Greetings From Pen-Sleeve Purgatory!
Earlier this year, Andy found a really nice lathe for sale on Craig's list, and has been hard at work producing pens for Christmas gifts: They are extremely lovely and so far everyone just loves them--which is all good. Because they are such lovely pens, we decided they needed to be presented IN something, which is where I come in: These are just the ones we still have. There were more. And, just in case you were wondering, repeatedly making itty-bitty fabric tubes is sort of boring. I've been trying to liven it up a bit with my new decorative stitching possibilities: which helps a bit. I have one more set to mark, stitch, and cut and then I think I'll call it good for a while. I was trying to use odd bits of scrap fabric from other projects, but I have to leave bigger seam allowances for regular fabrics, which makes them a bit bulkier, so I have switched to using felt. SUCH useful stuff. If I do all the stitching before cutt...