The knitted baby blanket that became a quilt
July 4th, 2005 at 9:00 am (uncategorized)
Remember that baby blanket I was working on … way back here? Well, I realized I wasn’t going to get done before the kid was in college. So I switched to making a quilt. Here is said baby with resulting quilt:
It’s a pattern from one of the more recent Quilter’s Newsletter Magazines. Their version had pinks and yellows - which was hardly appropriate for a little boy (his name is Evan btw). I pulled out fabrics from my stash - chickens, bugs, fish, cats, swirls, suns and of course, the border - OCTIPI! (is that plural for Octopus? I dunno). The quilt came out really well (and fast) and I’m fairly pleased, esp considering I didn’t buy any fabric specifically for this project.. The only thing I didn’t get to do was make the label for it on my super ultra mega sewing machine. the software I have for that only runs on an anceitn Win 98 laptop that has crappy memory and it takes forever for it to do anything.
Other stuff
So I entered my skein in the contest. I didn’t win. I did get some good information on how skein judging (at least this particular one) goes and what they look for. They really want to know what you’re going to make with your handspun yarn. I wasn’t really prepared for that question, so the answer I gave probably wasn’t quite right. Overall it was a great experience, and I hope to enter one or more skeins in next year’s contest. (There’s also the local county fair that’s coming up soon, but I doubt I’ll get it together fast enough for that)
Di said,
July 5th, 2005 at 9:18 pm
So you could enter the SAME skein again in a different venue & See What Happens!? Dare ya!
Di said,
July 5th, 2005 at 9:18 pm
So you could enter the SAME skein again in a different venue & See What Happens!? Dare ya!
Di said,
July 5th, 2005 at 9:18 pm
So you could enter the SAME skein again in a different venue & See What Happens!? Dare ya!