Sunday, September 05, 2010

Kaleidoscope Quilt

Or Stack n Whack, One Block Wonder. I've seen a few names for this sort of quilt. You start with a loud patterned fabric  with repeats every 23 inches or so.
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You make cuts of the fabric, stack up the sections, and cut out 8  identical triangles.

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Then you sew  the triangles together and watch all the different patterns pop out like magic:

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I tried making some 4 triangle squares, just to see what it would look like:

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and here's all the blocks I made from that one piece of fabric:

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Yo-Yo maker

being the complete sucker for gadgets that I am, I could not resist picking up a few of these little darlings...Yo yo makers..Not just round ones, like my great grandmothers made, but cute little heart and flower ones, and in two sizes:

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Is that adorable or what? I rooted out a pile of tiny scraps from my fabric stash and took it all with me on a car trip.

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I started putting them together And I think it might be a cute little wallhanging
or maybe a little dolly quilt:
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My favorite piece of fabric:
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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Attic Window I Spy Quilt

Ah Spring! Lots of Babies coming - to friends, not to me :) and incoming babies mean lots of quilts to make! Here's 2 I have in progress..

I started with some bright colorful fat quarters of novelty fabric, cut them into squares:
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then added the sashing:
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I used a slick new trick for making half square triangles.. I'll show that in a separate post. The half square triangle is what make the optical illusion work on the Attic window quilt. here's Quilt 1 all pieced together:

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And Quilt 2 almost all pieced together..
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Now to add borders, Backing and quilt them!

Monday, February 01, 2010

Fleece coat ...for my dog

This wasn't too hard at all.  Of course, I had to add some dreads to it, so he wouldn't feel left out. The weird thing is I think Schnicklefritz really likes his coat. I put it on him a few times to adjust the fit, and when I had it finished, he happily stuck his nose in it and pranced around.
 

  

It is a rare sight to see snow here in Arkansas ...

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Rasta Fleece Hat

 
 
And one more hat.. A rasta dread hat.  My husband wanted it.. i'm not sure why, but he's cute, so I made him one.

 

I have  some fleece scraps left over, and I hate to throw them out, but it isn't enough to do much with. so I think the dog is getting a fleece coat. Maybe the cats will too. 

Friday, January 08, 2010

cozy Fleece hats

Thanks to the cold weather, I have had time to work on several projects - and actually get them done!
Mollie's Kitty hat:
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And Jake's...Dreadlock hat. He wanted it to look like this, I promise.
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Knitted socks

I finished the socks I made for my Aunt, and mailed them off yesterday. They were supposed to be for Christmas and as much as I procrastinate, since I am only a few weeks late, I am doing pretty good!

I use the two socks on two circs method. I can't handle double pointed needles, If I did one at a time I would never do the second one. And I don't have to count for the second sock, I can just do the same thing on each row, and end up with socks the same size.
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I used a worsted weight wool, and size 6 needles, so they are pretty thick and cozy.

And here they are all finished!! I get a kick out of seeing them grow.
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