01/28/2010

  

I finished a quick project this morning. I covered at $2.50 cork board from Target with some cute apple fabric. And last night I finished the Heather Ross Gold fish project I have been working on for a few days. Hopefully I will get a picture of it this weekend. I need to repaint the bathroom first ;)

Complete With a Pattern

I finished the project for Colin...

That's right...mom went all out...it even glows-in-the-dark :)

Main fabric is 100% linen and super soft. I love how it wrinkled after washing. It helps to notice the star quilting when they are not glowing.

Featuring:

Amy Butlers wonderful Full Moon Dots

Planets in blue from the Rocket Scientist line by In the Beginning fabrics

American Jane “Basic Building Blocks” numbers in red and blue

More pictures here.

After finishing the Brooke's quilt I knew I had to make one for Colin. I love this quilt and I am so glad it gets to stay here with me and not be gifted away :)

Alas it is to cute to keep to myself

You can find a copy in my Etsy shop or in the right side bar of my blog.

Progress

I am almost done and ready to share the project with the stars on it.

I have a lot on my to do lists right now so I am going to try and cut back on my internet time :) Sarah is joining me. In fact she suggested it. Our original plan was once a day but now we are already thinking maybe just a certain number of minutes a day. I am going to try for once a day and see how it goes. Either way I am hoping to get a lot more items crossed off my list. The internet has a scary way of sucking me in and detouring me from being productive :)

A Hat for Iris

Happy 10th Birthday Miss Iris!

Photo taken by Sarah

French Country Hat pattern can be found here.

Crochet flower pattern (free) can be found here.

For the most part the hat pattern was easy to follow. I don't consider myself to be experienced at crocheting and did have to seek some help from Christina. Not because I couldn't follow the pattern but I just didn't feel like it was looking "right." With Christina's help we came to the conclusion that we were doing it right (or so we thought) but for some reason the sizing was off. We started the hats over; Christina made a hat with some adjustments to help with sizing and I followed the pattern except I only used one strand of yarn instead of the two that it called for. It looks a little off from the pattern picture but it is still really cute.

All and all the birthday girl liked it and that's all that matters :)

Tuesday 3:17 PM

Nap #2. It is supposed to be any way but I can hear him over the monitor laughing and chatting up a storm. A am starting to think he is trying to phase out nap number 2 but I am just not ready for that.

 

I am going to try and do a photo of what I am doing/working on each nap for the rest of the week. I am secretly hoping it will keep me productive.

Pillow Case

I finally made a pillow case for Colin's small square Ikea pillow.

I honestly don't know how long we have had the pillow for. But I do know that Colin picked out this fabric all on his own and I made the pillow case within a month of purchasing it! Yippee!

I thought it was very cute of Colin to show me how he would use his new pillow :)

I think he likes it.

Materials and measurements:

Fabric: Traffic Jam by Allison Jane Smith for Windham Fabrics

Measurements:

main fabric 14" x 14" square cut on the fold =14" x 28" rectangle

accent: 6" x 26 3/4"

I used a 1/4" seam allowance and did not pre wash my fabrics.

Hooking It!

First off sorry for the fuzzy picture, I took it with my cell phone :)

I just finished this hat this morning. This is only my second crochet project ever! I loosely used a pattern for the main beginning shape of the hat but very quickly derailed from it and did my own thing. The hat is a little big around on the bottom but I kind of like it that way. It ensures that his ears will stay covered and a bit of his neck too :) I have yet to weave in the ends and wash it, so it may shrink a bit.

Materials: Cotton Ease thread in Taupe, Lime, and Lake

I size hook

I am thinking I will attempt this again and see if I can make some adjustments to get a better fit. Any suggestions?

Pictures from my first crocheting project will be coming soon. I am just waiting for the green light from my pattern source ;)

Charming Pez Packs

Two of each print shown above. Pattern placement will vary.

Pez anyone?

Introducing Ms. Roxy

We have had a lot of changes this year, it seems like too many for it to still be January. We lost our beloved dog Kona. She was hit by a car a few weeks ago. One never realizes how much they truly love and adore an animal until she is gone. We are still very saddened by our loss and I still do not drive in the intersection where it happened.
After losing Kona we unexpectedly came across a puppy that my husband could not resist. It seemed way to soon to have a new dog but we weren't sure if we would find another one, especially one from the Humane Society. We still think about our dear Kona everyday and miss her terrible. Especially when we think about how much fun she would have had with the new puppy.

Her name is Roxy, she is 2 1/2 months old, and she is an American Pit Bull. She is all white except for the spot around her eye and her eyes are blue.
And of course she is super cute. Roxy has taken right to our family as we have to her. She is a very energetic puppy who needs to go for daily walks which has lead me to make this....
Normally I would not make clothing for a dog. But she just shivers when you go for walks outside. Even my husband commented on her being cold. So I went to Joanns and found a pattern, not my favorite (of course that was sold out), Butterick B5157 option C. I left out the back buttons and the bow, that just seemed a bit much.
And I added some extra Velcro that way the coat would fit her now and it will also grow with her as she does. I still need to figure out a way to make the extra belt/front piece lay flat when it is on the smallest size. She likes to chew on it. I also added some quilt batting to the main body piece. The two fabrics I used didn't seem to have enough weight to them to really keep her warm. I mean if I am going to make a coat for a dog it's going to be a coat :o)
The above picture is of the lining. I sewed around the brown flowers to attach the linning to the quilt batting. It didn't turn out as cute as I pictured it in my head but I still like it. I wish I had stuck with my gut feeling about the linning showing on the collar, it seems a bit 70's. I am not sure how to fix it now. Any ideas?

I should have been working on Christmas presents but....

Look at what I did instead.....

A pretty little Bird ornament that I made while at Sarah's house. I am not sure where she got the pattern from but I know it was based off of someone's and then she tweaked it a bit.











A pretty pear pin cushion, from Heather Baileys pattern. My pear ended up being really fat since I sewed to close to the edge of the fabric, which left little holes...man I need more practice with curves. I also made this while at Sarah's but on a different night.






Mr. Whoooo a Christmas Owl for Colin. He is made from a variety of wool blend and regular felts, he has two button eyes and a sense for adventure. We have already lost him once in a store, but luckily we retraced out steps and found him. I think I will have to attach some ribbon to him so we can tie him down so he wont fly away and get lost.

He is also based on a pattern, it was from a sewing magazine, sorry not my magazine so I am not sure which one. We made a few minor tweaks to the design but overall it is basicly the same. He was also made at Sarah's house so if you have any questions on where these patterns can be found head on over to her page.






Mr. Whoooo out and about in the winter wonderland that is our backyard.

There seems to be a theme to these creations and that is Sarah's house...maybe I should be a good girl and stay home and get these Christmas presents made?....Nah I enjoy Sarah's house too much for that. I think out next one night project will be some quick and easy aprons or who knows what other little animals may come home with me, perhaps a giraffe.

Back blog #1

I have been working on a fabric pinwheel mobile for Colin's room, I can honestly say it doesn't take much time at all to make the pin wheels and the tutorial can be found here. She did a great job on the tutorial as always. Even if you don't check out the pinwheel tutorial you should definitely check out Chickpea Sewing Studio's web site. Unfortunately I don't have a picture of the one I have completed but I am using the sock monkey fabric, the ones in primary colors. I will try and take a picture tomorrow and post it. I really need to get the office organized so that I can leave my crafting projects out all the time. I think they would get worked on a lot more if they were not put away.

A fun little tid bit that happened over the last month is that Colin found his thumb. It started out with him sucking it only at night time, he was so aggressive you could hear him in the middle of the night going to town on his thumb. After three weeks he now looks for it and his fingers all day. It's amazing how fast they grow up. I can't believe how much I love and adore him, it takes my breath away.