next I got into macramé, one of the things I made was a beautiful big white hanging table with a plant holder in it and a glass table top. Embroidery also came into my life around that time, I still have some of the things I made. For awhile I did Punch Embroidery, and Counted Cross Stitch. I did a lot of Native style bean work, with the tiny little seed beads, so have a lot of beaded jewelry that I no longer wear. I've done spinning and weaving, and a little bit of quilting. I keep wanting to get back to my spinning wheel and loom, but seem always to be too busy. In my truck, on the passenger seat, I have a quillow that I made some years ago. A quillow is a pillow that folds out to a quilt. I want to make a couple quillows for Christmas gifts this year if I can find the time to do the work. There are likely other things I've done too along the lines of crafts, but am forgetting about them just now, haha. I love stones and tend to collect them. I have often looked up what 'powers' different stones/rocks have attributed to them, and I've thought how neat it would be to get involved with making stone jewelry or even just polishing rocks for the beauty of them. I would need one of those rock tumblers, so maybe one day but for me, not today. I have a lot to do before the snow flies here, so all the crafts will have to wait for me.... but I will continue to collect the pretty rocks I see.
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Interesting post. Funny ... I think those who are "crafty" tend to try out lots of different crafts. I tried my hand at crochet but could never get the hang of it. I can however knit. I used to cross stitch and want to pick that up again. I also do rubber stamping. And I would like to try my hand at painting and cake decorating some day! :)
Hi Patti, thanks for visiting. I have done a wee bit of knitting, but not much. I would like to learn more about it one day. I also have often thought it would be nice to learn how to decorate cakes. I've got a few stamps around somewhere though am not sure if the ink pads are any good any more. I didn't do a lot of stamping, but did do some.
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