The guild I belong to has a lot of opportunity to sew for charitable causes. We sew pillowcases for Autistic children, baby quilts, adult quilts, dresses for children, and reuasble pads for teens. A few weeks ago I went to our sewing bee to start a new charity quilt. A 4* Hour Carpenter Star. At … Continue reading Charity Sewing
WIP Wednesday/OMG for June
This month is fresh and new! Now, what will I do with it? June's Goals UFO: Finish Footnote-OMG for June Knitting: Felted Pressing Mat Sewing: Paper Pieced Star 12 Hats: Midnattsol- held over from May 12 Cowls: Sweet Georgia Mulberry yarn, pattern TBD Mystery BOM: June, last month of this mystery! Next month the layout … Continue reading WIP Wednesday/OMG for June
Tuesday To-Do
Last Week's Goals: Finish Baby Sweater √ Make Star Shower or Willow Cowl √ Enjoy Colorado!!! √ This Week's Goals: Finish piecing Fox and Geese Sew Little Dresses on Wednesday Cast on for Midnattsol Finish Afghan Square in progress Finish piecing Charity quilt May's Goals UFO: Quilt Pineapple Punch: √ Knitting: Baby Sweater Kindling Season √ Sewing: Piece … Continue reading Tuesday To-Do
Monday Design Wall
A few years go our Colorado/Minnesota friends welcomed a granddaughter into the world. Through the years I have made Mak many hand knit items. Last year they welcomed another baby girl into their family. I kept planning to knit AK a sweater, but just never got around to it. So this year the push was … Continue reading Monday Design Wall
Stash Reports Week #22
Knitting Stats Last Week: 54,670 yards/289 skeins Knitted: 454 yards/2 skeins Purchased: 643 yards/2 skeins Destashed: 0 yards/0 skeins Ending Stash: 54,859 yards/289 skeins Spending YTD: $270.36 In: 2 skeins of yarn for future projects. We stopped in Abilene, KS for lunch and there just happened to be a yarn shop AND a quilt shop … Continue reading Stash Reports Week #22
Friday FO/NO
It's a FO!!! For the trip to Colorado I took this luscious ball of Malabrigo Sock to make Willow. I cast on the cowl on Tuesday and finished it up Thursday morning. So glad I could finish it in time to gift to my hostess! As I was knitting on it she commented on how … Continue reading Friday FO/NO
Tuesday To-Do
Last week: Finish piecing Titch √ Finish Fox and Geese Blocks-only 5 colors to go X 4 colors to go Begin a new charity quilt at our sew in √ This Week's Goals Finish Baby Sweater Make Star Shower or Willow Cowl Enjoy Colorado!!! Blue skein on the right of photo is for the cowl Pikes … Continue reading Tuesday To-Do
Stash Reports Week #21
Knitting Stats Last Week: 54,770 yards/289 skeins Knitted: 100 yards/0 skeins Purchased: 0 yards/0 skeins Destashed: 0 yards/0 skeins Ending Stash: 54,670 yards/289 skeins Spending YTD: $231.07 Finally some change! I had 2 days in a car to make up for lack of knitting the past 3 weeks! Sewing Stats Fabric In: 4.6 yards Fabric … Continue reading Stash Reports Week #21
Friday FO/NO? OMG
That would be a no! Or a half FO? It's a flimsy, so does that count as FO or NO? Today's project is my May OMG. And I reached my goal!!!! Granted, the goal was just to get Titch pieced, so it was easy. NOT. Do you realized how small some of those pieces are?!!! … Continue reading Friday FO/NO? OMG
Charity Sewing
Our guild does a lot of charity sewing for several local organizations. Whether we do it from home or in a central location, we are a very giving guild. 1 day a month we gather at a Community Health Network location to sew together. These ladies usually turn in 40-50 quilts each month! Recently a … Continue reading Charity Sewing
