Friday, July 20, 2012

22 Years Later....

I'm finally getting ready to quilt this baby quilt.  It originally was going to be for my son, but now I am going to finish it for his daughter, my granddaughter.  I didn't know anything about quilting back then.  I know a wee bit more now. 

I finished loading this in my quilting machine yesterday before I went to work.  Today, I am going to get get the machine tweaked so that I can get this quilted.  I miss our little buddy, Diablo, but I won't have to worry about him thinking that the quilt is his bed.  He liked to lay up on the last quilt that I had loaded in the machine.  That was around four years ago.  Plus or minus.....

Have a great day!

Friday, June 8, 2012

Like I Need More.....

Okay, so I couldn't resist.  I started another project.  It is a rug for my granddaughter's room.  It is going to be in black and hot pink to go with everything in her room.  Such a princess she is.  =)

For my grandson, it will be either black and blue or black and red.  I'm leaning toward black and red.  He really loves the cartoon "Cars" and wishes that I had "Cars 2".  One of these days.....

I can take these projects to work with me and work on them during my lunch hour.  At home other projects will take precedence.

Speaking of undertaking more projects....I got this crazy idea to reconstruct all of my flowerbeds while I was cleaning out the upper three beds.  Some textured blocks, some landscape fabric, some organic compost mixed with top soil a little hard work and viola!  Some new flower beds!

Note to self*  get the old man to make me a small sifter to shake the dirt from the compost pile.  Ha!


Saturday, May 26, 2012

A Little Progress....


Okay, so there's not much to see.  Actually, there is, but the pics are on my cell phone.   I tried following the pattern.  That didn't work.  =(    It's been years since I've knitted and my hands just can't get the hang of knitting and purling with three strands of yarn.   Soooooo, I changed the pattern to just knitting.  =)  Much better!!!

I am almost totally right handed.  There are muscles in my left hand that don't get used that much.  Found that out when I started working on this rug.  Each day gets a little bit easier, but I think that I will save the k n p for just one strand of yarn. 

The blanket you see in the background is one that dad bought for me when I was 9 years old.  The binding has long been gone.  I decided one day to add a crocheted edge to the blanket on both ends.  Right now it is a work in progress.  It also has a hole that someone's dog chewed in it years ago. 

I could throw the blanket out and make some different, but, crazy as it seems, there is sentimental value in the blanket. My late sis and I both got one just after mom passed away.  I'm the only one who still had mine after all these years. 

It's soft and warm to a point.....

Friday, May 18, 2012

Learning to Knit Again



Ok, so I'm starting to knit again.  Like I really needed to start another project!  LOL!!! 

The pattern is by Lily Sugar'n Cream.  It's called "Simple Stripe Rug".  I found it at FavCrafts.com.  This rug is going to be for our kitchen. 

Casting on was hard to do.  The pattern calls for 3 strands of yarn.  This wasn't your simple casting on stitch.  The reason being is because I am trying to keep it from getting all wonky from use.

I'm not going to be including the stripes in this one.  It is just going to be the variegated yarn that you see.  Not sure if I want to add the fringe either.  Fringes collect hair and other junk in the wash.  Yuck!

I'll keep you posted as I work on the rug.  Now I'm off to working on other things.

Have a great day!


Monday, April 2, 2012

I Found a New Use For an Old TV Tray....

I bought two of these Ninja Turtle trays back when the turtles came out.  One for each of the kids.  This one was my daughter's.  My son thought his was something to sit on.  It ended up in the trash....


I got this crazy idea yesterday evening to get the tray out from the drawer on the stove and put it to use.  It's been over a year since I sat down and worked on this batik quilt.  The petals that you see here are for a Dresden Plate.  It is part of a UFO that I needed to work on and get off my list. LOL!!!

I'm using reverse applique for the curved part of the the petal out of recycled dryer sheets.  They work great!  It saves me from having to buy any stablilizer. 

Now for a little bit of playing on the internet and a little bit of handpiecing before I hit the sack.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Future Projects

These are things that I'm either going to do or learn sometime in the future when I get more time.
  1. hobo handbag
  2. t-shirt for Larry
  3. quilt or wall hanging for Sharon
  4. learn to tat
  5. try my hand at knitting again   
  6. matching quilts for mom &  DD one purple, one blue
  7. Bear Paw quilt for pops
  8. big quilt for JD and Nay
  9. big quilt for Brit
  10. big boy quilt for Abel
  11. Worry Doll quilt for Hazel
  12. quilt for Annette-purple, pink, blue
  13. try my hand at beading
  14. learn to needle tat
  15. learn to how to do hairpin lace
  16. Black quilt for Ray

    UFO's

    This is a list of my Unfinished Objects.  Not Unidentified Flying Objects.  The only way it would be an Unidentified Flying Object is if I were to throw a foreign object across the room in frustration.  LOL!!!

    This list looks a little overwhelming....don't shake your head.  I get in my funks and don't feel like doing much of anything.  I've been real good about not getting in a funk in the last few months. BTW, there's still quite a bit of time to either put a big dent in it or get all done (as long as I don't get off on another tangent and start something else which I am prone to do).  =)

    1. JD's baby quilt
    2. Brit's lap quilt
    3. king sized afghan
    4. blue/green afghan
    5. cat/dog cross stitch
    6. foot print baby quilt
    7. Indian wallhanging
    8. Log Cabin
    9. cat quilt
    10. JD's car quilt
    11. reindeer quilt
    12. sock doily
    13. pumpkin punch needle
    14. CW quilt
    15. Batik quilt
    16. 2007 shop quilt
    17. D9P  Oriental quilt
    18. Pickle Dish quilt
    19. Parrot wallhanging
    20. Flower cross stitch
    21. tablerunner/placemats
    22. fall wall quilt  (not sure what this one is, but I guess that I will come across it one of these days)
    23. Connie's quilt
    24. Hazel's baby quilt
    25. afghan for Hazel
    26. quilted jacket
    27. fuschia crocheted purse