Time to take a look at the projects undertaken since the last post and reflect on another year of crafting. I finished crocheting a
Woodland blanket by Lucy at Attic24, I was very pleased with the finished result.
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| Attic24 CAL 2018 |
Although I thought of giving CAL's a rest this year, I could not resist the Sweet pea Posy blanket that Lucy has on offer for this year, so I am enjoying working on that. I have had a fairly productive crafting year, as usual, starting new projects rather than finishing UFO's. Since my last post I have made two more Linus quilts and a crocheted blanket. The T-shirt quilt was made up QAYG with different coloured fleeces, giving a patterned back. Looked good, but lots of work.
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| Linus quilts Orphan blocks and T-shirts |
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| Linus Crochet blanket |
I started a quilt using a Happy Chick block that was demonstrated at our quilting group. It only needs a binding to complete it. This was the top before quilting.
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| Happy Chick log cabin variation |
Having bought a Julia Gahagan pattern at a Region 2 meeting, I thought I would make myself a little hanging. I love making these, I have done several so far and hope to do more as I have purchased several of her patterns at one of her workshops.
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| Little Italian Village |
I made two of my friends table runners, again I have used this pattern several times to make gifts for friends. I have not yet made myself one, must rectify that this year. As you may notice the stars can twist anticlockwise or clockwise, they should be clockwise. This pattern is from Creative Grids - Scrap Crazy 6 inch template set.
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| Milky Way runner rainbow on black |
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| Milky Way runner teal and grey on a white background |
The quilting group I belong to (Quilters of Sutton) set a challenge of 'Buildings and Monuments', no bigger than A3 size. Having been to Yarndale - a yarn festival held in Skipton, I decided to use Skipton Castle as inspiration. I was particularly pleased with the free motion quilting across the sky. FMQ is not my favourite technique, but his was very neat. Perhaps I am finally getting to grips with it!
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| Skipton Castle, family motto over entrance |
While at Yarndale I bought some lovely yarns, with which I made a couple of scarfs. They are hand dyed artisan yarns, and therefore expensive, so I like to make something special from them. The star lace was from a Dorling Kindersley crochet book and Northmoor Lock is a pattern from
The Shawl Project: Book One by Joanne Scrace. I love The Crochet Project patterns, I have two books and a pattern, it is difficult to make just one they are addictive.
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| Trellis cowl |
Other shopping opportunities in Skipton came in the form of charity shops. They all seemed to have cones of yarn from the mills, so I bought a few to add to my stash.
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| Scarfs and shawls from my stash yarns |
I did instructions for Christmas decorations for my quilting group and a WI workshop I was invited to give. These folded circle triangles are very versatile, quick to make and ripe for embellishment.
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| These have card and wadding inside, those below have wadding only |
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| Christmas decorations made from folded circle triangles for QoS |
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| Folded circle hanging |
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| Folded triangle star hanging for WI |
I finished the Dress quilt I was making in an earlier post. The friend I re-sized the block for, asked to buy it for her grand daughter. It is gratifying when some one likes your work so much they are happy to buy it. It went to a good home.
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| Dress quilt |
I am currently working on a pair of cushions for my sister - hand quilted using Oakshott fabric in silver. I shall need to start a birthday present for a friend who has a birthday in February. I have also been trying needle felting. There is something therapeutic about stabbing away at a ball of fluff as it magically turns into a little robin.
