For some friends who like to camp and also were going to have a baby – a postcard blanket of some national parks.
Project Catch Up – Owl Quilt
Due to going back to school, I’ve not been keeping up with my craft projects. And once school started, my crafting took a nosedive as well. But here’s a catch-up post of some of the projects I’ve completed in the meantime.
Hogwarts Owl quilt for a baby shower back in July. I put the blanket into a cage with a picture of a similar-looking owl in it and made a tag for Eeylops Owl Emporium.
Gray/Blue Baby Blanket
Another baby blanket for Jacob’s coworker who recently had a baby. They said their baby room was mostly gray and a little blue so I made a simple triangle quilt for them. I think it came out pretty nice considering it was my first time with equilateral triangles.
Mountains meet the Ocean Shoes
Loved the marker shoe project so much I made another pair with a friend. This time, a mismatched color scheme which has since drawn a lot of comments from strangers. I had no idea they’d become a conversation starter! I’ve had fun proselytizing about the ease and absolute joy in the end results. I have another pair that has a light blue base that I’m going to work on next – I am definitely obsessed.
Chik-ken
I enjoy going to the ever-popular “paint nites” with friends but usually, the paintings aren’t quite what I’d like to paint or I do a terrible job on them. This time, however, I managed to make a pretty cute painting, something I consider good enough to put up on the wall. The class was held at Arte in Wauwatosa, WI and their art space was pretty cute. I would do it again if I saw a painting I liked. Behold: Chik-ken!
Rainbow Shoes
I already own a pair of galaxy shoes from the store but never really found any rainbow shoes to my liking so I made my own. There are a ton of videos out there on how to do this so I won’t recreate the instructions here. I really love the watercolor effect of the individual drops from the alcohol. They were so easy to make that I will probably make more in summer flats as well.
Fishnet Quilt
I once saw a beautiful quilt using the Fishnet pattern and have been wanting to make it for a while. One great thing about the pattern was that it came with a blank pattern that you can copy and color in with your particular color scheme. I thought that was pretty cool but overall, the pattern wasn’t the best in explaining what I needed to do. I feel like it could have used a couple of more diagrams or pictures on seaming things together. Also know that you need to get the ruler as well.
Bad lighting but the range of colors I used.
Just a sample of the pics I took to see if the color layout was working or not. My phone camera puts the quilt at a distance so you can see if something catches your eye or seems out of place. Often, I only moved only one or two pieces from photo to photo.
Final version – had to use a lightening filter as the light in my house was too yellow. I typically try to take pictures outside in natural light but it’s winter and kinda muddy and gross outside.
Cat tax: my older cat, “helping”
Mom’s quilt
My mom’s been asking for a quilt and I obliged with a house quilt in some spring-like colors for her. It’s actually not my favorite quilt in terms of the color choices but it’s definitely right up my mom’s alley.
Panel Baby Quilt: Cityscapes
I went to the Wisconsin Quilt Show and told myself I wasn’t going to spend a lot of money. Within 5 minutes of being there, I saw this cityscapes panel and bought it. Oops. Luckily I got to use it right away for an unorthodox baby blanket for a coworker. I ended up stitching up most of the buildings and then the skyline itself.
Death Star Stained Glass
Once again I made my way back to the Vinery to retake their two day stained glass intensive. I chose a pattern that reminded me of a planet and I don’t know why but it turned into a Death Star. 😛
