Totes and Taxes

  All that worrying for nothing!!!!  The tea mugs that the pottery department made went beautifully with Carl's totes at the Center.  And our "Tea Party in a Tote" went together like a dream.  Isn't it wonderful how the different departments work so well together!  Now, I've got a head start on my tote inventory, and plans are swirling in my head for the next warp.

With this mixed blue warp, I tried some different prints as the weft, and I really liked the way the small flower print worked up.  Although I like the plain blue fabric, the finished tote doesn't excite me the way the print fabrics do.

I really like the way the plaid plays with the warp!  I have a bag of plaid bias balls in my stash, and I tried the light blue first.  This tote had a nice, crisp look when it was finished.  On the loom now is a Stewart plaid, which is really exciting.  I basted some mop cord in the handles for braiding, and that gave them just the right amount of weight for a sturdy handle.  So far, I've gotten five small totes from this five yard warp.  There's a little more left on the warp beam, so I've got to decide if I should go for #6 or weave some fabric.  It might be nice to add some pockets.....one for a cell phone and another inside for those "little bits" that we all carry around.  Like I said, I've got some ideas dancing around in my head for some future projects.
  But, April has now arrived, and that means TAXES.  The dreaded T word!  I'm supposed to be working on that ..... and I have the big part done.  It's the pesky little things like mileage and donations made during the year that I still need to pull together.  Hopefully, I can get all of this to the accountant next week, and be all DONE.  I'll even be ahead of the deadline!  Yeah!
 

Happy April Weaving!
LouAnn