Trying out glass etching and the poncho

If you have been following along with me for a while, you might remember that I make some sort of gift for my family beach trip every year. I've made tied dyed beach towels, beach tote bags, placemat sets and other things that I don't even remember. This year I've decided to make personalized etched glasses. My friend gave me a bottle of etching cream months ago that I've never used. I just needed to create some masks with my Cricut and give it a try. I picked up a couple of cheap glasses from Dollar Tree and played with it yesterday. I did 3 designs to test the ideas and to also test the etching time. After you put the mask on the glass you spread the cream over the etching area you just wait a few minutes, remove the excess cream, wash it off and remove the mask. It couldn't be easier. I tested 3 etching times, left to right, 5, 7 and 10 minutes. There really isn't much difference so I'll probably go with 10 minutes.

I've ordered the glasses that I want and they will be in soon. I might start cutting the masks this weekend for the 14 glasses that I need to make.
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In other news, I finished the poncho yesterday! I need to block it and then I'll share more information and photos. You can see that I have a lot of yarn leftover so I'm searching for a nice scarf pattern that I can make. I'm a little sad to see this project done. It was so much fun to work on. I started in in Tucson in January so it didn't take long at all.

​This weekend I will get Oak Moth bound and get 2 veterans quilts loaded and started on the longarm.