My parents were in town and my mom wanted to choose some fabric and have "us" make a baby quilt (my mom doesn't sew). I showed her the Cape Ann fabrics by Liesl Gibson I had gotten at sample spree at Spring Quilt Market. She loved them and we got to work! She picked out a backround fabric (Kona cotton,Loden?), some binding fabric (from 1001 Peeps), and a backing fabric (from Summersault).
I threaded 2 machines and got my mom and my stepdad to piece the strips!
All done!
It's almost there! A few more things, like a pendant light over the cutting table (no overheads) and some work on the bathroom, need doing. Overall, I'm pretty pleased.
Just a quick summary of events which have kept me away from blogging for so many weeks!
It's all good, happily.
Zander and Violet competed in the La Jolla open on the weekend of April 25th. They had a great time and did very well. That's Violet in the Fedora and Zander in the "hair".
It was also the 30th birthday of Zander's coach, Devin, so I made him a beanie which Zander is modeling below. The pattern is from Kody May Knits and is a free download!
Then we took Coach Devin out to dinner and got goofy.
And a great time was had at the hotel pool the next morning.
The next weekend we MOVED to a great new house...pictures to come in a later post after more unpacking.
Then Mira amazed us all with a performance! On a real stage! With lots of real people watching! This was huge for her! And she was wonderful!!!
This was fun and simple to make. From Twinkle's Weekend Knits, it's the Peony scarf, only I made it about half the width and 3/4 of the length. Used Twinkle Soft Chunky, of course, purchased at Compatto Yarn Salon in Santa Monica.
...is the tooth fairy's gain! She lost her first tooth the other night. I made her a little tooth fairy pillow with her name on it and a pocket on the back for her tooth, and any cash the generous fairy wants to leave behind. Mira and Violet wrote out a letter to the T.F. And Violet drew a picture of her on the back. This morning Mira found her tooth gone and in the pocket was a fiver and a note explaining that Mira's tooth was going to be the T.F.'s daughter's desk chair! She also found a Littlest Pet Shop bunny under her pillow and an additional five dollars from her sister! Wow! What a boon!
I'm not at the top of my game. The New Year's cards I thought I ordered...apparently not. The gifts I planned to make? Well, here are a few. I've just finished them. The towels are for my mom's kitchen. I downloaded the cafe pattern from www.emblibrary.com a great resource for embroidery machine designs.
I guess it's a good toy for a play kitchen. Anyway, it was fun to make, although I had to completely fudge the top...couldn't see my stitches through all the fuzz!
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Because why not make a scarf in August? Doesn't everyone? This was the easiest pattern from this book. I'm really enjoying these CHICKS WITH STICKS patterns and currently working on the Esprit Pullover from the crochet book as well.
Ahh. A finished item. And it's wearable! In fact, I'm wearing it right now. Although, I don't think I have the perfect top for it yet. Perhaps, I won't like anything with it very much until I lose the last 10 baby pounds. Yeah. That's probably it.
