I am always looking at color combinations that I see around me - in nature, on houses, interior design, you name it. I know it's a little early for winter hats, but there are a couple of color combos I had to try out and a hat is the perfect sized project to do it!
Friday, July 29, 2011
Fat...Fluffy...Fabulous
Since my last update about the fox stole, I have made several changes. I figured since I was redoing the tail, I might as well try something different with the feet too, which were looking a bit unnatural to me.
It was getting much closer but the tail and feet were still a little too stubby... |
Longer feet and tail but somehow the tail looks WORSE... |
Fat...Fluffy...Fabulous Finally! |
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Baby Boy Quilt
Instead of a term paper for my women's history class (Spring 2006 I believe it was), I opted for an art project and that is when I made my first quilt. It was a simple "Around the World" quilt, which consists of an arrangement of plain squares. Now that I have a sewing machine again, I am excited to try a more complicated block quilt.
My friend Amber is having a baby boy in October, which gives me the perfect excuse to piece together a 20-30 block mini-quilt. I already had this unspeakably adorable hot air balloon fabric, which I picked up from the Marden's store in Waterville, Maine. The rest of the fabrics are from the local craft store here in Vermont, Knits & Bolts. A brand new top-quality nonstick ruler made quick work of cutting up the squares yesterday.
I soon realized the 1/8 yard of each fabric was more than enough for two quilts - the second one will be up for sale. I feel like a genius of efficiency!
My friend Amber is having a baby boy in October, which gives me the perfect excuse to piece together a 20-30 block mini-quilt. I already had this unspeakably adorable hot air balloon fabric, which I picked up from the Marden's store in Waterville, Maine. The rest of the fabrics are from the local craft store here in Vermont, Knits & Bolts. A brand new top-quality nonstick ruler made quick work of cutting up the squares yesterday.
I soon realized the 1/8 yard of each fabric was more than enough for two quilts - the second one will be up for sale. I feel like a genius of efficiency!
Fox Stole Progress
Here is a quick image to show where I am going with the fox stole.
I've done and redone this much over and over, but reassuringly it gets better each time. I am pretty happy with the top portion now, but a proper fox tail should be fat, fluffy and fabulous. I'm not seeing that yet. So I had to take a break from it this past weekend. I now prepare to start all over again, looking forward to the results...
The slant is formed by decreasing on the right every rs row and increasing on the left every ws row |
I've done and redone this much over and over, but reassuringly it gets better each time. I am pretty happy with the top portion now, but a proper fox tail should be fat, fluffy and fabulous. I'm not seeing that yet. So I had to take a break from it this past weekend. I now prepare to start all over again, looking forward to the results...
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Packers Pillow
Way back in February, I showed you this Green Bay Packers pillow I was making for my favorite Cheesehead! My sewing machine is finally up and running, so here is the finished project...
a very late Valentine present!
Ned loves his pillow! |
Summer Stripes Boatneck
I finished it awhile ago, but here for your viewing enjoyment is my Sirdar Summer Stripes dk sweater!
My sister and I have a saying. Well actually we have many, but here's one that I want to share. You know that certain item of clothing that you always turn to lately? You just got some adorable new jeans, and even though you wore them to last night's barbecue over at Suzie's, tonight you're going out to dinner with Jane and she wasn't at Suzie's, so you go ahead and wear the same jeans. These are what we'd call your 5 out of 7 day jeans. Well this is now my 5 out of 7 day sweater.
My sister and I have a saying. Well actually we have many, but here's one that I want to share. You know that certain item of clothing that you always turn to lately? You just got some adorable new jeans, and even though you wore them to last night's barbecue over at Suzie's, tonight you're going out to dinner with Jane and she wasn't at Suzie's, so you go ahead and wear the same jeans. These are what we'd call your 5 out of 7 day jeans. Well this is now my 5 out of 7 day sweater.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Copyfox
Oh, the life of a struggling artist.
It is always a good feeling when you receive a request from someone who wants to commission a project!Recently Like a month ago, a girl from Tucson messaged me on Etsy about trying to recreate this chunky knit fox stole.
It is always a good feeling when you receive a request from someone who wants to commission a project!
Eugenia Kim for Anthropologie: nearly 300 big ones! |
One thing I've had on the back burner of my to-do list is learning amigurumi (the art of crocheted or knitted dolls). Most use crochet over knitting, as it makes a sturdier fabric. However, I will always prefer the look of knitting over crochet. The fox stole has given me just the push I needed to perfect this new skill!
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