Sewing Projects

For my mom's birthday I did some sewing. Her birthday was early June, so this is one of the things I have been up to. The pattern is by Creative Thimble, called Janet's Jewelry Case. The theme fabric and the inspiration for the colors is a Laurel Burch fabric, called "Felines & Canines", although there are no canines on this fabric. I altered the pattern slightly since I thought the case could be used as a really nice sewing kit, with places to put thread, thimbles, needles, pins, and scissors. I think my mom will get better use of it that way.


The white blob is where my label is located. My plan is to make me a case out of the same fabric. My parents are coming for a visit, so maybe that will be in the plan while they are here.

I've been busy quilting too. I did a very nice piece for my office or home. I'm still debating on where I want to put this piece. It would look nice above or near my sewing area, but my walls at work still could use some artwork. It's a very bright piece. Robin taught me how to paint on fabric. I then used a book I purchased earlier, Coloring with Thread by Ann Fahl and used thread to color on top of the ginkgo leaves. I really like the look and plan to use the technique elsewhere in my work. The picture is a tad out of focus and a bit dark as we have no sunlight right now, but you can still get the idea.


Okay, that's it for me.

Sockapalooza 4 socks

Robin and I joined Sockapalooza 4. This is my second one and her third of fourth. I can't recall. I haven't been posting, although I have been busy crafting. I'll post the socks first, then post on the other items I have been making.

My sockpal socks are knit from Cherry Tree Hill Supersock in Moody Blues colorway. The color is not exact in the photos -- it's a darker blue in person. My sockpal wanted anklets and I really wanted to knit the River Rapids sock pattern by sockbug. The pattern is well written and easy to follow. In fact, it was such a nice pattern that Robin decided to try it out too. She knit it up in a purple colorway. I can't recall if the yarn was also Cherry Tree Hill. We went together to Baskets of Yarn to get the yarn and she helped me choose the colorway for my pal.



Closeup of the River Rapids pattern.



And finally, I liked the pattern so much that I started my own socks, but not anklets. I'm knitting these up in some yarn I purchased at SAFF this past year from Three Waters Farm.



The socks have a bit more green than I want in them, so I'm going to dye up some yarn in river colors and knit another pair of these. I like these a lot.