9 posts tagged “stripe”

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A few weeks back my boss had a baby boy.  I have not worked for her all that long, but she is a really great boss so I wanted to make something for her.  I do not really know what her style is so I thought that a nice gift might be a travel changing pad for the diaper bag... so that is what I made.

I also hung a light above my sewing table today, which I officially love.  It isn't a fancy light, but I was going for function.  After a little misshap with a stud in the ceiling... all is well.

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I was playing around with cutting and ended up with this.  I am plum out of batting so this is as far as this is going to get for now.  At 29"x34" it is pretty small, but I think it is darling all the same.

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This is taking so long, but I will conquer it, I will finish this fool thing!

... and then it is off to the land of the black squirrels and black ravens, quilt in tow.

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I finished piecing it, these pictures are not great, but I am not in the mood to fix the lighting... I will take more tomorrow. 
I am through the three longest stages which makes me quite happy.

1.       Fabric selection – check
2.       Fabric cutting – check
3.       Piecing – check
4.       Sandwich/quilt/tack
5.       Bind
6.       Wash
7.       Photograph

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I have finished and uploaded another pair of bags to my Etsy shop.  These are the exact same measurements as the Kymberlee bag. 

Description: While not only for knitters, at about 14” tall, knitters on the go will love this bag: its deep design holds the long knitting needles without sticking out, it is even big enough to carry your yarn and patterns. It features an exterior pocket (perfect for a cell phone or MP3 player) and a cotton chicken lining.

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04flatMonkey

I finished up the sock monkeys that I started last weekend.

On the pink one I somehow managed to loose the lips, so I hat to chop off the top of his head and use that to make the mouth; sort of reminds me of transplanting toes to make fingers. 

I think he looks a little goofy, but, well he is a sock monkey.

Now I just have to figure out what to do with them…

What does one do with a sock monkey anyway?

I sewed up some sock monkeys.

I pieced more quilt.

09pinkBlack

I knit up some blanket.

Since I posted pics of my sock monkey folks have been curious about directions.  They are really pretty easy to make and the directions can be found in a lot of books. 

modelMonkey

I fount these directions which are similar to those I have found everywhere else.  I did not want to retype them so I copied them:

INSTRUCTIONS:
TURN THE SOCKS INSIDE OUT
Sew a seam (A) 1/2 inch on both sides of the center of sock starting three inches from the white heel and across the end of the top.  Cut the sock between the seams and to within 1-1/2 inches of white heel.  This leaves an opening in the crotch.

Then turn the sock so the seams are on the inside and use the crotch opening to stuff the head, body and legs.

ARMS:
Cut the upper part of the sock into two pieces.  Seam, rounding the ends and stuff the arms.

MOUTH:
Cut the heel from the sock, leaving a brown edge around the white.  Fasten on lower part of the face, whip-stitching around the bottom; stuff and finish sewing around the top.  The mouth can be improved by a running stitch of either black or white across the middle of the lips.

TAIL:
Cut a one inch strip, taper to end of cuff on length of front of sock.  Seam and stuff.

EARS:
Cut the ears from the remaining brown part of the sole of the sock.

EYES:
Sew on moving eyes, buttons, felt, or embroider with black thread.  (For very small children embroider the eyes.)

CAP: (Optional)
Cut off toe of another sock, leaving 1/2 inch of brown to roll for a brim.  Sometimes a fez is used for a cap.

03pinkBlack

I only worked on the blanket for about an hour tonight and gained maybe 3 inches.  I am running really low on yarn so I think I need to stop working on it and took some pictures of it.