“skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly”

Oops, wrong definition of crafty.  I mean the one that says “skillful or with ability, especially in handiwork.”  Yeah, that.

I have been putting the new craft room to use.

I’ve been doing some sewing and mending, and then my friend Denise, Queen of Decoupage, came over this morning.

She decoupaged a picture frame while I covered a composition book to make a journal.

Then we both worked on the covers to our old 1970’s era sewing machines.

I added some printed itty-bitty kanji characters and cutouts of woodblock kimono prints.

But I think my favorite finished project was one I’d been meaning to do for a week.

When I got the sofa, I kept a couple of cushions from the old one.

They didn’t not match or anything, but I thought they’d look better if I re-covered them.

Using this extremely fast and easy method, I whipped out two pillow covers in well under an hour.

I found the fabric in the bargain bin at JoAnn.  I wasn’t sure about it at first but it’s definitely grown on me and now I really like it.

Altogether not a bad day’s work!

Knitters, do not despair.  I am still knitting away on the ESP (Enormous Stealth Project).  It is probably within two weeks of finishing (one hopes).  Especially since I go back to work on Monday.

Yes.  Monday.  Wherefore went thou, summer?

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