Baby gifts

For a sweet little boy in Indiana. I made this quilt. Really just too easy. Very similar to this quilt. I'll do something more complicated for my next quilt. Also, by request I knit some baby blessing booties. Really fun!



Not completely satisfied with the shrinking issues, but I do love the little strip on the back that I added. I've seen those pop up everywhere on blogs and thought I would spruce up the back just a little.

I think the pattern came from here.

Princess Dress

Not exactly my idea. The fabric was free from Mee-Mee and Carolina begged and begged for a dress from it. I figured it would be good practice for nicer fabric later. I'll make the next one a lot longer. Size 4, Simplicity 5118. Pretty easy pattern and more plans to make variations of this.

Another wallaby

Here's my third wonderful wallaby knit for my nephew Will, 2 years old. He totally loves it. I thought his mom would maybe appreciate it and then he would discard it for a toy, but he wanted it on right away and walked around just as you see him here. (For those that know my siblings, this is Jim's oldest).

You'll see pictures of a purple wallaby soon when I finish Carolina's. I think I'll take a break from wallabys for awhile, but I might just make Tim a new one. This is the only item that I've knit more than once.

Lina's little smock

Easy project. I decided I wanted to remake a too-small smock for Carolina. I call it a smock -- if anyone has a better name, let me know. I took the size 2T original (a hand-me-down from Ben's cousin --thanks, Snow!) and just traced it a little bigger on to the new fabric. It is two-sided and each side has three pieces. The whole thing lays flat when unbuttoned, so it was easy to remake.

the original below - picture taken Jan 2009

Newest quilt

A couple weeks back I went to the Sewing and Quilt Expo in Chantilly, VA. I met up with my mom and grandma and it was terrific. I was in a class all morning on free-motion quilting. That afternoon I enjoyed all the booths. So much fabric! I didn't buy much, but I did get a small stack of 100 2 1/4" squares. I really wasn't sure what to do with it when I got home, so I decided to keep it simple. I think this will end up hanging on a wall. I'm definitely still learning the whole free-motion quilting, but I'm told it takes lots of practice.

Little booties

I made these sweet little booties for a little girl soon to be born in our ward. Really very easy. It is the same pattern I used for these. Sometimes I find a pattern that works and stick with it. I've started my third wallaby sweater and have the yarn for a fourth. These are both great basic patterns for the more experienced beginning knitter.

Art Gallery

I totally snagged this idea from Sarah Jane Studio. The changes I made: a couple of different animal shapes, watercolor instead of fingerpaints, and just freehand the words with permanent marker. Really fun, super easy, and got the kids involved!