Dala Horse Quilt

Loving this CD right now... his voice just vibrates in my head all day long. (in a good way ;).

There's the quilt I have been working on lately. I just fell in love with the Dala horse fabric and had to buy it! My mom found the pattern online, made by the fabric company (I want to say, Michael Miller???) But oh my, what trial it has been. You see, I do not do well following patterns and measuring. But, I thought after a VERY long time, I'd try. The horse squares were smaller than the fabric used on the pattern photo - so I added a border... but more complications. Like the space between the rows of horses vary on the fabric. Who knew?! So, it made the sizes of the blocks a bit wonky. Even though I thought I trimmed them all to the correct size, guess I didn't. I've put it away for now because I just shudder every time I see it. UG. Someday I'll take it apart and try to fix it when I'm not so emotionally involved. Sounds a little psycho, no? This sometimes happens with paintings too. What can you do? It's all a process, I suppose.

Praying for sun today so I can head out for a long walk with Mr. Darcy. Woof.

A Little Blouse...

I'm jumping into the deep end, attempting to make this little blouse for my daughter. Don't laugh

but I'm sewing it all by hand... because I don't know what I'm doing. Not using a machine helps me chill out. It's going OK but some of the directions are confusing. It's so much fun making something little, tiny and cute!

Shona Beth

Meet Shona Beth, this is the first Waldorf style doll I have made (or any doll for that matter!) She turned out OK, though she's a bit 'Bride of Frankenstein' on her neck with all the stitches and her arms are a bit long for her body. Oh well, I learned a lot making her... like I had the wrong kind of ribbing, I need tube ribbing! Plus, the doll skin is synthetic and I don't like it, it's too much like a pantyhose texture. I prefer the cotton stretch doll skin, which I'll have to order since no one carries it. The dress is Amy Butler fabric, which turned out pretty cute and the hair is silk mohair which I like as well. (My 5 year old son named her!) She is for my 20 month old daughter, who instantly hugged her when I handed the doll over, so that's a good sign.

Quilter's Confidential

Confession: I love to make quilts. The majority of sewing I do is by hand, though because it's the only way I can really control my piecing, triangle points, etc. It also enables me to sit on the floor with the kids and work on something and they can be right there with me.

Here's the latest creation it's a quilt top right now... I added the brown border and skinny pink border to the blocks but now, I find it way too dark and graphic looking. After putting it away for a long time... I decided I needed to resolve it and recently found a fabric I am going to applique in strips on the brown while still keeping some of the brown showing. I'll show an update after the April show.