Seaming has begun on my Technicolor Blanket, but it will be slow going.  There are a whole lotta ends involved, not to mention matching up stripes.  The goal is to finish it before the kid gets here in 10 weeks.  That should be manageable, especially as I am finding myself spending more time on the … Continue reading →

Yay for quick finished objects!  This is a bib, loosely based on the Baby Bib O’ Love pattern found in the Mason Dixon Knitting Book.  I used part of the spaced invader chart from the bmp sock pattern in the current knitty.   I should have decreased some stitches after the bottom border and increased again … Continue reading →

After yet another trip to the craft store for more yarn (darn purple and orange), the technicolor blanket squares are finished!!!  This is their current layout, but I may play with it a little bit before I seam the whole thing together.  Obviously, there is still much work to be done between weaving in ends … Continue reading →

This photo was not staged, it is the actual pile of squares as they sit beside the chair in my living room.  I’m on square number 32 out of 36, meaning that I have less than 5 squares to go before assembling this sucker!  I really hope to finish them this week so I can … Continue reading →

…Is that when you hit a roadblock in one of them, you can turn to the other!  I decided this would be the weekend to bust out the walking foot and learn how to use it through quilting the first quilt-top that I completed.  This morning, I pinned the quilt pieces together (and discovered that … Continue reading →

I’m still around, just fighting a nasty cold that has zapped any ounce of energy I might have previously had left over from incubating the beast, so that’s keeping me pretty quiet around here.  We have been busy, though.  Friday was our 5 year anniversary and the husband sent me flowers!!!  We’re not big "sending … Continue reading →

I have been working on a baby blanket using an afghan pattern in the Mason Dixon Knitting book.  Getting a good picture after the sun goes down is virtually impossible, but I figured it was better to post with a poor picture than not post at all.  It feels like I’ve been working on it … Continue reading →

It was quite the unexpected weekend, mostly in a good way.  I unexpectedly finished all of the squares that look like this for the beastie’s quilt.  They actually went really quickly.  The husband got a new camera for his birthday and I took advantage of his desire to take a picture of anything that would … Continue reading →

Thanks for the compliments on the fabrics.  I have been super anxious to get going.  As you already know, I cut out all the pieces the first day.  It went remarkably faster than I would have expected, given that this pattern is comprised of hundreds of pieces.  I sat down Monday night ready to get … Continue reading →

I’ve been holding out on buying fabric for my next quilt (let’s not talk about the fact that my first one is still just a quilt top) until we found out if we are expecting a boy or a girl.  Now that the mystery is over, I did a little fabric shopping today.  Earlier this … Continue reading →