I spent the whole day yesterday at a workshop learning how to weave cloth. It was amazing!
The teacher had these mini looms for us to work on and all kinds of wool and fibers. She even had us add beads and charms to our project.
This is what we made. A mini 'vest' which opens up into a miniature sewing kit.
We spent the morning weaving our "cloth" . ... It was so interesting, we were about 20 in the workshop and we all had access to the same materials, yet there was not one identical "cloth" in the whole class. Once we had filled our loom tightly, we ironed on a piece of heavy interfacing. After it cooled we pinned on our pattern and cut out one front of the vest. 
Believe it or not it took us 3 hours to do this. And she expects us all to make ourselves a vest by Christmas. AH! Maybe by next Christmas.
We spent the afternoon putting together our little vests. I kind of overdid it with the beads and charms,... LOL...but I'm not a fan of 'less is more' group of thinkers. I'm a ..."I paid $35.00 for this class, bring it on"..., kind of girl. :c))
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Today I started adding the bits and pieces of the sewing kit and I do believe that a special little girl in Nevada who is just learning to quilt, will be the recipient of this little gem. Her birthday is at the end of November so it's perfect....Made to order so to speak.
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It was fun, and I did learn a new skill, so it was worth the money I spent. :c))
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~~Fran...:c)
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