Potholders

A final attempt to document every little thing! Here are five of the seven potholders I finished this month.

It's Been A Year Already??

Gosh, I guess we did finish a few things!

The last of my finishes for 2012 (at least those I remember doing!):

Cross Stitch

Cheerfulness Brings Harmony
Pattern: Seen on a wall in this blog:www.sweetcottagedreams.blogspot.com
Threads:  DMC over 3 threads
Fabric:  DMC 32ct Linen
Size:  7 1/2 x 7 1/2







Storytime
Pattern: Storytime by Barbara Bangser for The Posy Collection from artwork by Michael Schwab
Threads: DMC black
Fabric:  Cream Aida 18 count
Size:  3 1/2 x 9 1/2
Note:  Photo distorted fabric - it is smooth cream

Embroidery

Bird
Pattern:  Apple Blossom by Catie Kearney;
              Bird in Hand Book by Mary Pat Pogue & Keli Hansen for Ginger Cookie Company
Thread:  DMC olive green
Fabric:  Cream cotton

Christmas Gifts

Potholders:
Heart Pattern:  Handy Heart Potholders by Eva Holen
Rectangular Pattern:  original
Fabrics:
  Floral - The Caroler Mary Engelbreit for Moda
  Green Dot - Children at Play by SaraJane for Michael Miller
  Holly - Paisley Wings by Michael Miller
  Red Stripe - Hall of Fame by Emily Herrick for Michael Miller
  Apple Plaid - Debbie Mumm for SSI
  Brown Dot - Cinnamon Stars by Joanna Figueroa and Lisa Quan of Fig Tree Quilts for Moda

More Little Bags:

Pattern: Annie Pouch, K Cotton Studio by Keiko Clark
Fabrics:
  Dragonflies - Notions in Paradise, Ltd.
  Blue Dot - Unknown from stash
  Purple Floral - Autumn Mist by Hoffman California International Fabrics
  Purple Batik - Kona Bay Fabrics 2012, Design - Shad 02



Miscellaneous

Quilted Pad for Sewing Table
Pattern:  original
Fabric:  Rural Jardin by French General for Moda



 My Goal for 2013 - Work on  blogging and photography skills !!

Happy New Year!!

Plaids and Stripes

The plaid squares were salvaged from a quilt top found in my grandmother's things.They were in a random setting. I picked out enough to make this little nine-patch, filling in with new reproduction fabrics. Since it is December 31st, I suspect this will be my last quilt finished in 2012.

(Interesting that the backgrounds are all beige and brown, but came through as blue in the photo!)

Pincushions

Two embroidered pincushions with motifs from Calendula Patterdrips Cottage, a pattern from Crabapple Hill Studios.

Green Lace Shawl

This one is being back-posted. I finished it, a long last, between Christmas and New Year's. It is from a pattern in Victorian Lace Today, by Jane Sowerby. I think I have had the yarn for about five years, and I think it took me most of 2012 to knit. I am very, very happy to be finished with it.

I think that I have the urge to knit with laceweight yarn out of my system for a few months.  Knitting the leaf border around the edge - a 12 stitch border - became very boring after about the 60th repeat.

It is 21" x 76". I couldn't find a model to show it off, so I have doubled it and hung it over the back of a chair for this photo.

Mittens complete !

These are from the Woodland Mittens from Knit Picks. There were patterns for six pairs of mittens in the kit -- this pair is NOVEMBER.

Another beaded scarf

I love these scarves. They don't take terribly long to knit and they always turn out pretty.

One mitten finished!

Left mitten is complete. Even the thumb. Remaining : right thumb, snipping all the thread ends and, of course,  blocking. Will I have to block them on my hands?

Machine Quilting

About halfway through quilting this twin sized quilt. Maybe I will get it finished over the holiday weekend.

Just a Few Little Things

Pincushions:

Little Tarts (fabric, batting and walnut shells in 2" tart pans)

 

Tomato (Fabric, batting, walnut shells and embroidery floss; 4" double circle)

Strawberries (Fabric, batting, walnut shells and embroidery floss, Martha Stewart pattern)

 Little Bags:

Annie Pouch Pattern by Keiko Clark

Green:  Farmers Market by Brannock and Patek for Moda

Blue:  misc. from stash. 

Aprons:

Fabrics:  Various prints from Holly Holderman and PamKittyMorning for Lakehouse Dry Goods.  Modeled after original apron.

Happy Stitching!!

:o) J.

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