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?