July Bee blocks
here’re this month’s bee blocks, I just finished them! a scrappy square in a squareand an anything goes with a heart...
Read MoreJune July knits…
fronts backs red linen overalls using the pattern from Purl, 3 pairs of watermelon soakers (longies in size 18-24 months, shorties in 18-24 and 6-12)I’m working on a pair of blue and white longies now, with clouds and the sunshine on the bum.I still have enough of all three colors to make one more small pair… but I’m not sure I want to… maybe I should make something more xmas-y instead…. we’ll...
Read More…and for the Bean…
She was equally DESPARATE for the sample fruit at the LBIQF, so, since I bought the moose pattern for D, I had to be fair, and buy the fruit pattern for the bean. It's Fresh Picked pincushions by Heather Bailey. 20 minutes of machine sewing, 2.5 hours of hand sewing. Of course, I was watching TiVo-ed SYTYCD, so that probably delayed me a bit. I used cotton scraps, and some Eco-felt I had in the craft closet. Wool would have been better, but I didn't have it in the right colors. It's 2am. I sure hope she likes these as much as she liked the...
Read MoreA child’s view of the LBIQF
D took my phone and took pictures of his favorite quilts/my knee/other people taking pictures of their favorite quilts. I got it back by asking to take a picture of him. The Bean was OBSESSED with the peacock...
Read MoreDarren needed a moose.
He insisted that he desperately needed me to buy the pattern (seen at the quilt festival, and earned through good behavior) and make him a moose. TONIGHT. BEFORE BED. So here he is, happy with his moose. (pattern by Carol's Zoo, fabric is horribly shreddy cotton velvet remnant that I had in my stash. D INSISTED that none of the minkee or fleece I had were the right color, because a moose MUST be...
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