Spring Project Progress

This spring has been a busy one, so I thought I'd share some of the projects I've been working on. 

To begin with, I've been working on growing this little baby who keeps getting bigger and bigger! But in between resting, walking and making sure she's well taken care of, I've been working on some other kinds of projects.

I made Jerome a patch for his backpack

And turned him a pestle for his Chinois for his birthday

I formed 14 new Shaker boxes - I'll do a separate post on that soon, with videos and everything!

I did do marquetry for the top of one of them though - it involved a lot of small pieces and a ton of scotch tape! 

But it turned out pretty well I think

I turned this Couronne Stick which is used in knitting somehow.. It was a present for my Mum, so I guess I'll see the results sometime soon! 

I started a project to combine marquetry and turning, with the intent to bend and glue the strip around the tealight holder. There were some wrinkles in the process, so it's not done quite yet. 

I made this pair of matching photo frames for the Grandma's to be. 

Then I went home to Ottawa for a few weeks, where we did lots of walking and more projects. We even saved this teeny tiny turtle from being run over by bicycles! 

Mum and I made some baby blankets and clothes - under close supervision of Rupert and Baxter

We experimented dying and painting some onesies

My mum gave us this awesome I-spy quilt she made for the baby with all sorts of fun animals and pictures to find and teach the baby with! 

I got to visit with Jerome's parents, and my Grandma, and lots of friends who threw surprise baby showers! I somehow didn't get any pictures of those though! 

Turning over a new leaf

As I mentioned in my last post, I was letting this blog slip; Well that was 6 months ago! I realized my main issue with the blog was that although I love woodworking, it isn't really what the majority of my projects are focused on at this time. I hope to make it more so as I get better at it, and have more time to focus on it. But over the past few years, I have found myself coming up and making projects as needs arise and they are in all sorts of mediums such as sewing, paper, photography, lego etc. and I'd like to document those as well. So as of now this will be a blog about all the random stuff I make! I have a bunch of cool things that I've been wanting to share somewhere so there'll be some catching up to do for a while, but it should be fun! So I hope you come along for the ride!

Introduction

An Industrial Designer by trade, I have always been interested in making things. I did one of my co-op placements at Veritas Tools which is the design division of Lee Valley Tools. I had admired the design aspect of the company before, but having worked with the designers and been exposed to all the woodworking tools, I began to become more enamored with hand tools and wood. My co-workers there were amazing and taught me many things after hours from how to sharpen tools, to a detailed lesson in hand planes from the chief hand plane designer. After graduating I finally had the time and freedom to turn my interest into a hobby, and have spent the last year taking various courses and increasing my skills. Some of the courses I've taken include turning, marquetry, shaker boxes, and carving. I'd like to share some of the techniques I learned and the projects I've worked on over the past year as well as future ones.