Couch crafting continues

 Good morning ladies,

  I had some ya n leftover from my first afghan so I made another.  This is a small stroller/car seat Afghan for one of my colleagues and his wife.  They’re transplants from Ontario and not getting to see their family this holiday or when the baby comes is hard on them.  Maybe a little blanket will cheer them up a bit. Her

Christmas Break - day ??

As this break from school continues, so does my productivity. But first, breakfast choices - are there any hard rules?!?!?! Not in my world. I’ve had a week of butter tarts for breakfast! Best way to make sure your stretchy pants are testing their limits!! Anyways, back to my productivity. Yesterday I delivered all the gifts out to Carnduff and Redvers. It was a good day for traveling, you know, -30C with the windchill!! 

My sister in law asked me to make a sign for her. These are the pictures she gave me for a guide: 

It took me a long time to come up with a good design. I know the couple she is giving it to and wanted it to be right. After so deliberation, this is what I came up with: 

I wrapped a rope light around it. But in my rush to get out of the house, I didn’t get a picture. 

Today’s started off with me standing in front of a kiosk at Walmart printing off pictures. I loaded all the pictures twice. The first time I checked out without selecting all the pictures. Two hours later I headed home. We put together a photo album of pictures for Mr Me’s parents and sister. It’s a little embarrassing because they are all pictures of the dogs. I admit, we are those people. 

Happy Christmas Eve! 

I can’t wait to look up tonight in hopes of see a little sleigh and eight tiny reindeer!! 

Me

Scrubby dishcloth

 Good morning ladies,

  I spent way to long yesterday learning how to make this scrubby dishcloth from https://caliandcleveland.com/blogs/news/super-scrubby-dish-cloth. . It’s one of those ones where once you get the rhythm is quite easy but it took a little bit to get it figured out. Are you snowed in down there Me?

Her

Christmas Break - Day 4

Well ladies, I’m on a roll!! Here’s today’s quick product. 

Made these for my brothers! 

And one for mom!! 


Happy Tuesday, right?!?!? It’s Tuesday, isn’t it!!

Me

Christmas Break - Day 3

It’s day 3, right?!?! I’ve already lost track of what day it is and I think I’ve watched every Hallmark Christmas movie there is!! I did manage to finish up my gnome quilt. 

I did some straight line quilting through the tree blocks and the border around the gnome. 

Not that you can tell but I did stitch in the ditch for the beard. 

Do you think I should add more quilting to the tree blocks?? More lines?? 

I found cute sheets at Walmart for the back. I actually washed them last night because I’m scared the red might run. The sheets are so stiff. I have no idea how people could ever sleep on them. They might soften with use, I hope!! If they don’t, it doesn’t really matter because they are cute! 

Tomorrow I’m suppose to be heading to Regina to take the Mini in for a oil change but Mother Nature has a different plan in mind. Regina is suppose to be getting a bunch of rain and snow overnight and into tomorrow so I’m staying home. Such an adult decision. I’m going to finish up a few projects tomorrow, wrap gifts, and .... who knows what! I’m probably just going to be lazy. 

Hope you both are doing well

Me

Baby gift on it’s way

 Good afternoon ladies,

   After crocheting like a crazy lady I finished the afghan for our future niece.  It’s supposed to be a basket weave but it’s to fluffy to see the pattern that well. It’s simple and minimalist, like Jess. Mr. Her has taken it to the post so it will be in B.C. for our virtual shower in the middle of January. Her

Christmas Break - Day 2

Day 2 was fairly productive. It didn’t start off as early as day 1, thank goodness. I did manage to wash the floors upstairs and finished this quilt top!! 

The gnome took me most of the day. It wasn’t hard, just time consuming.  I LOVE how it turned out. He is so cute!! 

Here is an up close look at the gnome before I put the quilt top together. Check out that mistake in the bottom right hand corner. The one I didn’t notice until I had added all the borders. I took it apart and fixed it after a long debate with myself. No one will notice - leave it. Everyone will notice - fix it! I fixed it!! 

I ran to Walmart last night to grab some spray to baste the quilt and found the cutest flannel sheets for the back. I’m going to quilt it today. If the reds match, I’m going to wrap the backing around the front for the binding. It they don’t match, I’m going to use the leftover green from the trees. 

Here’s to a great day 3

Me

Christmas Break - Day 1

Up way too early today. 4 am! Who wakes up at 4:00 am on their first day of holidays?!!!?! I did 😕 I figured I might as well do something productive and make myself a quilt. 

I started the Scandinavian TOMTE quilt. 

I figured I would just use fabric from my stash. I happened to find some wonderful Christmas fabric - greens and reds.  The trees were quick and easy to make. The gnome has taken hours to cut out alone and is going to take a while to put together!! 

Tree 1

Tree 2

Tree 3

The hat:

Well back to sewing and my Hallmark movie marathon. 

Happy Saturday 

Me

Saturday blessings

 Good afternoon ladies,

 Coffee, crocheting ( with a giant hook Me left here), and sunshine.  Great start to the holidays. Her

Christmas crocheting

 Good evening ladies,

  Some cute stocking ornaments to show you(that coincidentally fit an LB gift card for a couple of Mr. Her’s colleagues.  Her

Craft cave on location two

 Good morning,

  So I trusted the process and finished the Iris beanie.https://www.leftinknots.com/home/crochet-iris-beanie-free-pattern.  Safe to say it does not look as cute as the pic. I used a smaller hook, same weight of yarn and it looks gigantic, like might be loose on my head gigantic. I’ve never crocheted from the bottom up so that was strange.  It feels comfy and warm so that’s a win.  I want a faux fur Pom Pom for it so that might have to wait till I am more mobile.  Anyway, your morning laugh.... Her

Craft cave on location

 Hahaha. I bring you some sad efforts from the craft sofa.  For some reason I can’t comment on the last two posts, I don’t know what’s up with that. I would go blue for the word play quilt. Surprised? Have you ever made a toque from the bottom up?  I’m attempting one right now.  I feel like t might be an epic fail but I’m trying to trust the process.  Updates to come.

Her

Back to crafting to help out Her

 I threw together a craft for Her to share with her family. It did not take to long. I just had to remember to make the instructions as simple as possible. 

Hopefully they enjoy doing them.

Quiet Play Pattern Club 2021

 Well, I did it again!! I signed up for Quiet Play Pattern Club 2021!! 

I love the idea of making each square using the rainbow idea and the white background is a must in my mind. Well, that is until I look at this royal blue background!!!  I do really like the grey accents more than the black for each block. 

I also like this charcoal like background. So many choices!!!  

I know I will be using a Grunge white or charcoal fabric for the background. I am going to look for a Grunge grey to make the accents with. Now, do I attempt the rainbow???  Or do I channel Her and just go for it scrappy style?!?!?!

So many decisions!!!  Good thing I have a month before the first square comes out.

This was the gift for signing up: 

I can see this on the front of a pillow!!! I may have to put aside some marking and do some quilting!!

Happy Tuesday

ME

Taking a crafting break

 I am taking a momentary crafting break until the new year, so to pass my time I have been doing a lot of reading and pulled out my coloring books.