12/25/19

If I had to pick a favorite cardigan pattern (they're like children...they all think they're  my favorite), this would be it.  It's Jo Sharp's Fitted Cardigan from Knit Issue 3.  It's considered "vintage" as it was published in 2007, which makes me laugh, as I'd be considered downright prehistoric by those terms.  

It's one of those pattern that is easily adaptable.  This time I'm only changing the rib from single to double.

These buttons have been in my stash for about 6 or 7 years, waiting for the right project.  This is it!  

Knitting in bed meets Bailey's approval any time!  The project is Arne and Carlos' magnus Garden Mouse.

Jenny thinks hanging out in the kitchen is much preferable to crafting, as she knows she'll get a sneaky treat.

I had to taste test the Tim Tam balls I made for DH yesterday....they're good.  I had to test four....just in case the first one was a fluke.  

The 5th year of delivering banana bread to my neighbors on Christmas Eve.  It's a tradition I enjoy very much.

I hope you all had a wonderful day.  Now I'm off to put the hanger on Licorice All Sorts.

12/8/19

There was not time for crafting last week....nightmarish isn't it? lol  I did start putting up the Christmas decorations.  This is A Little Bit Shorter Tall Tree by Little Bits.  The tree skirt looked like a slice of watermelon when I finished it, so painted it with gold paint.  Much better.  The other change was to swap out the ornaments for little "Christmas lights".  This one was finished about 3 years ago.  I like the way it looks on the brick wall.

In Full Bloom wall hanging by Edyta Sitar.  I think this came out about 2011.  It was machine appliqued and another one with needle turn applique in a different colorway is on the cards for next year.  It's hanging on the pantry door. 

Geese Around The World is from Sarah Fielke's book From Little Things.  The angel button is one of Debbie Mumm's from the stash.  There's a "summer" version of this wall hanging in the Box Of Doom, waiting for the blocks to be joined.

This quilt was on display near our booth at the Christmas Market.  It was hand quilted.

This is the back, where you can see some of the hand quilting.  

A sweet Christmas display.

Some Secret Santa sewing.

A closer look at the machine.

Love this one with weaving shuttlecocks.

The yarn fumes in Hobby Lobby must have got to me last week when I purchased these two balls of eyelash yarn.  It's been about 15 years since I've knitted with any and I'd forgotten how much I dislike it! lol  It is definitely a case of product knitting, as they'll be knitted up into Christmas balls.

Have a good week.  Sue

12/2/19

This is the first fake flange pillow I've made.  It was super easy to do and I like the way it finishes the pillow....with very little effort! lol

This one will have some cording or ruched ribbon added to finish it off, as it just looks a bit bare and needs something.  I like this ruching tutorial.  

This tutorial on packing tape transfer caught my eye.

A little fall display has been tucked away until next year.  

Let It Snow by Prairie Schooler is finished enough to put out on display.  It just needs some white cording added to it. 

The Rain Fell by Little House Needleworks has been started. I found the silk last night while rummaging in my craft studio.  It's been in my stash for quite a while, maybe even a decade or more!  It'll be auditioned for the dress or maybe flowers.

In Harmony by Collin Bogle (Dimensions kit) has been on the go for about five years.  Time to get it finished.  It's being stitched in a table top hoop.  I ordered an A4 size LED light box yesterday to sit under the hoop.  The aida is either 16 or 18 count and even with something white underneath, the holes are not that clear.  Fingers crossed the light box will fix that.

Dug this pattern book out last night and started the bird in the top left corner from stash floss.  It was published in 1990.  How time flies! lol

My quilting mojo has flown out of the window.  Fingers crossed sewing this panel up will entice it back again.  It came in a fq bundle (Flurry by Kate Spain).  Another oldie, just not 29!

Have a wonderful week.