Beginning Something New

I haven't been on here for quite some time, but I wanted to start back up again. Especially since I found a new hobby....crocheting. It's become so popular lately (not only among older people, lol), it's definitely coming back. So, anyway, I'd been wanting to try it; and on a trip to Walmart I found a kit for super cheap, I Taught Myself to Crochet. And, I got started on it. It came so easy to me, and once I started I couldn't stop. So, the first thing I did that very next day, once I got the stitches down, was to make a simple rectangle of afghan stitches to make my son two bracelets...

 

 

And then, using the pattern in that book for the Ruffled Skinny Scarf (since I paid for the book I won't post the pattern for free on here, sorry), I made a scarf for my mother (which my son wanted to model)....

 

 

And, that was the beginning of my crocheting adventure!!!

Toddler Quilt

I recent wanted to get back into quilting, so I decided to make a project that would take too long....something simple. I don't get to make girly stuff very often since I have a son, so I set myself on making a quilt that would be about the size to fit a toddler be and in my favorite contrasting colors: hot pink & black!

 

So, I went shopping and found some really cheap bandanas that were pink with black zebra strips and had my inspiration. All I did with this one was make blocks out of black bandanas and the zebra bandanas to make a checkered pattern for the center Then I made a thick border around with black fabric, and finished off with hot pink fleece on the back and tacked it all together with black embroidery floss. Super simple!

 

 

Eddystone Light Quilt

This will be a quilt compiled of an Eddystone Light pattern. I made the pattern for it and scanned the exact fabrics that I will use; and have placed them in the appropriate places. It's not complete. Where you see plain white spots is where I'm stuck at. I can't find anymore coordinating fabric to go in those places. Considering that I do my quilts by using whatever I have in fabrics, it's hard to match a whole quilt completely with corresponding fabric. So, for now this is all that I have, just a plan. I have started on it, but I can't go far without more fabric. As soon as I get more, I'll update the diagram below.

Houston's Baby Blankets

So far I've made two baby blankets for Houston. They were very plain, I didn't want to do anything that would take awhile to work on since I started them really late in my pregnancy.

The first one has a pattern to it, which I didn't plan on in the first place. I just started cutting squares of gingham-printed fabrics in various lighter colors & eventually decided to figure out a pattern with the pieces. Only one of the pictures below can you make out that the fabric was actually gingham. I think I like the backing fabric the most, though; it's a really cute assortment of bears that also have a gingham pattern on them, along with striped patterns and polka-dot patterns. These were the first quilts that I ever quilted together, and I did it on a sewing machine instead of by hand. Also on the sewing machine, I stitched out his first and last name on the bottom and top borders of the first quilt. I entered these quilts in the fair, but didn't get any prizes for them.

The second one is a little more colorful & bright. It basically has the same patchwork type of theme, but with bears on half the fabric and a plain red color on the other half: