Tom's afghan

The last two weeks I have been working on this.

I knew I would give it to my co-worker, Tom. We have been working together for 13 years now. He is like an uncle I never knew I had until I was 35. He will be 80 this summer, works a few hours a day - he will never retire. I wasn't sure when I would give it to him. Too late for Christmas and not a good gift for  July birthday. 

He had a little "bump in the road" last weekend. So Tuesday when I left work, I left it on his chair with a little note: To Tom from Linda, too keep you warm while you nap in your recliner
Wednesday morning he gave me a hug, a kiss on the cheek, and told me I was a special lady. Of course we were both all teary. 

Its made from Caron simply soft yarn, simple double crochet, three rows then one row, lots of colors. 

Snow day

Jill had a snow day today, so I took one too :)

Last time I went to work when school was cancelled the roads were awful. I was thankful to get to work that day.
And I have a finish! This will be the Christmas present for my secret pal. She loves red and I have been wanting to make one of these for a long time. I love how it turned out.  

ripple afghan

I finished my bright ripple afghan last Friday.
I gave it to my friend, Darlene, who is having surgery on her foot this week.
Like a prayer shawl, but bigger (and more practical in my opinion)
I told her she could curl up with it. Along with a good book and her boot ;)
The colors did not photograph well at all.
Its actually  purple, hot pink, bright turquoise, yellowy orange and lime green. And super soft snuggly yarn.

potholders

I made some potholders for my friend.
She had a facebook comment one day about burning potholders
...so I had to.

I just used some odd scraps and attempted rounded corners.
Hope she doesn't set them on fire! 
:o)

Weekend

I finished the quilt top for Emma. 
It actually went pretty quickly since its just a patchwork of large squares.
The worst part was getting them arranged....who knew a random look was so hard to do??

I know I bought some of this for the back. --->
But I can't find it.
I hate when that happens. 
Has to be upstairs somewhere.


Scott had his class reunion Saturday.
Man! Some of the people in his class look OLD!  LOL
All those girls that tanned in high school are some wrinkled 48 year olds. 
We overslept on Sunday, missed church
Scott had a headache anyway. Wonder why???  LOL


Sunday evening I made my first batch of homemade laundry soap.
I had to wash a couple loads right away.
I was impressed, dirty barn clothes came out nice and clean.
Even smelled fresh!  
Believe me, farmer and 100 degree temps make for some very stinky clothes! 

Secret Pal Afghan

Before (I did use more yarn, this is just what i started with)
















I finished this a couple weeks ago, just got around to taking a picture. Its teal and cream, I think it looks more blue in the picture than in real life. Its for my church secret pal for Christmas. 


After

Weekend project

I made this little stroller blanket over the weekend.

The pirate fabric is from Michael Miller, blues are Amelia / Me and My Sister
boarder is Anthology
backing is Jungle Baby Stripes by Kate Hornarvar.

I cheated on the binding, just left the backing a little big and folding it over the front and machine stitched :)

doll diapers

I used to make these for Allison's babies when she was little. 
These I made for a co-worker's daughter who is 3 :)

I used some flannel from my stash and some velcro.

Fear

I posted this picture before.
Some reds, blacks, and whites that will someday become a quilt for my great niece.
Am waiting on a couple more prints to arrive.

Not sure what I want to do with them yet.
Simple patchworks always seem to be what I am drawn to -
my pinterest board is full of them.

I don't like cutting.
Maybe I have some weird love for big ole chunks of prettiness?
Fear of screwing up? Or just changing my mind? My frugal nature?
Worries I won't like the finished project?
I am definitely over thinking it.


I am the same way with 12 x 12 sheets of paper.
(oh this would be good on a card, but I never actually cut into it!)

Sometimes I am such a dork ;)
Any suggestions?

I found this precious moments fabric this past winter.When our neighbor had a baby girl, it turned into a quick strip quilt. Excuse the wrinkles. I will get rid of those before I give it! Holy crap, my corners still suck! I wonder if I am should sew the binding a little further from the edge?

Thursday

Yesterday I had a doctor appointment in LaCrosse. Scott drove, so I did some crocheting on the way. I made a set of pink potholders, if Allison doesn't want them I might keep them. I made a set of blue ones on Thursday for Aaron. He will be moving into his first apartment in June. I have started a box for him, potholders, towels, a few dishes.

Right now I am working on some doll diapers. My co-worker is due in July and her soon-to-be 3 year old daughter is baby crazy already :) I am using some flannel I had in my stash. Sewing on the velcro by hand. I need a thimble...


We stopped at walmart yesterday. I bought some remnants. Fabric is expensive. I need to find a source for free fabric. LOL
pictures soon!

Striped afghan

Finally.
A picture of the afghan I finished a couple weeks ago.


It has eight colors.  I randomly did 1 2 or 3 rows, color order was random too.

I like how it turned out.

Using scraps

My first ever scrap-busting mug rug.

Its in the mail,
off to my sister in law. She likes pigs, I knew I had some fabric with a pink pig - took me a while to find it. She also gets a random 'J'

Crochet rug

I started another crocheted rug.

This one will be for my niece who will be heading to college next fall.

Dorm room floors are cold.

I should keep my camera in my purse. So you could see how precious little I have done on it :o)

Its hard to get anything accomplished when I am stalking quilting blogs and scrolling through flickr for inspiration.

Updated. I finished it up on Friday. Thought about adding another row of each pink and purple..but decided it might get too big. Sorry about the location, its the copy machine at work :)

dish cloths

I whipped these up at work on Friday.

Then mailed them off to a friend.

tired girl

Miss G hugged her blanket when I gave it to her.

:)

She was so tired though, she went right home and had a nap

:)

I must admit, after collecting fabrics and working on it for so long... I had a hard time giving it up. Her mom sent me this picture, made me feel better.

Miss Em, reminded me that her birthday is in August ;)