A Blast of Winter and Blast From the Past

My 20 minute sewing commitment got a bit waylaid by the fact that my partner in all things went away for a week, and left me with the pets, the house and the snow. While we had not had a very snowy winter, with many of the major storms going south of us, the day after he left, the skies opened, and it snowed every day he was gone.

I doubt that I will be sitting out in the garden for awhile.

I did do some planning. I was looking for ideas for Grandma Coco's pincushion challenge, and I came across this pattern:

I realized that I had already done a project like that.

Mine was a Cub Car for my Venturer groups leader challenge at the Cub Car Rally.  Canadian Scouts build these in the winter, when outdoor activities are somewhat restricted. I decided to make a Venturer Van, since I was the Venturer Adviser.

It has a wooden base, to hold the wheels.

You can see the graphite on the bottom, a desperate attempt to get it to roll a bit faster. I placed last, in the actual race, but second in the Beauty portion of the competition. I have a ribbon around, somewhere.

I won't be entering this in the pin cushion challenge, but it is nice to know that great minds think alike.

If you want to enter, see the link in the sidebar.