New Year Weaving

I've got one full tote box full of new rugs now. I'm happy about that, it means I have a start on the new market inventory.
I have a bunch of pockets off of jeans and cords.  So, soon I will work on decorating pocket purses.

Friday I managed to get an apron made. That has been on the schedule since last fall. Finally done and tagged for sale.

I hope to get some pictures of my work posted soon. I just haven't found the time to do that yet. I may need some assistance getting that accomplished.

I found a new use to get some more of the jean seams recycled. I'm keeping it a secret until I can get more than one finished. i want to put in some pictures of them as well, once I get a couple of sets made.

So, I will be working on weaving rugs, making pocket purses, aprons, and my new idea.

I haven't got my three rugs a day made yet this month, but that is soon to happen. We have snow and winter weather predicted for next week, so I will hit the loom and sewing machine hard and fast.

Keep on Weavin' !

HANDMADE

ALL of my rugs are handmade by myself. All cloth is hand cut with either a scissors or rotary rag cutter.
Then sewn on a sewing machine into a ribbon of cloth.
After that, I weave on a four harness Newcomb Loom.

You can see pictures of this loom in earlier posts.

I have three looms that I use, all three with different colores of warp on them, one with blue and smoke blue, second with natural warp, which is a little off the pure white, and third, beige and brown warp. That is what I have on the looms now. I mostly have blue and natural on the one loom, I like that combination and have it on the loom more frequently than the two blues.

Each rug is unique , I want to say that each is different in its own way. Although I try to make at least two from the same bunch of fabric. This only happens if I have enough material to make two, since sometimes there is only enough to make one rug.

Keep on weavin'

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I've begun to cut and sew again after the holiday. I first pulled out the flannel, now I have some browns, and blues to weave. The rugs should be nice and soft, being out of flannel. I finished the brown corduroy rug I had started before christmas. It hasnt been measured so I'm not sure of the length. It is probably about 50 inches long to just estimate. Last night I pulled out the black and tans, I'm getting it ready to sew, the process is going to be long since there are several different shades of black. The tan is also several different shades so I will also have to sort after cutting. I have a lot of work ahead of me, I plan to still have over 100 rugs ready for the Farmers Market the first week of May 2012. I have about 6 new rugs made to date. They are still on the looms so they are not finished. I will have to cut them off the loom and hem, measure and tag them for market. Having a warm/cold winter. We haven't had a good snow yet, today it is kinda flurrying nothing is sticking, so no sledding for us.The sun has actually come out. Well, I should get to weaving, my goal is to weave at least 2 rugs a day till the first week of May. I hope it happens.. maybe I'll do 3 if I don't have anything else to do.;^). Keep on Weavin'