Walled Garden

Originally Walled Garden is done in Pinks & Greens.

You KNOW that I am not about to put that in my house.  No offense to pink & green lovers, it’s just not me.  I chose yellows & grays instead.  Since they have been so popular of late, I thought it would be fun.

 

I LOVE this quilt, it is just so cheerful!  It is backed by a gray w/little yellow polkadot flannel—again, gotta be snuggly!  It literally came our of the dryer as we were starting to open gifts on Christmas—so my son was all over that thing.  I am surprised he didn’t roll himself up in it like a burrito.

On a sidenote—the only thing I would change if I ever made this again, is that I would put a border around the edge.  Those triangles are strip-pieced and the entire edge is on the bias—talk about stretchy!  There was a time towards the end of the quilting process that I was worried I was going to end up with a trapezoid! 

Apple Crisp Quilt

One of the gifts my oldest kids got for Christmas was a quilt for their bed.  (I think all my grammatical skills have flown out the window!)

It wasn’t till a month later that I finally got pictures, and now another month after that I am posting said pictures.  I know—terrible!

First, the pattern is called Apple Crisp.  I believe it was featured in the October 2010 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting. 

This is the beautiful warm colorway that was shown.  Of course I messed with it.  This is my version (modeled by Mr. CFO) :

I found a great black natural cotton batting (way fluffy!) that I used.  The backing is a turtle-green flannel, so you know it’s comfy!

Kate circa 1776

Mini Me’s new doll’s name is “Kate”.  Gee—I wonder why. 

Anyhoo, MM is really into the Felicity movie, and that time frame.  When we saw the McCalls pattern set for doll clothes—it was a ‘must-have’ for sure.

We worked on this pattern together, cutting it out, sewing it, ironing it, etc.  Here’s the outcome:

This pattern included a top and then a dress that are separate.  Plus the little pantalets and mobcap. 

Doll Clothes

This Christmas I knew that Mini Me was getting a certain doll she was longing for.  She already had a couple of dolls and so the issue was not so much the number of dolls to play with—it turned into clothes and stuff for the dolls.  I remember my favorite thing to do with dolls as a kid was to get them dressed up.  Mini Me pours over her doll catalogs constantly and I know she was wanting more outfits to help with her creative play. 

What is a mom with a sewing machine to do?  Obviously it was time to get working!

I started out with 3 little ‘fur’ coats.

Then of course we had to have 3 sets of hats/mittens.

Followed by 3 ‘school’ dresses.

A few weeks later I had this fabulous pink & silver remnant that I made a dress and a fancy top out of .  I am still itching to make more…but I need to pace myself.

UFPP update

Okie—time for a reality check. 

I have been working on projects—making good headway.  However I am not devoting myself solely to one project at a time.  It just doesn’t work!

I tried knitting for 8 hours straight—wow did my hand hurt!  Those little size 1 needles will kill ya.

Plus—I am a distracted crafter, I will admit it.  I probably should’ve been labeled w/an acronym years ago, but we will pretend that I’m perfectly focused and organized.  So…wanna see what I have been working on?

Little Miss Crafty has been into her dolls lately—and perusing a certain catalog like it was a holy grail or something.  So…what is a mom to do but get to work and make some clothes.  This outfit was fun because I used on of her old shirts that didn’t fit anymore.  The long sleeves became pants, the body of the shirt became an A-Line dress.  I trimmed it with a few strips of gathered fabric—super easy.  It has velcro in the back for getting on and off. 

*I had to put the bit about velcro in b/c my sister still thinks I sew things ONTO dolls—where you have to be cut out of them.

I have several items cut out, ready to be sewn up, as well as some little knitted projects in the works.  As a result Little Miss Crafty has been banned from my workroom.  She might see something.