Mini was too tired to help with the quilt by the time we had the time to work on it, so instead we played with her train set and read books. But after she went to bed I was able to sew it all together and it is fabulous! It’s exactly what I wanted for her. I love how soft the flannel and cotton chenille are. It is very cozy. I just put it on her while she was asleep so she gets to wake up to the snugly surprise in the morning!
I want one now for myself. I’m thinking something not so bright and backed with a soft wool instead of the chenille, but I like how the off set squares look, and how easy it made the whole process. No worries about squares lining up, and such. I’m going to make up a tutorial/guide for how I did this project for the other “non quilting, quilt admiring” folks out there.
I also started a couple little dolls using the tutorial/template from Emily Martin of The Black Apple, from her time on the Martha Stewart show. I made one for Mini a while back, and decided there are a couple little girls that need these. I’ll go into more detail on that tomorrow, but I cut them out today…I need to find my brown felt. I thought I knew right were it was, but it is eluding me. Once I find that, I can stitch them together. This is the one I made mini back in May.
Oh, good news…sort of. I’m not teaching the class this weekend. Sort of sad, but not enough folks signed up. I guess there is a bead show in the area this weekend, so people opted to go make money selling, instead of spending money taking a class. That is okay with me, because while I’d have loved the extra money for my upcoming weekend events, I also wasn’t thrilled about a 2+ hour drive alone (no knitting when I drive alone), overnight in a hotel alone, and all the time I would no longer have to work on projects this weekend. So I’m okay with the change of plans and will be excited to teach the class in the Spring.
Conclusion, I need to make the most of this extra time I have this weekend! I have fun plans for tomorrow, which I’ll tell you about after I do them, but on the way home I plan to stop at my LYS for some… take a guess… yes, Alpaca yarn to make these lovely wristies! They are based on the pattern I used to make my sweater, so the stitching is the same, and is quite cool. I found them on this great blog, SockPixie.
The blog has a lot of cool, free patterns. They sell yarn too, very pretty hand dyed yarn. Yarn that I am resisting right this second! Don’t you just want a pair of these wristies!?
love the quilt… can’t wait to see the tutorial!
She woke up this morning, groggy, and told me that she was stinky in her grumbly “just woke up” little girl voice. As I put her on the changing table she smiled and sighed “I have a new quilt!”
[...] I used wool that is so soft and luxurious it’s hard to believe it’s wool, Cotton Velvet, Corduroy and Linen. I’m trying to decide if the back will be the burnt orange velvet, or the deep maroon/eggplant wool. I guess it will depend on which piece of backing will fit best on the finished front. I toyed with the idea of throwing in a print, but nothing really called to me, so I went with all solids, but I think the textures will provide the necessary variety. I also toyed with knitting a few squares to add even more texture, but I want the quilt now and with all the Christmas Knitting I’ve ventured to complete, that idea went the way of the print fabric idea. I will be taking pictures as I go, on this one, so I can write up that tutorial I mentioned back when I made Mini’s quilt. [...]
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