Fiber Monday - Digging out

It's been a while since I had a Fiber Monday post. This is mainly because I didn't have anything to talk about as I wasn't really working on anything. I've mentioned my interests tend to have seasons and early summer didn't seem to be a season for making things. I'm thinking about it, I realized that contributing to my lack of interest was that my studio was rather chaotic and I had too many projects started and left lying about. I needed order and clarity. 

Much of the 4th, I spent organizing the studio... filing things, tackling piles of projects that needed organizing, doing some reorganizing, and then being able to clean because I could find the surfaces. I gave up on a couple of projects, put some others away for another season, and finished up a couple of things that were 95% finished it felt good. I now enjoy being in my studio again. 

The newly clean studio:



It had been a very long time since I spent consistent time spinning. So I put away the fleece that I have been processing and spinning and got out some prepared fiber that I love but had been saving. Saving for what you might ask. I have no idea, but saving it I was. So I have myself permission to take the beautiful fiber out and use it for the only reason that I love it. Isn't it pretty?


Another project that has been taking up space, both mental and physical was a warp I had measured to put on one of my little lions. I wanted to try out the loom to see how it works and decide if I wanted to keep it. 



I like the fabric it is making. This is a longish warp, so now that it is on the loom, I can work on it when I feel the need for something portable and mindless. 


And finally, the project that will take months to finish: the English paper piecing quilt. I am now on the third column of sewing the hexagons together. I worked on it in the car up to Michigan and back. 



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