A Little Yarn On The Side

Or will be if the printer ever spits out the shipping label.  I honestly wonder sometimes if technology has truly sped things up or just added new things to go wrong.  At any rate, the wedding gift for our niece getting married is finished, wrapped, and packed!  Andy made the napkin rings, which he made with thin sheets of aluminum between the layers of wood to get a thin silver band.  We saw this technique used at the Woodturner's Association show earlier this year, and while it took a few attempts to get it right, I love how they turned out. The table runner was a last-minute idea.  Originally, I had intended to do this which was in the current issue of Sew News ,  which is a nice magazine and worth checking out if, like me, you maybe aren't up to the level of Threads yet.  I even picked up the ribbon for it, but ran into a little difficulty over the directions.  They use water-soluble stabilizer with paper backing, which I d...