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I made these for three of the sparkling ladies in my life - Diane, Madison and Emma. |
I made this set for Christy. She originally asked for a soft yellow scarf and I had some lovely wool for that. When she added the mittens to the order I had to change the wool. |
I had these practice blocks on my design wall - they were too good to throw out but I didn't really have a plan for them. When we were at Elizabeth's in November she mentioned that she need potholders. If you build them ... they will find a home. |
Sometimes a Christmas present is also a Birthday present. Check back later and I'll show you what's behind this oranament. |
I made a calendar for everyone in the family. The family photos I used ranged in age from the 1950's up to 2009. There were lots of good memories (and laughs) as I sorted through the photos. This is the first photo on the calendar.
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It has been years since I did any rug hooking and I had forgotten how relaxing it is. I thought this was going to be a stocking and purchased gifts that would fit inside it. It wasn't until I was puting the backing on that I realized it wasn't an "actual" stocking.
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I wanted to make something for Christmas for Diane, but I didn't want it to be "Christmasy". I included some coffee with this and called it "Pour Me a Cup".
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I gave this to our Christmas hosts. Want one? It's as easy as inviting us for Christmas dinner! |
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It took me several tries to get the sizing right on these mitts for Kathryn. The wool was from a sweater Mum was making for Dad. |
This is the first year that we haven't had a new baby in the family. Earlier in the year I made a blanket for this new baby. It just seemed natural to make Logan an ornament for his first Christmas. |
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I have always loved this wicker basket of Mum's. I was using it to store my current knitting project because it was easy to grab and take down to the TV room when I wanted to watch something. I had a small basket I was using for all my other "in progress" projects, but it was getting too small. I also needed a place to store my quilting patterns. The smaller basket became my pattern storage and everything else went into this big basket. Here are a few of the items that I'm currently working on. There are a couple of projects in the basket that I haven't started, and I haven't included them in the list. |
I have been working on this since I was about 8 years old. The original wooden spool came from Mum’s empty spools, and Dad pounded in the nails. Over the years I have tried to end it off, but never knew what to do with it if it was finished. I have stopped adding bits of wool to the pile, and I have a plan for the “unfinished” project.
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Christmas crafts are never far from my mind. Mum started this cross-stitch and I hope to have it finished by Christmas.
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I think this kit originally belonged to Kathryn. She never started it so the “you snooze you loose” rule came into effect.
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Now this is an old project. I've no idea when I stared it, or who I started it for. Only the beak on Little Bird has been done.
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My challenge to the ladies in my group was to reproduce their first quilting block, or a block from their first quilt. Here are reproductions of my first attempts at quilting. You can see the “real” first blocks on my quilting page.
Royal Star |
Brown Goose |
This is the block that the originator provided. She asked for Maple Leaf blocks of any size. |
These are the blocks that have been added so far. No, they aren't maple leaves, but they are very pretty. Somehow along the way the notebook explaining the intentions of the originator was misplaced so there was no direction provided. |
When I saw what Suzanne and Kathy added to the box I was overwhelmed with the artistry of their blocks. Clearly I was going to have to stretch myself a bit on this tin. I searched the Internet for maple leaf blocks and found a photo of one as a stained glass piece. There wasn’t any pattern, but I recalled that years ago (before I even started quilting) I picked up a book called Stained Glass Quilts Made Easy by Amy Whalen Helmkamp. When I looked at her method I convinced myself that I could do it. I found the basic maple leaf pattern in my book of potholders, but I had to play with the sizes a bit. I used crayons and paper to make a paper copy of what I hoped to put together. Once I started on the fabric block I was amazed at how quickly it came together. |
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This is what I brought home from the November Guild meeting. With such a large center block the person before me added a border to make the piece into a medallion quilt. |
Although I tried very hard to think of a way to add just one block there didn't seem to be any way around keeping with the medallion theme and adding a border. I picked out a pieced border, but when I put it up on the design wall it was too busy so I added a more calming border. And just so you wouldn't fall asleep looking at it I added a bit of color in the corners. |
This is what I brought home from the October Guild meeting. The theme for the Cookie Tin is Stars.
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This is the block I added.
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I have finally caught up on all the Blocks of the Month. They are destined for a bench cover in one of our spare rooms.
A few of the smaller and odd-sized squares needed to be enlarged so that they would match up with the larger squares.
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There are 16 blocks in this series that someday may be put into a quilt. I don't enjoy the process, but maybe by the time I reach Block 16 I'll be so much better at it I won't hate it quite so much!
Block 6 (October's Project)
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Perhaps it is a dream, but I'd like this project done before Christmas. |
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Another Christmas project in the works - don't be fooled by the packaging! |
Most of my crafts have a “home” long before I complete them. In a few cases I finish something without having a reason.
I needed hangars so these have moved into my closet.
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This blanket when to Dylan. Not that I'm counting, but I think this is number three.
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Hopefully these hats will find a home this winter!
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