I made myself some handwarmers for the winter season using a hybrid of the pattern from Joelle Hoverson's (owner of Purl Soho ) book Knitted Gifts - and the Herringbone Rib Stitch shown in Vogue Knitting's Stitchionary.
They're very warm, and made from washable cashmerino - which is good, because I'm always doing things with my hands, and therefore managing to get them dirty.-
Shelbie
Our quilt group had a fabric exchange 2 years ago. The theme was dots. I decided to make this quilt with the fabric from the exchange plus some that I had in my stash. Every single fabric in the quilt (except the white) has dots in it. The machine quilting is dots as well. I gave this quilt to my daughter, Chelsey, when she graduated from high school. Somehow I held onto it until yesterday. We were folding all my quilts to put on shelves in the work-in-progress
Our family dog Shadow needed a cute little hat for the holidays. Shelbie was ever so helpful and knitted him a particularly cute one on Christmas eve.
I rather adore the little pompom and how his little ears stick out of the ear holes.
Shadow put up with it for a while, but he kept taking it off and hiding it. Much to his chagrin, whenever we found him without it we found his hiding place and put it right back on. It was just too cute not to!
-Tracey
My mom gave me this beautiful Japanese book with Japanese crochet patterns in hopes that I would make something for her.
(As a side note, I can't seem to find an official title for this book, but I would like to know who this model is, because her hair is gorgeous)
As part (most) of my mom's Christmas present , I made the scarf on the front cover.
I changed up the color scheme for for one with more bold colors - attempting to make red (her favorite color) the main
I wanted a soft and snuggly gift for my boyfriend. I got him a cd player for his truck, but that isn't much fun to open on Christmas morning. So I whipped this together with my mom's help on Christmas Eve. I think it turned out darling and he really loves it. Elephants are his favorite animal and he named it Horrace Greeley. I got the pattern from this book , but the directions were a little incomplete and no pictures. So it took us a while to
In the fall I knew I wanted to put some of Lizzy's books in the bags I was making for my daughters and I wanted to get some extras for friends. I ordered them in advance and I'm so glad I did. They are just beautiful and each is unique. I think they will make great journals or sketch books for the girls. Laurie didn't want a bag but she got a Lizzy book and a zipper bag to keep her new Ipod in and she was happy
For Christmas I made 6 of the 7 girls purse sized bags. (Laurie adamantly didn't want one and Jamie will probably not use hers. They are too tomboy I guess.) It was kind of fun to personalize each bag for them. I filled them with books and make-up and some jewelery for each of their personalities. I think it worked out. - nanette
Shelbie's bag - it's for knitting and squared off at the bottom so it can sit on the floor and hold a box she keeps
This is a little gift that I gave to my female co-workers. I used either a light blue yarn, or a variegated yarn, created by dying some habu textiles yarn with kool-aid.
My favorite part was picking out buttons - which are my favorite notion. -
Shelbie
Merry Christmas to you. Our family has had a great couple of days. Its fun having a partially home made Christmas with all our family here. So much cooking and clean-up for just a couple days. But its worth it. Now I need to find time to nap. - nanette
I should have credited the pillow to a gift from my sister-in-law, Lorraine, from a few years ago.
I have several things to finish before Christmas and I'm getting closer. I went shopping today for the last (hopefully) time. It made me so glad I made gifts, ordered them online, asked my kids to shop for me, or bought them months ago so I didn't have too much shopping. -
These bags have been a lot of fun to make. - nanette
I made quilted curtains last year about this time for my newly painted yellow kitchen. However, since our summer flood/disaster/forced remodel they really don't go with my new granite countertop and stone backsplash. I haven't decided what I'm going to make in their place yet but this last week I took them down and recycled them into some gifts.
I used the tutorial for the zipper bag on the sewmamasew blog. Obviously I didn't put the wrist strap on mine. If you click the picture you can get a
Since last Halloween of '06 i have wanted to make myself a cape that i could use as a coat.
The idea came from an adorable witch my best friend Sarah made. It was made out of a purple wool and i just fell in love with it. After I finished my first real knitting project in September, the arrowhead lace caplet, i finally decided to buckle down and get it done.
I used this pattern that Igot online at sewingpatterns.com
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Then I purchased my fabric at fashionfabricsclub.com
My sisters have been wanting me to post pictures of the fabric hoops I made to decorate my bedroom walls for a while now (please disregard the crumpled blankets on the bed; I love the look of an unmade bed, but it doesn't play so well in photos). I got the idea from the purl blog earlier this year and just loved the idea of using my favorite fabrics as an informal art. And just to show you how long it takes me to get around to
These are 3 of the 5 quilts I submitted to Fons and Porter's baby quilt contest. The top one is called baby roses, the 2nd is woven strips, and the 3rd is plaid toys. My philosophy on baby quilts is that they should be used and loved and sturdy enough to be washed and washed. I like to use interesting fabric for both the baby and mother. A quilt is almost a fashion accessory for both mom and baby. I also think they should be made from a
When ever I get a package of fun fabric or a good quilt book I take full enjoyment from petting the fabric and pouring through the pictures in the book. Its such a treat. My mind starts filling up with ideas and plans. And thats the best part of a new project - the dreaming and planning. This came yesterday from Kitty-Craft.
I want to make this quilt, these slippers and this tea cozy. I don't drink tea but I have a collection of teapots and I love their
This is one of my first projects I knitted. I used Blue Sky Alpaca yarn and one of their patterns that I modified to add a tie in front and change the stripe. I loved the lacy pattern in the bolero but it was a challenge for me. I am happy with how it finished and love to wear it. - shelbie
My daughter Chelsey (thanks Chelsey) came over to help paint today. I guess I'd better get some carpet picked out pronto. We still have to paint the adjoining room, which is the formal living room that I have plans to make somewhat less formal. I want to slipcover the furniture in the spring and give us some spill over room since my family room gets packed on the weekend when the older kids come home to eat and visit. The paint color is called "brown bread" by Behr.
My mom gave me this book by Joelle Hoverson as an early Christmas present. I'm making the pencil roll for my boyfriend's sister for Christmas. She's an artist and I hope she likes it. It was fun picking out fabrics, but what I hate most about sewing is all the cutting that needs to be done. blech. I did cut enough for three pencil rolls though, so I'm set if I want to make one again soon. I had a hard time getting my fabric choices look cohesive
This is one of the quilts I sent to Fons and Porter for their baby quilt contest. I made 5 baby quilts and rules stated they had to be "original designs". I thought my take on making a tumbler block into a bow was kind of clever. I knew tumblers weren't completely original but I do like my use of fabric and color and making them into bows. Yesterday I stumbled on a blog by Kelly and saw she has a similar design and has sold darling kits
I am making some gifts with this "homemade fabric". I got the idea of using selvages in a project that Manda did at Tree Fall Design. She made pin cushions that are darling.
I have been thinking about the interesting selvages I have been throwing away and wondering what else could be done to use them. I decided that sewing them together and making new "fabric" out of it would make endless possibilities. You could make anything from quilt squares to something wearable. I think hotpads would be super