The wind has been blowing very strongly this winter - so I made a blanket for the opening. It is held in place with strategically placed magnets and filled with fiberfill. A little bit of quilting and we have wind protection for those days when we don’t want a fire.
Whew, I worked my fingers to the bone today *smiles* Take a gander at all my hard work!! This is what I have been busy doing instead of posting!!! (had to develop a business plan, a budget, business cards, etc) For my other business I designed a promotional brochure and other stuff like that! Been a busy busy bee!!
Yesterday and today I made these handy Left and Right arm warmers for my friend Meghan. One pair is elbow-length and the other just covers hands and wrists. They’re made out of navy and purple fleece. These were actually supposed to be Christmas presents, but I’m a bad friend.
I am liking this post-every-few-days thing that I have going. Probably cheating, so don’t tell on me.
Day 20 Thing: more paperback sketching. This time with straight, varying lines.
Day 21 Thing: A quick store tote in a cheesy (but cheery) 70s/80s bedsheet. And since it is so thin I can roll it up quite small and always have it on hand for the checkout line.
I made more fabric covered tack pins. These are really fun to make and I love trying to figure out how I want the fabric to look on the pin, and today I made myself a template to help me. Basically, I took the larger size circle for the size of the fabric and traced it unto another cardboard piece of paper. Then I positioned one of the buttons inside the circle as centered as possible and traced around it. After that was done, I cut out that center circle so I could see where I wanted position it on my fabric instead of just blindly figuring things out.
These ones are made from a fabric with nesting doll designs on them. I plan to use these in my home office when it’s ready.
These ones are for Adam’s new office. I picked geometric designs for him that have an 80’s kinda feel since he’s an 80’s kinda guy. If only I had fabric with dice on it …
Easy & fun crafts today. I wanted to make some cool pins for my die pin cushion, and when I told Adam my idea for the ends to have dice on them, he offered his novelty dice for the project. These dice are really small ones they sell every year at Kublacon, a gaming convention he goes to every year. I glued them on to silk pins with super glue. All it cost me was my patience.
I also made a few fun tacks by following this tutorial on How About Orange. All the fabrics are leftovers. The googly eyes, those are new. I added those to the project for a special someone.
Good for holding stuff. It’s about 10″ x 8″. Vinyl is tough to work with and the manufacturing of it is terrible for the environment. I bought this vinyl second hand, so at least it won’t be going to the landfill.
Oh, recognize the little quilt block on the front? wink.
I’ve been sick, so time for bed.
That’s right, it’s lined too!
If you look at my next “thing” post, you’ll understand why this block is under clear vinyl. Of course the colors look totally off in this photo! Ugh!!
I made this 6 inch square of fabric. I’m planning to make a case for my reading glasses tomorrow.
Wow, I skipped alot of days!
On Day 12, I baked some cupcakes. They looked so pretty, with pink frosting and sparkles, but they didn’t taste so good, oh well. I’ll try a different recipe next time. I did take pictures of them, but my old memory card decided to die on me, so they’re gone.
Ok, so in no particular order, because I can’t remember when I did what, here’s the rest of my Things, with photographic evidence.
I finished crocheting the bag on the right. The one on the left is almost finished, too.
That is a piece of a fabric I’ll be using to line my colorful crochet bag. As you may have guessed, many Sharpies were harmed in the process.
I did some minor changes to some jewelry I’d made recently. The necklace on the left can now be worn as a bracelet, too. And this purple one had the straps changed.
I also made this cute pink bangle.
And lastly, I fused plastic bags! It was my first attempt, and it’s not too shabby! Now, what willI make with them?? Hmmmmm…
OK for today I altered something already in existance, LOL. A shirt my friend had, she wanted a dress, so she picked out some bright yellow fabric I had in my stash and I made a dress out of her shirt. I took a picture of the front but in the back is a cute little bow, her mom told me the shirt was a little big around on her so with the bow in the back it can be adjusted. I think it came out cute. When she tries it on I will have at least one more picture for you.
Well, ever since I made the roll for my crochet hooks back on day two of this adventure, my knitting needles have been looking at me funny and I can tell they are wondering why the hooks have been treated better.
So, in the interest of craft room harmony, I made this today to make sure all of those sharp pointy sticks don’t get too mad.
For yesterday and today: I made a quilted throw! This is actually a belated valentines gift for my man friend. (Although also kind of for me, because I am always cold at his house) The top picture shows the whole thing, with the applique. The bottom shows the mitred corners, the neatest I have ever made. (It has to count for yesterday too, because I did all the edging or binding or whatever you want to call it yesterday, and it took a LOT of ironing. The fabric is Belinda cotton from IKEA, and I love using it to edge things because it is so easy to tell if you’re making straight edges. It also reminds me of atoms. SCIENCE!)
I’m happy with how this turned out. The fabric I used was already quilted–green on one side, pink on the other. This means that this is really a cheaty-quilt. A friend had it in her fabric stash, and gave it to me because she didn’t think she would ever use it. She, in turn, had gotten it from her mom, who didn’t think SHE would ever use it. I’d like to think that this fabric is happy to have finally found its destiny. And I had some left, so I think I will make a quilted bag of some kind.
With some imaginative work, this project also happens to fit the weekly themes of “reversal” (it’s reversible, one side is pink the other green) and “something for home.” However I can’t take credit for this, as I just saw the themes AFTER I posted the project. Serendipitous theme compliance!
Day 17. It is funny how much I do each day, baking is almost a constant. Every day I bake or cook something so I always have that to fall back on as my creation of the day. Yesterday I spent some time with a friend and made a bag for her daughter, one of the coolest girls I know. It came out lovely and exactly the way she wanted. It does have a few pockets inside, has about a 2 inch gusset, and will hold her treasures. Seems the bag she had was not big enough to hold everything she holds dear.
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This is an improvised log cabin quilt block that I made with various ribbons. It’s about 4 inches square. Not sure what I’ll do with it yet….probably add it to another project. The photo doesn’t do the nice bright colors justice.
Here are 2 things, so I’m counting them as thing 13 and thing 14. They are coasters! I made them with some groovy vintage fabric scraps and a heavy-weight, double-sided fusible interfacing called fast2fuse. The extra stitching throughout the coasters makes them nice and firm. Now they will go on my coffee table.
I found some great thermal fabric at Joann Fabrics during a recent sale. It makes for great dish towels! I just added some hems and threw it over the cupboard door. Voila!
