This WONDERfilled Life...

I’m down to the wire…again…we’re getting ready to watch Westworld and I am frantically watermarking photos and drafting my weekly blog.  This week I had 3 rehearsals, 1 orchestra concert, 2 gigs, a recital and an audition (at which I did quite well and advanced, but that is for another blog).  Busy doesn’t begin to describe what I was this week.  Then throw in a Royal Wedding and it’s no wonder I feel like I haven’t slept in days…because I haven’t, ha! A few years ago after Wills and Kate sealed the deal I became slightly obsessed with fascinators.   A colleague (who also enjoyed crafting) and I would find any excuse to make the over the top pieces of head wear.   We wore them to concerts, weddings, special events, you name it we made and wore them.   With the festivities this week (as well as my second horn and organ recital) I thought it would be fun to make a new fascinator for myself and special one for P too! The last royal wedding Hubby and I ...

Another busy week and another project under the wire.  Between taxes, an orchestra cycle (of Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 no less) and a graduation (let the season begin) it was a packed week and I really thought this might be the week I didn't pull through.  But I couldn't fail myself so I thought of something simple and fast that I could make.  It came to me Friday...FRIDAY.  Boy do I like living on the edge I guess! A spring time hat for those days where the weather is nice but the wind is cutting.  I find that I can deal with a lot more if my head is warm and snugly.  This FREE Slouchy Headwarmer pattern/tutorial from Patterns for Pirates fit the bill.  I made one at Christmas time using scraps from our coordinating PJ's. I didn't have enough fabric to make the hat officially 20"x 20" so I fudged it and I loved the finished product.  I wanted to try it with my luscious rainbow hearts in double brushed poly from Knitpop  in ...