Monthly masterpiece #2 is (or will be) a typewriter! As it turns out it's a two month project rather than one. I've been working on it for close to a week desperately trying to get it done in time, but I still have at least a day or two to go on it. This project is the most challenging I've attempted so far, it makes the sewing machine I made look so easy in comparison! I've been so consumed by it that after a long day of sewing I dream about it and continue working on it in my sleep. There were times I almost gave up, but luckily my determination won out in the end (although it isn't finished yet). A really nice man that runs a retro second-hand shop around the corner lent me one of his typewriters to use as a model. Hopefully I'll be able to extend my loan. I'm going to have to take a break for a couple of weeks for my sanity's sake and to prepare for markets, but it will be done by the end of April!
I managed to get through three audio books while making the typewriter. A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro, The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. I am completely addicted to audio books!
