Yes, it's an old bedspring. The challenge is to turn it into something prior to the January meeting. My first thought was a snowman, but a quick search on Yahoo shows that my idea isn't all that original. I will mull it over for a couple more days, but now that I have the snowman visual stuck in my head it will be difficult to come up with something else!
As usual at this time of year I am surrounded by temptation. I'm not referring to food - although there is a lot of that, too - but projects. I am such a sucker for challenges, group activities and BOMs! My Primitive Folk Art Yahoo group has decided to do quilts based on the "Album Quilts of Ohio's Miami Valley" book. We are to start with out own eagle block in January, and then do our own blocks along with exchanging siggie blocks the rest of the year. I tried to talk myself out of it, but couldn't resist. I need to choose my fabrics and get started - this project has deadlines!
I am still trying to decide what to do for Wool Club this year. My original plan was to do a small piece based on each month's theme. After seeing the themes, though, I am not sure I want to go that route. I also thought about a twelve square "sampler" project, but the monthly themes are all over the place and probably won't work in a single project. I also need to keep in mind that I will be starting new rugs in workshops in March and April, so I already have more projects on my plate than I can handle. More to come on that one...
And even though I already have way too many rug projects, I picked up on a discussion of a Dear Jane rug challenge in my Yahoo Rughookers group this morning, and of course had to jump in with both feet! I would love to do something with the DJ-inspired pattern I started six or seven years ago. I had switched to wool yarn and planned to do it in three colors, but after looking at it again may switch back to wool strips. I'll have to give that one some thought as well. So much to think about!
