Daiwabo....

I have been saving the most beautiful Daiwabo Fabric to make a quilt for Garth.


In the process I kept aside enough to make four wristlets for my Etsy shop.

I used the basic pattern from Lea over at Sew Spoiled just click on the 'shop' tab at the top of her blog.  This pleated wristlet pattern, by the by, is very versatile and fun to make.

Here they are!!!!!  All ready for you over at Square Bag Shop on Etsy . 

All have zippers on top with a hand beaded zipper pull. 

Beki lost her mojo!

My reply to Beki's post over at Artsy Crafty Babe  got so long it turned into a blog.  We run in the 90 and 100's from late June until mid September up here in the Sierra Nevada foothills in California. Not one drop of rain.  Dry garden, vegetables have just stopped cold having lost their mojo too. No firestorms yet......cringe every time the forestry planes start circling.

We are from the San Francisco bay area, so up here it may be lovely, but summers are HOT and dry.  I once asked my husband "why did you bring me to this hell-hole, anyway"......as we endured mandatory evacuation last August due to firestorm complete with tankers flying over.

Then...comes fall.  We live in the gold country.  And the 49ers who came out here brought their architecture and their trees.  It is totally stunning to see our old courthouse surrounded by trees turning every color you can imagine.  The winter....some designer snow....spring with blossoms everywhere and dogwoods too.  I guess it balances out in the end.