January TUSAL

First TUSAL of the year. My ORT jar matches the weather outside. All the snow we didn't get in December, showed up in January. Last week I was finally able to start making some headway on a few projects, super happy I can finally get back on track. This weekend I also had my first finish of the year, I'll share the details in the next post. For now here's a little something I'd been working on to keep me busy during the month of January.

During COVID, I really made use of my sewing machine for sewing various projects, including masks. I decided to go through my box of scraps to see what I can salvage and trimmed the edges to make them straight. All these scraps were specifically from the covid masks I made for the family. The cream fabric was used for the lining.

One technique I've been wanting to get back to is pojagi (보자기). I really enjoyed it as it's great for keeping your hands busy, while your brain is occupied with something else. To attach pieces together, it's a simple whip stitch and it's really fun figuring out placement.

It's also satisfying to see a little block turn into an even bigger one. I'm going to see how big I can get it with all the scraps I have, but I'm hoping to at least get it to be about the size of my Japanese embroidery frame to make a cover that will protect my embroidery while it's in progress. Right now it's about 13"x16", and all just from scraps!