May Flowers

We kicked off May with an afternoon visit from Dawn and Nicky. I had been working on some felt inspired by all the daisies blooming on the grass in the park. Really enjoyable hearing about Dawn's recent travels in Uzbekistan and Turkey and hearing about Nicky's work as an English professor at SFU and her weaving and costuming projects.  

Daisy-inspired wool felt. I used pre-felts (incompletely felted wool fabric) to form the daisies.

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May the Fourth be a Burnaby Blooms Ride

May the Fourth be With You! Although I failed miserably to photograph our experience (other than these two quick shots just before our destination), I did manage to lead a ride from the AP Fieldhouse to Deer Lake Park for the Burnaby Blooms Festival. It was a small, skilled group of riders, but I pre-rode the route and made a map just in case. We started off with coffee and scones and enjoyed ride on mostly separated bike routes. Yaaay Burnaby!! 

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We finished up the sewing on Graham's sailboat cushions May 9 and he brought everything home to be installed.

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Make Your Own Coveralls Kickoff!

Laura, an accomplished clay artist, who I ran into at Burnaby Blooms, was interested in making a pair of coveralls. She diligently visited over the course of the month to adapt my pattern, cut out her chosen fabric and serge & sew the pieces together.

Wednesday Night Freedom!

Wednesday Friendsday crew celebrated Nicole completing her classes and gaining Wednesday night freedom with a potluck, glitter tattoos from the thrift store and a better than usual jam. Download the file below to hear a sample.

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Souper Sunday Spectacular!

Oh my! Souper Sunday on May 18th was spectacular! We met local family Krysta, Krystal and their two kids, Ellen, Patrick and their four kids who came all the way from Oakridge, as well as Jessica, Ian and Jason who were all mending. I made a vegetarian lentil soup with all of the above ingredients and it was a pretty sweet time all around. Since I have a lot more Makemobile bookings on Sundays in the Summer, I will probably not be able to host any more Souper Sundays until the Autumn.

Wet felting Wednesday afternoon May 28 was the hottest day of the year so far and pretty quiet. A nice day to wet felt under a tree in the park. I met a few neighbours and park users, one being George, who rides his bike all the way from UBC several times a week and another was local singer/songwriter Susie Ungerleider!