Random Afghan Progress

Here's some pictures of my Random Afghan.

Forgive these pictures, it's raining down here so the lighting not so good.. 

Here's the link to the pattern

I would like to make an afghan out of just this of different sizes one day.

(Out of a natural yarn and not acrylic's!)

Granny Square

This one is just a Granny Square. I just changed the color every row, alternating between variegated and solid yarns.

This is the same pattern as the top.

Just different colors! 

squaring the big circle pattern.

I really like this Circle in a square! I made quit a few of these...

Plum Blossoms Square. 

And this is my FAVORITE!!! Isn't it neat?! I love these way the it's so ... So.. i don't know .. Awesome?!
It's the "Plum Blossoms" Square from the book Favorite Motif Afghans.

"On the Huh Square"

You can get the pattern for this amazing square set on edge
Here

Link for Flower squares

And my Granny with Flowers!  There so FUN to make!

As you can see the flower's "Puff" up! 

One of the parts I'm starting to piece together.. I didn't  like the way the greens was making it pull.. So I pulled it out and re-did it and it's lying much smoother now!

Close up of my favorite Circle! And my polka dot scissors and wood handled hook!

The colors off in this picture, these scissors are my favorite, there bright green, and make me happy!

Well that's all for now.. Hopefully a post coming soon on a dress that was Ordered!
Have a Good Monday!

Hexagon's and Finished Projects

Hello! I promise I didn't stop crafting or drop off the face of the earth! 

I've just had to get some photo's together and get in a blogging mood... the 100+ degree weather we've been having just made me want to sit in the AC and do as little as possible.

So..

I quilted!

Yes I finally got in a good quilting mood! So I'll stop talking so much and show you pictures!!

First Project: 

The quilt I've been working on and off on for the past 3 years? I was "Lap quilting" it my way.. 

which involved quilting each square, Then trying to figure out how to put them all together 2 weeks ago.. and asking myself why didn't I ever read up on lap quilting??

Random Lap Quilt

It actually came together with thee exception of one mistake.. That you can't really see so I'm quite pleased with my missmashed efforts!

So there it is! In all it's Finished Glory! I got all of the blocks from this book.

Then, Now in a quilting mood I rummaged around in my "To quilt" Pile and found another almost finished quilt, so Promptly finished quilting it up on the machine.

Raggedy Flower Quilt

Isn't it a neat style? It's not a neat quilt (Or anywhere NEAR the neatest) but it's soft and fuzzy and will be SO warm this winter to cuddle up in!

I LOVE QUILTS!! 

Then while going through my box of quilt tops (I'll have to do a post on that box one day) I ran across this little bag with English paper piecing hexagons inside.. that said "Warning Very Addictive" 

So of course i had to try it! 

And it was SO addictive!

And so Good and Truly in a quilting mood now I went to a blog that I had run across a few weeks before and found her Bigger Hexagon pattern!

Here are a couple of blogs that I found helpful and inspiring while researching hexagons.

Happy Hexagons on Bunny Mummy's blog.

Basic Tutorial on Selfsewn's Blog

Another Tutorial at Kandipandi's Pad, and the place I found the pattern generator.

I made mine 3 inch and changed it a bit since I wanted to save paper and get as many as I could onto one sheet. 

So I got right to work... pulled out our boxes of fabric and dug through and found some pretty pieces and started cutting! It's really going very quickly, this will be the first quilt I've pieced by hand!

I'm going to join them with white Hexagon's. I've actually already started. I need to get some more pictures taken.

I took pointers from all the blogs..

#1. I used a little glue to keep my fabric and my Hexagon pattern together till I tacked the fabric down.

#2. I did NOT go through the paper but just through the fabric when tacking it down.

#3. I ironed the fabric over the hexagon pattern before tacking it down and also tried not ironing it, I think both ways work.

Here are some better pictures of the little bags I've made in the past few weeks,

 and a crocheted bowl!

And this bag is SO fun to make. you can make it any size you want!

I stumbled across the Zipper Bag on this Blog (Which I LOVE!!) 

The inside looks just as good as the outside, you could almost make this reversible!!

The link to the Tutorial.

This bag was just made from a scrap of material I found, no tutorial.

But I've found it quite useful!

I just have some little snaps sewn on the inside rim. I use it for thread, scissors and anything I just need to keep corralled. 

And here's the link to the blog that has the Tutorial for a Crochet Bowl.

 (look on the side bar for the tutorial I can't make a direct link for some reason)

I had a lot of fun making this, It's out of Peaches and Cream Cotton. I found that the bowl wasn't quite as sturdy as I wanted it to be so I wove some ribbon through it.

And FINALLY here a picture of a bag I made this past winter out of wool. 

The pattern is the "Annie Bag" on Ravelry.com , and I used 100% wool that I got at the spinners retreat this past February.

Now! that was an incredibly long post, to get me all caught back up! 

I shall try to keep them shorter and more often. 

I hope to finish the Hexagon quilt and perhaps enter it into the County Fair this coming September!

Hope you all had a Happy 4th of July!

Pictures and Pincushions

So!

I opened my blog a few day's ago to find all of my pictures gone!!! 

being an very un-savvy in the world of blogging it's taken me a little while to get them all back up.

but after about 2 hours of working at it i'm done!

I stumbled across the most beautiful pincushion pattern on another blog.

(This isn't mine. some awesome person made this!)

Isn't this adorable??

I had to register for an account with better homes and gardens to get the pattern, 

 but it's only an email address and your name.

and it printed out on only one sheet of paper!

So i printed it out and i got to cut it out late this afternoon.

I'm hoping to finish it tomorrow!

http://www.bhg.com/crafts/sewing/wild-flower-pincushion/
I also found a pattern for some REALLY cute bloomers!

Aren't these adorable?

So I decided to whip up some of these.. which came out really cute!

I used a cream colored satin and baby blue ribbons and there cute and comfortable.

I'll be making some more of these! I may perhaps lengthen the next pair, so i could wear them under a skirt for dancing.

http://media.colettepatterns.com/free/patterns/colette-patterns-0001-bloomers.pdf

Here's the link for the pattern pdf... it was 16 sheets of paper to print but really easy to tape together and to make.

I'm working on two quilts that i hope to post pictures of soon!... well see how fast i can get them done.. or if i get side-tracked by another project!

I made this bag from the "fatter version of the ""Fat Bag"" pattern on Ravelry

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Yarn from the spinner's retreat this past January.

Broadcloth Lining.

And! I made this amazing little bag in about half an hour! zipper and all! 

You can make it bigger if you want, I just was in desperate need of a new bag to put my knitting and crocheting stuff in.. scissors, stitch markers, yarn needles, tape measure...

and one of the blocks from my random blocks afghan that i started working on.

Pattern found on Ravelry.

"on the huh crochet square" 

 I'm using random acrylic yarns that i have in my yarn stash and an old Afghan a friend made that was too skinny to use.. (I got permission from her to unravel it )

it'll be a while before it's done i'm sure, but it's a good project to work on in-between my other bigger projects.

Happy Saturday! I'm off to sleep!

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Under Construction!

So! Just wanted to drop a post to say.... If my blog gets to looking weird please forgive me!

I'm REALLY new to this and i'm TRYING to figure out how to make it look like me!

(Or how i envision me!) So please bear with me! 

And i'll have some posts up soon about my Shrug's i'm crocheting!

Finished Hexagon Blanket

Here's my Hexagon Blanket!

I finished it in about 9 days,

 (I had a few days i couldn't work on it because i ran out of yarn)

 Just in time for Mother's Day!

These pictures aren't the best... it's rainy and overcast so bear with me i'll try to get some better ones up later.

It was a very fun and easy project for me.

I love this pattern and will be doing another one for myself i think, perhaps in cotton?

I've also been working on a Shrug for wearing over my summer dresses,

Picture's coming soon!

Happy Monday everyone!

Oh and here's a link to the pattern for this Afghan.

http://attic24.typepad.com/weblog/hexagon-howto.html

Hair for the Ball

SO!

I forgot that I wanted to post some pictures of the hair i did for the ball, 

Sadly I don't know if i got everyone i did.. but here's a few!

Anna's Hair is so fun to work with because it's so thick!

I wish I had a better picture of Julie's hair... it was cool!
this is after she had been dancing a while.

and Rachel's hair was awesome.. don't like the angle of this picture though. 

so! two post in one day :) 

hope you enjoy!

Spring Ball

Hello all!

I know this post is REALLY late in coming! 

But i guess better late then never right?

Had a great time at my friends ball! where i did most of the hair and make-up. 

It was SO much fun! 

from top left.
Rachel, Kimberly (didn't make her dress) Me and Elisa
Julie, Anna, Sarah (didn't make her dress) Hosannah.

Here is my yellow dress all finished!!! with that Lovely ruffled petticoat!!

These aren't the best pictures but there what i have at the moment.

and here are some "behind the scene" photo's of us getting hair done.

Making people's necks cramp!

The Hair stylist's at work.

Makeup application to the instigator of the ball :)
she did an awesome job!

I've started a Afghan for mother's day to give to mom, and ran out of yarn, so while waiting for the mail lady to bring me more, I've switched back to working on my baby blanket.

This is three day's of work.. I was slow...

I found this lovely pattern over at a wonderful blog I love.

http://attic24.typepad.com

She has some lovely patterns and i LOVE all the colors she uses!

So! that's a few pictures from the ball!

Where having a dress up day, in a week so I'll put up some more pictures soon

hopefully some better ones of the two dresses I made right before the ball.

hope your all having a blessed week! 

Have fun and keep sewing!