AMANDA'S BASKETS: Prairie Point Easter Egg

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Prairie Point Easter Egg

The temperatures were kind of low last night and early morning but it did get up to 40's. Not very sunny though.

This photo was taken a couple years ago in the spring in the south...Fairhope, Alabama to be exact. I love the tight petals.

So, I have begun the next project for the guild newsletter...a prairie point Easter Egg. First I choose three fabrics and cut out a ton of pieces 2" by 3"...

I picked up a styrofoam egg yesterday. This egg is a 6 inch regular styrofoam egg, not the compact type, but it seems to work really well without gluing the pins. And for pins, I am using the sequin pins which are much shorter than regular pins.

And these are photos of the egg so far...

The difference in color is lighting...it is more pink like the top picture. Tomorrow I will show you how to make and apply the prairie points. No sewing nor gluing. But lots and lots of pins.

That's all for now...

See you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.