December 10th, 2008
Joleen’s quilt
Hey, I just thought of another project. I can finish Joleen’s quilt. That will give me a decompression from applying for grants and writing essays, and rest my eyes on all that fabulous green. Now I am really looking forward.
I need to finish the Christmas projects I have going on the work table, and I’m a few days out on that. I have been experimenting with zipper pulls. I don’t know about you, but these days I need all the help I can get. The days of nimble fingers and muscular tugs are over for my knobby fingers, and I like a good grip. So of course I assume everybody else does, too. Even top rated diet supplements won’t help. Yoga helped my neck, though. More even than the PT.
So of course everybody gets one in their stocking. I have to find some of those keyring spirals. Some that are somehow special. I found a bead store, down on 6th Street and Roosevelt in Phoenix that has the greatest beads for $2.00 a string. I got big flattened cylinders of malachite-colored stone. The hole is big enough for wire. Even for silver or gold wire, if you want to get fancy. I found a bunch of other beads, too.
zipper pulls
I like the glass leaf beads, only $2.00 each string. wow.
So I am making zipper-pulls.