The Weekend Hobby Thread

I know I found this on the world wide web. But this little bastard looks exactly and begs exactly like the 13 squirrels living here on and under Casa Mis. Hum's bird feeders.

Are you plagued with rodents at your feeders? If so what do you do that you want to admit to the world and NSA Bob.

Please leave the politics and current events outside at the curb. Thank you.

Hey, I'm not sexist. These Chuckleheads titled the video. I think men, women and everything in between can find these hobby ideas interesting.

Not too often hobbies make the news. Well this is one hobby story that is also a Feel Good Story of The Day.

day, is a master at crochet—and he taught himself the craft when he was 5. What’s even more remarkable is that Larson is using his skill to change the lives of schoolchildren in Ethiopia, where he was born and adopted as a baby.

Larson, who lives in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and sells his gorgeous handmade creations on his website, Jonah Hands, has raised enough to fund a library, a science lab, new desks, and restrooms in the rural area where he was born, partnering with U.S.-based charity Roots Ethiopia. And the crochet wonder was awarded the 2023 William R. Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy on April 18.

The attached photo shows a quilt that is something of a generational project. The pattern is called Dresden Plate; the individual pieces are sewn together and then appliqued onto the background square. Each square is about 16 inches, and the quilt itself is a generous twin size. The plates were sewn together and appliqued by hand, the sashing was machine sewn with hand quilting.

The plates were sewn together by my German great grandmother; she didn't start quilting until her husband passed away so these were put together between 1942 and 1950. The pattern itself became popular in the 1920;s so I suppose this would have still been popular when my great grandmother took up quilting. My grandmother kept everything her mother had done, and passed the plates and cut pieces onto me in the late 1970's. It was my first large quilting project! They can't be seen in the photo but over the years I have had various family members sign it (with a fabric marker) including my grandmother. She was very happy to see the finished project. - Lirio100

This is a lovely quilt and a fantastic story. I admire people who can sew and quilt. I'm lucky I can tie my shoes. So thank you Lirio for sharing this with us today.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. And although the Fabulous Mrs. Mis. Hum. is not my not my mother I plan on a special DIY project for her at our off grid cabin. Perhaps in 2 weeks, I'll show pictures of the project.

The old In-Box was pretty light this week, only Lirio100 wanted to show off her hobby. So if you have a hobby or even a DIY project you would like to show off, please do.

So hobbies, DIY projects, 20/0 fan brushes & Jenkins Green acrylic paint can be sent to petmorons at gmail dot com.

posted by Misanthropic Humanitarian at 05:30 PM

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