So it's been awhile since I put anything on here. Life's been a bit busy as I started homeschooling my big girl for kindergarten, along with everything else we do. But not so busy that I haven't been doing any crafting. So I will attempt to post some of what I've enjoyed doing in the last 4 or 5 months.
First up is a throw-sized quilt I made for a quilting workshop that I led. I made the quilt simple for beginner quilters using just an ordinary sewing machine. The fall inspired fabrics were all from my stash except for the quilt back, which I purchased (it is the brown and green bird print). I had fun designing and writing my own pattern and got great responses from all the ladies who did the workshop. I'm only sorry the picture sucks.
This next pic is the quilt top for the one I made along with the ladies during the workshop. It is not quilted yet in this picture and I gave it away without getting a final photo (argh!). I was a little more creative with the quilting of this one and did a hexagonal pattern. I will get a picture one of these days as it was for my sister.
Speaking of my sister, I did a few other crafts for her wedding that took place in November. Next up is one of the two ringbearer pillows and her crocheted garter.
She picked the fabric for the pillows and we did some embroidery to embellish them. All the supplies for this project were from the
Purl Soho warehouse in Tustin, which is awesome and I loved checking out with her. The garter was made using the pattern I found on Ravelry called
Something Blue by Emma Wiley. After several failed attempts at knitting a lace garter I found this pattern which was perfectly simple and quick to make. I used an undyed wool/silk blend yarn in lace weight, and the ribbon color is from her wedding palette.
Also for my lovely sister I made the following apron for her bridal shower.
I used the
Halter apron pattern from the 10th Muse Studios blog. She requested a "sexy apron" which upon further inquiry I concluded to mean fitted and with some style, so this is what I came up with. It is reversible, too. Again, not a good photo of the item, but I guess I was just going for documentation, not winning any photography awards.
Oh, and I made the dress I wore in her wedding. Which was a bit of a challenge to sew. It is silk dupioni. The pattern I do not have any longer at my disposal, but it was from a major pattern company ? McCalls, Vogue, Simplicity, one of those... (how's that for details)
We are hiding out in the shed before we "go on" for her outdoor wedding at home.
I think that's all the blogging I can handle for one night. I have decided that my New Year's resolution should be to take better pictures! Although there's only so much I can do with our little cheap camera. When I get around to it I'll post up the Christmas gift creations I made, hopefully before another 4 months goes by!
