Omer Counter

An idea for an Omer counter has been percolating since before Pesach last year when Mintzy asked me if I had any use for her metal sewing machine bobbins.  With her bobbins and my bobbins, we had more than 49 - enough for an Omer calendar.  I saw this one made by Studio Gruss in New York:

   

I wanted mine to be textile related and in parts that could be dismantled to fit into a compact box, something like this travelling Shabbat candle box I made for a Pomegranate Exhibit.  It was made based on a large match box holder and contains a wooden candle holder with two holes for tea light candles, room for additional candles under the holder and a smaller match box.

 

I kind of know what I want to do and I think I will use this cigar box as my container.

I'll let you know how (if) it turns out the way I envisioned.

Time Got Away From Me

I have a valid excuse, well not really, but still.  Carmit was here from Munich for 6 weeks, and Rotem and Maya were here for two weeks and it was Pesach.  And I didn't feel much like sewing.

Let me check where I was at my last post.

Rotem and Maya loved (or maybe just liked) the needlepoint.  They are working on it.  It was actually their 2nd anniversary gift.  I didn't get around to doing their 1st anniversary gift until after their 2nd.  Not that I procrastinated, I just missed their 1st because of Covid brain and only figured out what to give them closer to their second.  I took a wedding photo of theirs and had it made into a jigsaw puzzle.

Not as challenging as the 2500-4000 piece puzzles they usually do but certainly a keepsake in a nice box which they can pull out annually (or not) should they decide to go that route.  Shoutout to The Occurrence puzzle place in Haliburton, Ontario who did a great job on the puzzle.  We may just have to make the drive out ourselves to see how it's done.

And back to needlepoint, Rotem had made two needlepoint pieces which I had made into pillows several years ago.  What was I thinking as far as the brown background fabric goes.  Choopa, Rotem's cat, was particularly enamoured of them either and ruined the pillow fabric but not the needlepoint.  So while Rotem was ready to send them to recycling, I did a little recycling of my own and made them into a bag.

I repurposed a denim under the mattress book pocket no longer used, faux suede pinkish border fabric from my stash and a wide ribbon, reminiscent of a guitar strap, which I had purchased in Fabricland when it was still at Empress Walk.  So these needlepoints will live on.

Did I mention that I have substantially completed the 3rd Torah quilt back?  And made the חזק חזק ונתחזק pieces?

Off to waste more time on youtube.