My jar of hexagons overfloweth! Instead, this has become my current “hexie station”. I discovered a new way (new to me) to make hexagons… glue basting! So quick and easy and effective. I bought the pre-cut paper 1″ hexagons from Paper Pieces LLC and I’ve been putting them to good use with my fabric scraps. I use the Sewline glue pen for basting. Easy, no mess and the glue is blue, so I can see where (and how much) I’m… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Patchwork
Slow And Steady
While I don’t have the luxury of time set aside to craft each day, I am grateful for the slivers of creative time I do manage to squeeze in. A few moments to work on a knitting row. Scratch that, who am I kidding! More often than not it’s just a few stitches moved from one needle to the other! Or sometimes, chain piecing a few squares together at the sewing machine. All these moments add up and yesterday, I finally cast… Read more »
Pack Patch Mini Quilt
I have been following Chase’s blog, quater inch mark, for quite a while. She does the most intricate piecing and hand quilting. Her posts about everyday life :: crafting or otherwise, are always so sweet. Chase hosted a QAL (quilt along) via the Pack Patch Flickr Group and I signed up to be a part of it. This QAL was so much fun and very interesting! The blocks were a simple twelve patch, but there was a twist. Every Friday, she would give us… Read more »
Progress
I showed you this picture last time… Now these are the remnants. Which can mean only one thing :: I finished my Color Affection Shawl, yaa-hoo! I definitely learned a few things about combining colors with this project. See how vibrant that yellow-gold yarn looked in the yarn cake? In the finished shawl, the blue makes the yellow appear quite muted. You can’t tell with these pictures because they are closeups and your eyes are drawn to the yellow. But from a distance, meh! All that science behind… Read more »
Triangles and Squares
A few weeks ago, I received a swap package in the mail from Melissa of Knits With Camels hi Mel 🙂 This was no ordinary package, it was filled, no, stuffed to the brim with goodies. Some fabulous skeins of yarn one of which is slowly being turned into a Frambuesa shawlette. Not your average TV knitting, so it’s slow going. She also sent me these gorgeous coordinating fat quarters. The fabric is from Riley Blake and I think the line… Read more »
From Scratch
This is such a proud mama moment… This doll bed was made entirely by my 14-year-old son, Prithvi. He’s been taking woodshop at school as one of his electives and absolutely loves it. So, for his birthday this year we got him a couple power tools. The first thing he built was a saw horse :: gotta have a work surface for all those woodworking projects right? Next up was this… Kiki has been asking for a doll’s bed for… Read more »
Surgery
… the crafting kind, that is! Scraped knees are a common thing with 5-year-olds. Miss. Kiki is always skinning her knees and as a result almost all of her jeans and leggings have holes in them near the knees. I mostly just ignore the holes until they start going right across the front. Moms, you know what I’m talking about, right? Right?? This particular pair of jeans are her favorite and so she was really teary and apologetic that they… Read more »
