For Thanksgiving this year, L-man and I decided to do something a little different.
We went on a 3 day float trip down the San Juan River in Utah. It was a bit chilly at night, but nothing a fire didn't cure!
We took a few side hikes and saw several Anasazi ruins, petroglyphs and pictographs
And we even saw a wild horse!
and of course, the general scenery was breathtaking and inspiring.
I hope your weekend was filled with family, friendship and memory making times!
xo,
Penny
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Well hello! I hope you had a great weekend?
Lenny and I were able to get out and do some camping, hiking, scouting, (Lenny will be going hunting in a few weeks), sightseeing, and I got some hand sewing done. We also slept a lot! It was a goooooood weekend!
Here are some photos of the weekend. The leaves are changing a bit early this year and it appears we have great timing:
a bridge in Grand Lake:
L-man in his hunter orange
Pine tree homage:
and of course, no matter where I go, there's an iced latte happening.
And lastly, some hand sewing. I started out using Molly Flander's clamshell tutorial and added a few other details and steps. I'll be doing a tutorial soon for those interested!
Happy Monday!
xo,
Penny
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This last weekend was full of surprises here in sewtakeahike-land.
We had been planning a yurt weekend trip to enjoy some backcountry skiing with friends, but when we got to the yurt, this was the scene.
Beautiful, but without much snow.
So instead of skiing, we ate, played uno, made sauce, dyed eggs, and napped.
I guess we did get a few short hikes in there as well, with some impromptu snow angels.
The lack of snow was difficult to swallow at first, but once we settled into lounging, it was all good.
How was your Easter weekend? Hopefully as blessed as ours was, spending time with good friends!
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It was a remarkable weekend for L-man and I here in Colorado.
We packed up our tent and gear into a friends truck and headed down near Gunnison for the weekend. We camped out and on Saturday morning, shuttled our gear to the Gunny Gorge trailhead and hiked it all a little over a mile, down to the river.
Here is the raft roll, which L-Man, Curt, Matt, and I carried.
Down at the river, it was a sight to behold:
This trip is definitely my favorite one we took this summer!
The canyon was amazing (although I wasn't able to get any pics until the rapids were done),
and spending time with friends was priceless. I'm so regretful that I didn't get a group shot of all 12 of us together though..... I AM however, so very thankful that L-man took the time to put the trip together, that Curt allowed us to carpool with him and his daughter Arwen, that Lance and Heather graced us with their presence and allowed us to use their raft, that I finally got to meet John and Alex (two of L-man's kayaking friends) and for the donuts that Lance and Heather brought (boy did they taste good after a long day on the river!) And last but not least, I'm thankful that Arwen took an interest in sewing and sewed several yoyo's for me while we were in the car (the drive was about 6-7 hours one way!!).
So enough about my weekend, lets get on with the giveaway!
As you have probably guessed, the fine people at Accuquilt are offering up a go! Baby and your choice of 3 dies to one sewtakeahike reader!
All you have to do to enter is leave one comment on this post telling me what your favorite thing was that you did this summer. And if you didn't have a chance to do much this summer, tell me what your dream summer trip would be.
I'll leave the comments open until the afternoon of this Thursday, Sept. 15.
Good luck to you!
~Penny
The giveaway is now closed!!
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Are you ready? Well let's go!
Part 1 will be short and sweet. A few details and then a short how-to (that was taken directly from the info sheet that is included in the 60mm yoyo maker from clover).
First, the DETAILS.
As you may remember, I decided to start a yoyo quilt to facilitate all the camping and outdoor activities me and L-man do in the summertime. I wanted something very portable and easy to grab when we're headed out that I can do sitting in the car, or while camping. I've always wanted a yoyo quilt, so this seems to be just the ticket!
I will be doing three installments for the yoyo along. The first installment is this one, the second will be about making blocks from your yoyo's, and the third will be about joining the blocks together.
This will be a slow and easy yoyo along with a finish date to make all the yoyo's by the end of October (that's 134 days from now, or 7.5 yoyo's per day), and the coverlet completion date in November (which will consist of sewing the blocks together by machine).
If you choose to follow along exactly how I'm laying this out, you will end up with a coverlet that will measure approximately 63X81 inches and will consist of 1008 yoyo's made from the 60mm clover yoyo maker. Each yoyo finishes at about 2 3/8".
Once I get to the joining stage, I will be going over how to join them by MACHINE, so the coverlet will be sturdier.
Materials needed:
Next, the HOW-TO
1. Cut your circle so it is approximately 3/8" wider than the larger part of the yoyo maker. The fabric doesn't need to be a perfect circle.
2. Lay your fabric circle into the larger part of the yoyo maker, right side down and press the smaller part of the yoyo maker into the larger part, making sure to snap the tabs of the smaller part down into the larger part where needed.
3. Using about 50-60 inches of thread, thread your needle so you'll be using both strands of thread and knot it. Fold the raw edge of fabric in, and insert your needle from the raw fabric edge side, following the guide on the yoyo maker all the way around to stitch.
4. Once you've stitched through the last guide, overlap the stitching in the first guide (make sure you don't put your needle through the knot from the very first stitch),
and then put your needle back through to the back side (don't knot it off quite yet).
5. Pop the fabric out of the bigger part of the yoyo maker using the hole in the center of the maker, pull the smaller part of the yoyo maker out from inside the yoyo, pull your thread tight, and knot it off (do you see my knot in there?).
6. Insert the needle into the fold where the knot is, and pull the thread through the yoyo.
7. Cut the thread close to the yoyo.
Clear as mud?
If these instructions didn't do it for you, make sure to take a close look at the ones included inside your yoyo maker.
Ok, that's it for today, please do let me know if you have any questions!
~Penny
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