Navajo yarn hat

Lisa brought home five skeins of yarn in five colors, spun on the reservation. Then, she split the five skeins into five balls and she and four of her friends ended up with the equivalent of one full skein, but five colors: black, white, red, gray, and brown. Because I was afraid I would run out of yarn, I chose a random color pattern. So, here is my Navajo wool hat.

Tea Leaves Quilt

 I should have posted this sooner. It is 100% done. The tea leaves were hand appliqued and everything else was done by machine. The leaf squares were great for travel, and went to Rome with me.

Reporting from Lake Tahoe

Four days at the lake, frantically sewing. Here's proof.

Dueling Sewing Machines - Julie is machine quilting the chickie quilt; Lisa is sewing the final strip to the shirts quilt.

The Chickie Quilt = 100% finished!

One of two clotheslines filled with quilts

The Monkeys are on the quilt now! (Lisa)

Tea Leaves - hand appliqued, machine pieced (Sheila)

Red nine-patch (Sheila)

More felted wool applique added this weekend (Lisa)

Complete finished and in time for Halloween! (Julie)

Shirt fabrics (Lisa)

The top is done and ready for quilting -- based on Crabapple Hill's "Which Witch's Boot", it's reduced in size, a few colors changed, the blocks are rearranged, and the outside border is deleted. I'm delighted!

The College Sewing Kits

Do boys need sewing kits when they go off to college?
Probably not, but a mother has high hopes.  At least
they might use the safety pins  - or not! 

Kits are small: 
4 1/2" x 3 1/2" closed and 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" open.
Made from:
Felted wool and perle cotton.
Features:
Pockets for buttons and lengths of thread to sew
on those buttons.
Pages for needles, straight pins, and safety pins.
Cover art:
Original, to reflect my art guy and my science guy!



D's Kit 2006 and W's Kit 2012

First pages with thread card pockets

Beginning pages with needles and pins

Center pages

End pages with pocket for little bag of buttons

A Number of Little Things

A Bit of Wool Work:



Picture

Pattern:  It's a WonderfulWorld Book I by All Through the Night Patterns

Fabric:  Felted wool on cotton Lecien Durham Collection

Thread:  Wool floss

Size:  8" x 12"



Picture

Pattern:  Gathering Gifts from Circle of Friends by Ginger Cookie Company

Fabric:  Same as above - what happened to the color?!

Thread:  Gold DMC embroidery floss

Size:  10" x 12"

Pillow

Pattern: It's a WonderfulWorld Book I by All Through the Night Patterns

Fabric: Felted wool on cotton Lecien Durham Collection

Thread:  Wool floss

Size: 8" x 12"

A Bit of Counted Cross Stitch:

Picture

Pattern:  Free-bee Alphabet w/Hare by La-D-Da

Fabric:  Cream Aida 32 count over 2 threads

Thread:  Cosmo Seasons 8021

Size:  6" x 6 1/2"

Picture

Pattern:  Union Forever by Maggie Bonahomi for Blackbird Designs

Fabric:  Antique Cotton 32 count linen by R&R Reproductions

Thread:  Weeks Dye Works and Gentle Arts Floss

Size:  12" x 7"

A Bit of Quilting:

Wall Hanging

Pattern:  original; hexies and yoyos

Fabric:  stash

Quilting:  by hand

Size:  30" x 30"

Close up of quilted holly leaves and berries. 

I'm not a fan of the washout markers. 

It worked fine on 3 test samples but not on the final product. 

Much washing and ironing to have it look wrinkled rather than quilted.

Close up of hexies (3/4") and yoyos (5/8")

Wall Hanging

Pattern: original; 2 1/4" yoyos

Fabric: stash

Quilting: by hand

Size:  17" x 23"

Some Miscellaneous Sewing:

Wall Hanging and Banner
Patterns:  Flag - Kit from eons ago. 
                This is the pattern referred to in Sheila's post.
                Banner - Original

Fabric:  Cotton; hand quilted

Thread:  DMC  black

Size:  37" x 21"

Fabric:  Old jeans, cotton yoyos, hand stamped muslin,

              old blue striped and plaid shirts

Misc:  Buttons, pins



Outdoor Chair Cushions

Fabric:  Heavy duty linen type from Joanns

America the Beautiful

This is my version of Julie's flag quilt. It is 26" x 44". Lyrics to America the Beautiful are embroidered on the white stripes. The stars are machine blanket-stitched to the blue field. Just in time for the Fourth of July!  It is bound and hung up.