String love

This scrappy quilt has been unfinished for a while now.

It has been sitting in a little basket on my sewing table...

Calling my name!

I love the soft colors in this one.

I love the greens, pinks.....

the little bit of orange.

 

I love the white strips as well.

White provides such a nice contrast...

don't you think?

I make lots of baby quilts.

This one is NOT a baby quilt.

It's actually a generous 60"x80"!

Just the RIGHT size for the bed

in my sewing room!!!

 

I'm going to LOVE looking at this one!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Handwoven

I admired my friend's recent purchase.

A handwoven baby blanket.

Could I WEAVE a baby blanket???

I had to try.

I have a small table loom and thought

I needed a WIDER loom

to make blankets.

Then...

I saw this.

I HAD to to try it!

I was able to weave some color in.

Love that!

And then....

I TRIED to JOIN

two pieces of woven cloth together.

It's not GREAT.

A bit wobbly in the middle.

:/

For a FIRST project using this technique..

I'm not going to be too hard on myself!

I'm going to try it AGAIN!

 

"Practice makes PERFECT".

 

Perfect???

No.

Not in MY world.

and.....you know what?

That's O.K.!!!!

 

Looms and dogs

Another project on my Rigid Heddle loom!

:)

I began with a variegated yarn. It took 2 skeins

because I'm making this EXTRA long.

It wasn't quite wide enough for me...

so I also added a pale blue to the left side there.

Hoping to cut this project in half and join the sides

to make a baby blanket.

Here's a link to my inspiration!

I'm skipping the crotchet part.

 

This is a FIRST...

so I'm not sure how it's going to work.

That's how you learn.....right????

I had the white yarn

and LOTS of old leftover balls of yarn to use.

 

I'm trying to sneak the colors in between the white

 to give this blanket some color.

:)

Having fun

and LEARNing as I go!

Tried to get my OLD dog Pretzel on a quilt

for the annual Pets on Quilt show.

Didn't quite work.

He's old

and

stubborn.

Wasn't IN THE MOOD to sit OR lay on a quilt

today..

Thank you very much!!!!

 

That's o.k.

I can lay the quilt ON TOP of him!

 

He doesn't seem to mind THAT!

The next size up

I was Wondering....

 

What if I began with 6" squares

instead of 5" charm squares like my last quilt??

 

Found out....

It's Fiddly.

I ended up trimming my scrappy 2 1/2" squares to 2 3/8".

Not sure I want to do that for a whole quilt.

????

 

I've never been of FAN of any 1/8th inches!!!

 

I have a hard enough time with 1/4 inches!!!

 

We'll see.

I DO want to use some 6" scrappy squares.

And...

I DO have a FEW.....(cough, cough..sputter, sputter...)

 

Here's a little more info on the above block.

Mostly 2 3/8" squares

plus 2 3/8"x4 1/4" creams

 

Make TWO of these.

Trim to 6".

 

Find two 6" scrappy squares.

 

Then...

Add 2 3/8"x 6" sashing

with a small 2 3/8" square right in the middle!!!

 

***Emily over at Em's Scrapbag interviewing me today

about SCRAPS!!!

My favorite kind of FABRIC!!!!

She's got a great lineup of guests.

ALL of them talking about SCRAPS!

 

Hop on over to Em's blog

and say HI!

 

 

 

 

 

Stepping stones

Haven't shared about a finished quilt recently

on this QUILTING blog!

This little number is now complete....

Ready for the next BABY!!!

 

It started with a small charm pack.

There were only 23 charms

so I needed to add a few 5" squares of my own.

Not. a. problem.

I also added LOTS of 2" squares.

Again...

NOT a problem.

;)

I am now OFFICIALLY OUT

of white fabric.

I think I'll BUY a BOLT!!

 

 

 

Clean

After hosting a party recently,

I was given a LOVELY bar of soap.

I haven't wanted to SHARE my special soap.

;)

 

There's only ONE soap dish in the shower

and more than ONE person that uses the shower.

 

So...

I made a bag.

Cut off the label.

Added a seam at the bottom.

Scrunched it together a bit.

This plastic mesh is VERY forgiving!!!

Rescued a small 2 1/2' strip

from the scrap drawer.

Folded it over and added it to the top of my bag.

 

See?

I almost added a SPECIAL label:

"MOM'S"

 

But didn't.

I think they'll get the HINT!

;)

Bright little bag

My daughter asked me to make her a little bag.

A BRIGHT little bag.

"NO batting please".

Just a little zipper bag.

 

She has a plan for this little bag.

It's NOT makeup.

It's NOT jewelry.

NOT sewing!!!! 

???????

 

WHAT could she NEED this little bag for???

'

Aaah!!!

COUPONS!!!

 

A girl after my OWN HEART!

;)