Skip to main content

Last Month

I kicked off October by working up and finishing this V-stitched pearl and abalone Sea throw, made entirely from thrifted yarn.

My first mini-quilt of October was a wee patchwork piece made from scraps from my Halloween quilt.

I crocheted these two baskets using video tutorial patterns by Jayda in Stitches on YouTube.

I finished half a row on this granny stitch ripple baby blanket that I thrifted to complete it.

My second mini-quilt for the month was a bit of a bead fest, which helped me practice my limited dexterity.

I finished and delivered my fourth big project this year for my day job.

Inspired by that baby blanket I finished, I made this granny ripple stitch throw with thrifted yarn from my stash.

My third mini-quilt for October was an art piece about healing and self-respect.

My Halloween week mini-quilt had a little spooky scrap patchwork.

I made twelve ghosts out of thrifted shop rags, styrofoam balls and scrap yarn.

I used up more Halloween novelty scraps by makin a mug rug and three fabric bookmarks.

I crocheted a teddy bear out of a single skein of Bernat Baby Blanket yarn.

On Halloween night I crocheted this little amigurumi ghost, based on this free printable pattern over at Yarnspirations.

I'm really happy with how much I managed to get done in October -- hope I can keep up the pace in November. :)

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Old Loves & Such

My guy kindly bought me my favorite Chinese take out the other night, and my fortune cookie offered up an interesting story starter: This sounds sweet, right? Only the first thing I thought of was an old love coming back from the dead . . . . must be October. In other lovely news, my favorite hand-dyed thread artist, Lorraine from Colour Complements , is moving her business from Etsy to her own web site. Many of my favorite sellers on Etsy are leaving due to the whole "free shipping" coercion debacle, which has also soured me on the site. To show support I did a little shopping at Lorraine's web site and got in these: I love her threads and trims; you simply can't buy anything like them anywhere. Her work makes my specialty thread box look like a treasure chest: At night I'm spending just as hour working on quilting the scrap project runner, and I'm making slow progress: I'll keep quilting the runner while I try to decide on a design for t...
2 comments
Read more

Love Means This

Invested in a couple of hand-dyed bundles from one of my favorite fabric artists. This one said "Make me into something for Valentine's Day." So I went for a quilted and embellished tote. I kept thinking about what love means to me as I worked on it. Here's the finished tote. Although I was tempted to embellish with beads and pins, I got sick and only felt well enough to do a little stitching every night. As I worked I thought about how often love seems disappointing to us, especially when it fails to live up to our expectations. But now that I've experienced love in many forms, I can say that it's made me a better person than I might have been without it. Love is a precious thing, and should be appreciated in all its forms. I am very grateful for the love of my guy, my child and my friends who have stuck with me all these years. That's you two, in case you're wondering. :) Also finally found something to do with a ve...
1 comment
Read more

Wild Ride

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds is an epic, dazzling film that hurls you into the Korean version of the afterlife while showcasing some of the most impressive special effects I've ever seen in any movie. The story begins with the death of firefighter Kim Ja-Hong (Cha Tae-hyun) who jumps out of a burning building with a child in his arms. The kid lives, but he dies at the scene. Two strangers inform him that he has passed away right on schedule, and toss him into a vortex that takes him to the world of the afterlife, where he meets his three guardians: Gang-rim (Ha Jung-woo), Haewonmak (Ju Ji-hoon) and Lee Deok-choon (Kim Hyang-gi). At the gates of the afterlife Ja-Hong learns that he is considered a paragon (an exemplary person who lived a noble and self-sacrificing life) and is eligible to be reincarnated -- but there's a catch. First he has 49 days to make it through seven hells in which he will be judged on his sins. His three guardians will help and defend...
Post a Comment
Read more