Tie-die baby bag

A friend from my crochet/knit group

is expecting a son in a few weeks.

 

She likes the tote bags I make

and brought me some material a

few months ago to make her 2 bags.

 

The first was a English farm

landscape print.

 

The second was fabric she had tie dyed.

(Sorry for the poor photo quality)

 

I made the tie dye bag on the larger size

so she can fill it with all the babies needs.

 

I also crocheted him a little beanie cap,

plus I sewed my traditional baby gift...

...a flannel quilt.

 

I also have some clothes to add to

the present. I'm going to give it all

to her inside the tote....

save on wrapping paper!

On the Needle

Yahoo! A finish...finally!

 

I finished a shawl for my MIL

for Christmas

 

It is my first completely

knitted item.

 

The yarn in Homespun in color pumpkin.

 

Back to the scarf that seems to

never be finished!

 

What are you working on?

UFO monthly challenge

I signed up for the

2012 UFO challenge back at

the first of year....

 

I completed the January UFO...

 

I completed the June UFO....

 

Beyond that....nothing...nil...nada

got finished.

 

This month, I am going to

COMPLETE

the September UFO...#7 on my list!

 

Vintage Scrap Block quilt

 

I will make at least half the blocks!

 

I WILL finish this UFO!

Stash Busting Report

 

I spent the entire month of

August making (crocheting/knitting)

hats for a family shelter in West Virginia.

Except for the 2 two chairs I recovered,

and hemming a couple pairs of pants,

not alot of sewing has been accomplished.

 

This month...I am rededicating

myself to sewing. And what an

appropiate month to do it...

 

National Sewing Month!

 

August Fabric Totals:

 

Fabric in YTD: 0 yards

 

Fabris used during August: 1 yard

Fabric donated during August: 10 yards

Fabric used YTD: 75.5 yards

 

75.5 yards of my 100 yard 2012 goal...

only 24.5 more yards to go!

 

What are your sewing plans?

Rain and Fabric!

First, the fabric...

I have gone 8 months without purchasing

any new fabric...a new record for me!

Happy National Sewing Month to you!

What projects do you have planned?

We have had a VERY long hot, dry Summer,

but the last 12 hours...

we have received alot of moisture!

I dislike the house shaking

thunder and lightening,

but I sure love the rain...

..and the rainbows!

On the Needle

I completed my goal of creating

31 hats in the 31 days of August

for a shelter in West Viriginia.

 

Thank goodness a fellow crocheter

posted a fast and simple pattern

on Ravelry that I could use.

 

Now...back to the

ongoing, never finished scarf!

 

What's on the needle at your House?

Chair #2...before and after

My resourceful Husband

figured out how to fix the seat,

so Chair #2 is done too.

 

Before...

 

After....

 

 

I'm happy with how this chair

turned out. It will

most likely be the new office chair!

Before and After...Chair #1

This is the chair from my teen years.

Use to sit at a desk, painted the same blue,

 

Before...

 

 

After...

 

 

I have a metal chair that has

also been painted black,

but I am having trouble with the seat.

 

Onto the next project...

Stash Report-July

I missed posting at the end of July

for my monthly stash report....

so....

Fabric in for July: 0 yards

Fabric in YTD: 0 yards

Fabric used in July: 2 yards

Fabric used YTD: 64.5

I have been finishing quilts

and other fabric projects for others,

so I can't count it towards stash busting.

Hopefully in August I will be

finishing more of my own quilts.

How are you doing?