Bright and Colorful Crocheted Baby Blanket

I just have to finish sewing my ends in and this baby blanket will be done.

 

 

Phew!

No, it really wasn't hard.  It's just a series of 2 chains and 2 DC.

Tucking in my strings is the worst part!!!

 

Anyway, enough whining.

 

This blanket was inspired by this fabric

 

 

I used the colors in the fabric and then with all the polka dots I liked this stitch.

 

I'll show you in a couple of days the rest of the stuff

I'm making to go with the blanket to make a gift set.

 

Happy Crafting!



Free Standing Fabric Buckets

I made this fabric bucket for a friend of ours baby

 

I LOVE the fabric and the bucket is cute

but

 it didn't stand up on it's own quite as well as I wanted it to.

 

So now that I've had some more time I've been playing around

and I came up with a method that I like.

 

The buckets are free standing yet flexible.

 

 

I came up with 3 different sizes. 

 

The largest size does stand up by itself

but

it does bend easier than the smaller ones.

 

Anyway,

I really like making them and think they are cute.

I'm thinking I might do a tutorial on how I make them

because I'm planning on making LOTS more of them!!





Selvages and Patchwork

I'm making a quilt, hopefully, for myself using selvages and scraps of fabric.

It's been fun putting these squares together.

I can be kind of creative and remember the things I made for people out of the scraps.

 

 

 

These squares are approx. 28 inches square

 

 so......

 

 I have lots more scrapping and sewing to do. 

 

This project is a work in progress,

a fun, stress free project

that I hope will turn into a beautiful quilt!

A Big Box of Goodies

Earl's niece, Shyra, was so sweet and dropped this big box off goodies off to me last week.

It is packed full of scrapbook supplies, ribbons, fabric, fabric scraps, thread, stickers, etc......

THANK YOU SHYRA!

Here are some baskets that I made out of some of the fabric scraps

and some cute little carrots too.

I've had so much fun playing with all the goodies!

Thanks Shyra so much for sharing with me and for a nice visit!

Mini Fabric Collage

I joined Linda's Mini Fabric Collage Swap and so I wanted to share the one I made. I went with a Heart theme since it's February.

I used different fabrics, burlap, felt, lace and a vintage key and vintage buttons.

I had some barbed wire rope that I added for the hanger.

I hope my partner likes it!

Help!! I Need some suggestions!

My 5ooth post will be coming up next month and I'd like to do a giveaway. Any suggestions for that??? Crocheted Item, tote bags, coasters, something I've made before for a swap????? Take a look at what I have for sell in my shops and give me an idea. Here is the link to see what I have in all 3 shops

http://apinchofthis-adashofthat.blogspot.com/

Please give me some suggestions because I'd like to give something away that people really would like to have.

Also, I bought these Michael Miller fabrics on Ebay last week. I love the colors!!! What should I make out of them. I have a yard of the top piece and 1/2 yard of the other 3. Tote bags? Pillows? What do you think? This fabric is a little more expensive than I usually buy, but I love Michael Miller fabrics and I couldn't resist.

Right now I'm just content with taking these fabric pieces out and gazing at them, but I suppose I should eventually make something out of them.


Thanks for your suggestions!!

Start a Family Tradition and Make ReUsable Gift Wrap

My sister Cathy suggest to me a few years back to make fabric gift bags for wrapping Christmas gifts. My first thought was, "Oh my gosh, that isn't practical with 8 kids. I'd have to have a ton of them." Then my sister Stacey sent my kids party bags from her boys birthday party and she used fabric bags to put the goodies in. My kids loved the bags and have used them for lots of things so far.

So last year for Christmas I started making a variety of sizes of fabric gift bags. I just use Christmas fabric and then because I know my kids, big and little, try to peek through the wrapping, I line mine with flannel. They turned out cute and they were nice for the kids to carry their gifts home in. So these are some of the ones I made last year.

This is a Valentines Bag and my sister Stacey wants some spider man bags for her boys birthday presents.

I was thinking that Furoshki would be great for those gifts that don't fit into bags.

I think these bags are going to be a nice Christmas Tradition. The kids will look forward to getting them out every year and they will be so much easier for me, besides being environmentally friendly. I usually end up wrapping everything and this will save me a lot of time, once I have the bags made, and I can always use more time at Christmas! I am using Michael Miller fabrics for some of the bags and then I think I'll buy some cheaper gingham and plaids for the rest. I can't afford Michael Miller fabric for all of the bags but I LOVE his retro Christmas fabrics and since these will last a long time I figure I can make some out the more expensive fabric for a few of the bags. I am using penguin fabric for one of my daughters, Precious Moments for another and so on and so on....... This is some of the fabric I bought for this years bags.

Anyway, I just wanted to share this idea with everyone. I wasn't crazy about it at first but after trying it out, I love it!!!