Hexagon pencil case

I made this for Miss M.

To cheer her up after a bad week at school.

 

I let her loose in my box of fabrics, and she chose LOTS!!

 

 

Then I had lots of fun making the teeny little hexagons.

And she had lots of fun setting them out in a pattern that she liked.

 

We chose a lining that wouldn't show any pencil marks inside.

 And a plain back to save time!

I had a navy blue zip that I was going to use, but then Miss M found this rather lovely red one while we were shopping.

I think it looks pretty good!

 

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Sampler Quilt course - day 1

Hi there everybody!

 

At the weekend I went to the first day of  the sampler quilt course that I signed up for a few months ago. I had been very excited! Spent a long time picking out fabrics and dreaming about what my quilt could be like!

 

There are just 6 of us on the course, me and 5 other lovely ladies. The course is designed to be suitable for all sewing abilities so the first day involved going over a lot of basic stuff.

Then we got started!

 

Day 1 - English Paper Piecing.

Lovely!

I love EPP and have done quite a lot over the years so this was all fun for me!

 

And this is what I made!

 

 I haven't decided yet which fabric I will back it with, it looks quite different on the 2 fabrics.

So pretty! I love it!

 

8 days until Day 2!

Can't wait!

 

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Henry!

How am I supposed to make any progress on my blanket when this happens?!

 

He seems to think I put the blanket on my lap just for him to snuggle up on!

 

And he wasn't too happy when I yanked out the wool from underneath him!!

 

Ah, Henry!!!!

 

P.S. please excuse photos, couldn't really get up and get the camera with Fat Henry on me so just used my mobile!!

 

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Artwork finally finished!!

Phew!

 

I finally have a proper header at the top of my blog!

It has taken a while, but now I'm happy with it.

 

Now for all those other little niggly things I would like sorted...

 

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Silly Miss M

This will make you laugh.


Miss M - Why is there a super noodle packet on the side Mummy?

Me- I'm going to enter the competition on the back to win a years supply of petrol.

Miss M - Oh. Where would you keep it all?


Honestly, how she gets through lessons at school baffles me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Slow progress

Hello!

 

It has been a while since I blogged last. Not my fault - obviously! School is to blame! Since being back at school, I've not had as much time to 'make'. Plus, some of the projects I have on the go are presents so I can't blog about them and ruin the surprises!

 

But there has been some (slow) progress on my stripey blanket.

And I'm pleased to say no more ripping out of rows!!

I'm still totally loving all the colours.

 

Right, I've got a couple of hours until I have to cook dinner so I'm going to make a cuppa and get out my crochet!

 

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Mixed stitch stripey blanket update

Here it is, as promised, an update on my blanket!

 

This is where I was, last time I posted a photo.

Having lots of fun with all my pretty colours!

 

Having waited SO impatiently for little woollie's next post about this blanket I got started pretty much straight away.

 

The chevron pattern went well, I was a bit alarmed at how purple the blanket started to look but as soon as I put some more rows on top the colours started to balance out a bit.

 

But...

 

I was not happy. The more I looked at it the more unhappy I was with it.

It wasn't the colour, or the stripes.

 

It wasn't even the wiggly, uneven edges.

No, it was the curl.

Since adding the 6 rows of sc (dc uk) the blanket was curling, the sc was tighter than the rest of the stitches.

So I left it.

Looked at it.

I would spread it out on the carpet and look at it while I did other projects.

But I still didn't like it.

I worried about ripping back 6 rows.

I worried more that if I carried on, I might end up ripping back a lot more than 6 rows!

I chatted to the lovely Fiona on Ravelry and she suggested I try a bigger hook for my sc rows.

So I bravely ripped back 6 rows!

But then for some unknown reason I decided to work in hdc (htr uk) instead of sc.

and I'm MUCH happier with it now!

 

So this is where I was last time I had the camera out.

 

I've done a few rows since, but still not quite completed up to the end of the 2nd post.

 

And now there's a 3rd post!!!!

I need to get crocheting.

FAST!

 

So, who else is tackling this blanket?

I know Trudy and my mum are, but I'd love to know who else is - and see their pictures obviously!!!

 

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