I started on a carry/storage bag for a bow trainer called an Accubow;

Accubow

It can be safely drawn and released without an arrow, making it useful to home practice. But I’ve got to store it when it’s not in use. I have a big piece of soft magenta leather that I am using to make a storage bag.

So far, I have cut the pieces, sewn on a pocket and sewn the front & back together. I have also made the box pleats. I still need to put a bunch of snaps across the top & sew on the straps. I will be using nylon webbing (I didn’t have enough of the magenta leather to make straps.

This has been challenging as it is the biggest thing I have sewn from leather. Also, making the box pleats meant sewing across thick seams. What worked was just turning the hand wheel & going one stitch at a time, over the thickest parts.

I had some silk yarn left from another project, so I used it to crochet a yarmulke for myself. (In more traditional circles, they are only worn by men., but I am not so traditional.). It is currently being blocked on a styrofoam wig form.  Of course there are pins in it, to hold it in place.

Whenever I see it with the pins in it, I keep thinking it looks like a nice Jewish Martian.

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Misha Bear (whose name is the beginning if the healing prayer in Hebrew) likes to join me when I stream services.  I had already crocheted a little yarmulke for hm, a while back. So now he wanted a Tallis (traditional Jewish prayer shawl). So I obliged by crocheting one. I used variegated silk yarn and I love the result.  Here he is;

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My nephew Scott & his wife are expecting a baby girl in a few weeks.  I've already got the quilt near done.  But I have enough fabric to make a little pillow.

I want to make a support pillow for the new mom & dad to use when holding the baby on their laps. I would like to embroider something on it, to indicate its use, but I'm just not quite sure what would work. Keep in mind that I can do a 4" x 4" area. Any suggestions would be welcome.

My quilt guild is gearing up for next year’s show. We all make some throw pillows, to be given as door prizes. I just finished one, using a couple of extra 9-patch squares.

Front;
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Back;
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Lining;
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My hobbies include leather crafts.  I have made a couple of attempts at sewing light weight leather on my Brother. It worked, but not well. I wouldn’t even try heavier leather on it.

For small pieces I don’t mind hand-sewing, but I haven’t attempted any really large ones, because it would just be too much for these old hands.  So I ordered the Janome HD3000, which comes well-recommended for leather.  I should have it next week. (That will give me a new toy to play with, while I recover from my surgery.)

Here is a link;
https://www.amazon.com/Janome-Black-Exclusive-Bonus-Bundle/dp/B07D7HFT9L/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=g6fWw&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc5f3394-3b4c-4031-8ac0-18107ac75816&pf_rd_p=bc5f3394-3b4c-4031-8ac0-18107ac75816&pf_rd_r=GJ45HE6N1Q6VNHXYBSDT&pd_rd_wg=pyUOr&pd_rd_r=ec9fd948-4665-41df-99e6-6641645953f6&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m

Now that I have had my lift/reduction, none of my old bras fit. After trips to 2 department stores, I managed to find a couple that meet my medical requirements and fit me.  It’s not easy to find a wire-free, front-closing 42C, but I managed.

But I still need to lengthen the straps, though less than before.  So far I’m almost done with the white one, but still need to do the black one. (The white one looks pretty good.) Pics when I’m done.

This is my first attempt. It’s just a small sampler that I was given at the quilt guild meeting. Someone else had started it, which is good. The written instructions weren’t great, but from what was already sewn, I could see what to do next.

The front looks OK, but the back is a mess. That’s partly because I had trouble with the thread tension; every setting I tried seemed to be either too tight or too loose. Eventually, I found it, but there was already some sloppy stitching down. Also, I made the mistake of following the directions which said to use white thread. The back is a red plaid and I’d have normally used red thread.
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