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Oscar's duvet cover is coming along. It's hard work though.
I'm not a fan of hard work lately so I took a little pincushion break.
Today we close on the house! I'm practicing my signatures...Oliver Clothesoff...Al Coholic...Amanda Huggenkiss. I'm sure this bit is going to kill at the title place :)
not at all doll sized. wish me luck!
third member of the Spring Stitchettes
Hey party people. How's it going in your neck of the woods? Supposed to be 76 here in Chicago today!
Maybe something will actually be forced to turn green.
Nicole's bunny
A few more big footed bunnies have popped up so I've set up a flickr home for them here...
http://www.flickr.com/groups/weewonderfulsbigfootedbunnies/
We'd love to see your bunny here if you've made one. I'll have them up on the sidebar later today.
In other pattern news, one of the nearly impossible tasks I gave us before the move was to get the hand sewing patterns done so we could release them later this spring/summer. Do y'all remember turtle, snail, butterfly and birdie?
I've been wanting to do a hand sewing pattern for forever. No sewing machine necessary! Before we get any further with them I was hoping to get some volunteers to test them out to see how they're shaping up. Anyone interested? Please email me (instead of leaving it in comments) if you're game at hillarylang at gmail.com. Thanks!!
I just checked my email and wow! Thanks to everyone who emailed! I've got to be away from the computer the rest of the day but I'll email y'all back tonight. thank you :)
I realized last weekend that I hadn't been to the thrift store since I found out this baby is a girl! so we had to rectify that straight away. found some fun stuff...
pillowcases to make her little sundresses from...
folky purse, heart overalls and sailor dress...
and because something had to be pink, for our cute little bundle...
Ok, I'm starting to get pretty excited when the postman rings my bell. Of course today he punished me for my eagerness by delivering maternity underwear and stamps. But look what he brought me yesterday! This gorgeous little doll quilt from Vicki!
Isn't it yummy! Is it my pregnant-ness or does it make everyone want to dive head first into a strawberry shortcake. Getting to that point where everything reminds me of a treat. I just love these bright colors and look at the hand quilting! And the little embroidery in the corner. It's just so sweet. Thank you Vicki, I love it!
And looks like Vicki is hooked on the tiny quilts, click over and sign up for your chance to win one of your own. I'm sitting on my hands to keep from signing up myself. I may have to pick up another one from her shop.
Oliver here is Spring Stitchette number 2. He was inspired by Oscar's newfound fascination with binoculars. The big fat curls were a repeat suggestion from the readers and they're awfully cute. thanks guys!
Last night I was working on his partner in crime, Miles Mows, and after nearly erasing through the paper to get it right realized that his carefully rendered push mower just ended up looking like he was riding a segway! Not really what I was going for so I scrapped it and started over. Turns out I'm so much happier with what I ended up with. Can't wait to stitch it up. Funny how that works.
Happy Spring everyone!
Well this turned out better than I expected. Oscar wouldn't give up the work table while we were working in the craft room so I had to cut this out in my lap while sitting at the sewing machine. I love the non-fussiness of doll quilts. Embrace the wonky!
the floral fabric is from a thrifted bedspread, the big green dot from superbuzzy and the little green dot from somewhere, hobby lobby maybe? quilt is 19" x 21"
I'm heeding the excellent advice of Gretchen and crafting until the last possible moment! Time to get off the computer and tackle Oscar's new covers.
It's getting to that point where I need to figure out how much more I can tackle project-wise before I have to stop crafting and start packing. This weekend we took a family trip to the quilt shop to find all the fabrics for Oscar's new duvet cover. I'd love to get it done before we move but tackling a big scale project like that in this chaos is daunting. But then tackling the chaos is even more so. Maybe tiny projects like wee pincushions are a better idea.
To you bunny pattern orderers - thank you so much!! They're all on their way. Can't wait to see the bunnies you guys come up with! If you make one before I get the flickr group set up send it to me and I'll post it here if you'd like. I'd love to have this place jumping with bunnies. Much cuter than boxes of boxes and rolls of packing tape which is about all I'm going to have to show for myself soon.
