Sunday, December 27, 2009
Undulating Rib Socks
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Socks and Quilts
This is the second time I have made this pattern and I really like the way it turns out, although I am not that crazy about the pearl 3 together that needs to be done on the toes. The toe feels great when it is done, but that is a hard stitch to do! The heel is called the welsh heel and is pretty easy to do and fits and looks good.
On a quilting front I have been working on the Washington Medallion quilt. I absolutely love this quilt! The pattern is by Sue Garman and it is being offered as a block of the month from Homestead Hearth in 2 different color ways. I have chosen to do it mine in chocolates and pinks. Now people who know me well are probably wondering how it's going for me with others choosing my fabrics. I know I am a bit persnickety and opinionated about such things, but I have to say I have only had to make a few substitutions so far.
Here it is with the checkerboard row being planned. I really hated that the pattern had us strip piece (YUCK!!) I should have followed my own instincts here, but tried to be a good pattern follower. For me, not only is it less accurate to strip piece, but it also far too uniform looking for my tastes. I have spent more time ripping apart my strip sets to fix fabric placements than it would have taken me to just cut squares and create 4 patches. OH well, it is almost done and I think that the finished round will look good.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Update time
I have managed to get a little sewing in lately. I have finished 2 more of my Mother Earth blocks, several more Charleston harbor blocks and started on my Washington Medallion quilt. I have included pictures of the Mother Earth blocks.
I changed the layout for the block on top. I think it was originally intended to be an anvil, but I wanted a star instead, so I made it into a star.
I will have more pictures to come as soon as I unpack my camera. We moved last month and most of my life is still in boxes in the garage, so hopefully since I am done with school, I might actually have time to unpack now.
Well, that's it for now. I promise more pictures will be coming soon. Also, my friend Mary sent some instructions for linking posts together on my blog, so I will be playing with that soon too.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Charleston Harbor Update
I am working on another block of the month quilt and just got caught up with the rounds today. I am home from work with a head cold so spent a little time puttering in my sewing room between naps.
I did not care for the what the pattern called for as the next round so I made up my own, go figure huh? Where I have hour glass blocks and a checkerboard border, the pattern called for a chain block (double 4 patch) and flying geese. It reminded me of a picket fence, so I changed it up.
Here is a close up of my revised round. As I worked on this I have come up with new ideas for the rest of the quilt too. I always think of patterns as merely suggestions to how the quilt could be made and not stead fast rules.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Chocolat Progress
Another round will put this close to the floor. Maybe I should leave it for a bit and I might feel differently, but right now I feel done.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Mother Earth Slideshow
These are the blocks from the Cabbage Rose block of the month. Several of us in my quilt group are working on this, and when we saw the wonderful fabrics, my friend Jane thought the best name for this quilt was Mother Earth, which has stuck with me. I have made a few fabric switches along the way, but overall I have been very happy with what have received. If I can figure out how to keep this on the front page, I will keep adding my blocks as they are finished.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
More Foxtail Progress
Now this is another mess. It is an adorable little sweater vest for a baby boy, but look at the neck as compared to the arm hole. Aren't newborn heads about the size of a grapefruit? Well this neck wouldn't fit a lemon. Once I saw that this was not turning right, I looked it up on Ravelry and yes, many people had the same problem. Some tore it all out and made the opening bigger, I am not feeling that motivated, plus the little recipient was born on Wednesday, so I do not have the luxury of time here. The most common remedy seems to be to leave one should seam open and add buttons, so that is my plan. So, I only have to rib the arm holes and sew up the side seams, sounds easy enough, but remember I am really a sock knitter and we don't do things like sew seams :)
After reading my friend Mary's blog I learned that there are places on the web where you can get backgrounds for your blog, so I went out and got this one, what do you think? I like it.
More Later
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Foxtail progess
This is my newest project. It is the Foxtail sweater from the Tapestry book by Rowan. I am using the Tapestry yarn in color 177.