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New baby quilt… technique improvement

I finished a couple of projects. One is a baby sized quilt (who’s is future unknown).

Backed with a pale orange flannel.

I also made a basket for my neutral color strings (scraps that are long and narrow).

I still have quite a bit!

Costume season is coming up soon so hopefully this blog will go back to it’s original theme! (As long as I can find costumes that still fit!)

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Latest project a hit

Some of my earlier quilts were lacking in skill and as such were not received well….even my own mother could not fake appreciation. But the latest one was given to a co-worker and she loved it. In fact, I gave it to her a day early because she was in the middle of requesting I make one for her.

I am pleased!

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Week to finish knitting projects.

I finished 3 knitting projects using wool I scored at a flea market.

The below project, is just something I did because I hate having left over wool. I don’t need it or want it…I merely wanted to play with the tweed stitch. It will be donated to a thrift store.

The project below was also started because I knew I had left over wool and wanted a break from the main project. But this is something I will use.

But all of this wool was left over from the following project which just got finished today.

I started knitting it years ago but stopped after only getting a small bit done on the back. Then when I went to Germany, I grabbed it for something to do during quiet times.Turns out, I stopped because I was struggling because of an error I had made near the beginning. But once I unraveled back to before the mistake, it came together quickly.

I used a pattern book that I think comes from the late 1950’s or early 60’s. The sweater is seen on the cover but I adapted the pattern because I like sweaters to cover my butt. I also used thicker wool and bigger needles to compensate for my size. I doubt even their bigger size would have worked on me! The bigger needles meant I had to adapt the sleeves…if I knit as many rows as they suggested, it would have fit an orangutan!

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Little 9 patch lap quilt!

I finished a quilt. I really like it! I found a pack in a thrift store with 300 little 2 inch squares. Post COVID I needed a project that may brain could handle. And I love it!

Here are my favorite blocks.

I like the blue/yellow combo.
Blue/green is one of my favorite colors
Love the wild colors!
Can you guess why I like this one?
Backed and bound with this fabric.

Ignore all the little loose threads …I cleaned those off after I took the picture. And don’t look too closely at the quilting lines. They are not very straight and my machine was struggling to get through all the layers and that messed up the stitch length. I still feel happy when I look at it.

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Coping with the plague

So….I got the plague.

The first three days I had every symptom except for the ones that might cause weight loss. Of course. But the fatigue and sweating (gross) were the worst. The fourth day started fine…I thought I was better but by noon I was back down again. Today is day 5. Coughing almost gone. Sweating manageable. Energy level…not fabulous but I felt like doing more than watching TV and playing video games.

What to do with this new found energy? I want to sew! But I have no band width to work on my 6 or 7 POGs (Projects On the Go). My sewing room is a disaster because of the fore mentioned POG’s so starting a new big project is dumb. And my brain is like mashed potatoes anyway. I needed a small project that I could finish in one sitting. I needed a project that the only shopping I need to do is my own stash cause…well shopping with COVID is not nice. I needed a project that I could actually use. So I made myself a hot plate.

I put batting in there and that was not needed! It is pretty thick! My machine struggled with the binding but on the whole I like it. Happy colors! I believe the pattern is called the Amish Star.