Here is a project that's been done for quite a while, but I just hadn't posted it yet. Back when I made Dragonflies & Butterflies, I had some squares left over. I decided to make a checkerboard design.
To get perfect points, I tried a trick where I ironed the squares onto a single piece of white and then sewed seems into that. It worked very well except that the fusing web I used was too heavy-duty. In order to reach full crib-size, I used some leftover fabric from the back of D&B and some yellow from another project from long ago.
Many moons ago, I machine quilted for the first time on a full-sized quilt. It sucked. Since then, I hadn't tried it. Then I got the walking foot. After the ease of Variegated Texture 2, I thought I'd give machine quilting another try. Sure enough - it is loads easier with the walking foot.
My one design regret with this one is that the purple backing fabric shows through the yellow. The batting and the yellow fabric were both too thin. Hopefully, I can find an owner who won't be bothered by it as much as me.
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After the doll hat, I didn't immediately return to the green hat.
I made a scarf.
The yarn looked prettier in a ball than knitted up, somehow. But it was a good confidence-builder. I also learned the reason why most knitters stear away from acrylic and stick to natural fibers, the curling is terrible. I hope my friend (who lives where there is snow) likes it anyway.
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If you recall in this post, I was having trouble knitting a certain green hat. Well...
10th time was a charm! Actually, I lost count. But anyway, DONE!
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One of the blogs I enjoy is Patchwork Pottery. There are more images in her Flickr account. I particularly liked these potholders. So I made one for my mom for Christmas by making some modifications to the pattern in this book!
Front:
Back:
And for good measure, I made this matching apron from this pattern.
I really like the way it turned out. Though, it apparently needs ironing...
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Now that Christmas is over, everyone can see all the things I made!
Here is a set of doll clothes for my DH's niece. It consists of a shirt, skirt, jacket, and hat. You may recognize the hat.
Everything but the skirt is made of scraps! Even the bias tape on the jacket. I think I've been holding on to that piece of bias tape since high school...
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