{"id":959,"date":"2022-01-17T14:51:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/?p=959"},"modified":"2022-01-17T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T13:51:34","slug":"new-year-old-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radishthegreat.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/17\/new-year-old-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year, Old Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’ve had enough of this nonsense, Human.<\/em>
January 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been grinding on the hexagon scrap quilt <\/a>for longer than I realized…possibly because I keep taking detours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flippy Triangle Coasters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cozy<\/em>
December 2021<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My mother put together some festive Christmas cocoa mugs for a group gift exchange with some ladies at church, and wanted to include handmade coasters. Guess whose hands made them! Ha!

This is the second time I have made these flippy thingies for her with Christmas fabric; I made a set in 2017 after we saw some at a local quilt shop. As that was a few beers ago, I followed this video from YouTube<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paper-Pieced Log Cabin Ornaments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Patchwork
December 2021<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I did the paper piecing on these in 2010. After the millionteenth time they fell onto my head while I was looking for something else, I gave up trying to develop a clever way of finishing them without binding or ladder stitching. They are finished with a ladder stitch.

The cord’s packaging claims it is “saliva-proof”. I have not tested this claim.
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Bean Bag Chairs for Small Electronic Devices (and small bears)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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December 2021<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our Beer Advent Calendar last year contained beers from young micro- and nanobreweries<\/a> from the Niederrhein region. Each day we propped a phone up against the salt and pepper shakers to watch a video from the brewers while we sipped…and repropped…and repropped…. Eventually I gave up and made two bean bags<\/a>, from this random tutorial, one for the kitchen table and one for the sewing table.

Because I worry about moisture, mold, and insects, I used undyed aquarium gravel instead of rice. I know these projects choose rice over plastic beans for “environmental friendliness” and\/or frugality; rocks are 100% all-natural and cost less per kilogram than rice. I have awarded myself a gold star for Umweltliebe<\/em> because instead of fancy new filling and interfacing, I used scraps of felt and batting from previous projects. (Fear not! I have not joined the cult; I’m just cheap.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OK, now. Back to my grind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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