Church of Craft 2.0

Well, we had our first meeting in our new home today, at Central Library. It’s an awesome venue, too – we’re in a big community room with good lighting, lots of space, and so easy to set up and break down. I kind of felt like I didn’t work anywhere near hard enough today!

OOh – and Stephanie, our library liaison, even brought down a whole cart of craft books from the Library stacks, so we could browse while crafting. How cool is that?

Surprisingly, we had more first-timers than regulars today, so it was nice to meet a lot of new crafters. Our project, recycled bottle bracelets, was fun, and people came up with all kinds of pretty variations. I’ll share a few below.

I’m really excited about the October meeting. I’ll share pics of the project as soon as I get my samples made this week.

Oh – and I wanted to share this: Lee and a few others came up with this great innovation: adding a button closure. I love that! It hadn’t even occurred to me! Gotta make a bottle bracelet with button now! (PS – do you recognize Lee’s scarf, made famous in Knitty?)

Some lovely felt appliques in progress.

Cool use of electrical tape here, twisted to form a sculptured detail.

Melissa had these coolio die-cut felt ribbons, which she found at Jo-Ann.

Oh – and before I go — a pickling update. The peppers were done yesterday, and they’re delicious. I would totally pickle again.