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| Current Projects | |
| By: Pattycake Date: May 11, 2018, 11:40 am | |
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| For posting whatever crafty thing you are working on right now. | |
| I am in another group that does quilts for First Responders with | |
| PTSD, and we also have done a few memorial quilts for those that | |
| have passed away, though we are in the midst of refocusing to | |
| just do the PTSD ones as there are a few memorial quilt groups. | |
| As no one has signed up for our last memorial quilt, I am going | |
| to piece it together. The quilts we do are made from cross | |
| stitched squares that show the person's interests, job | |
| interests, nationality/region. This man was from an Irish | |
| background, and many of the stitchers chose that as a theme, so | |
| this quilt is going to be quite...green! I will post a picture | |
| when it's done. | |
| #Post#: 124-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: Chez Miriam Date: May 11, 2018, 1:40 pm | |
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| Please do post the pic, Pattycake - I loved the ones of your | |
| Mountie quilts. | |
| Edited because I just noticed you got a capital letter! | |
| #Post#: 297-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: VorFemme Date: May 12, 2018, 9:13 pm | |
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| My mother & daughter have been visiting for VorSon's college | |
| graduation. VorGuy grilled yesterday, we went shopping for | |
| beads & patterns at JoAnn's, and went out for pizza with VorSon | |
| for lunch (meat was being rubbed with spices & allowed to set). | |
| Some of those beads are already a new bracelet for Mom (happy | |
| Mothers' Day), I repaired two older bracelets, strung a necklace | |
| "custom designed" for a gold linen shift dress & a crimson linen | |
| shift dress with an open "linen coat" built into it. Mom wanted | |
| something to fill in the neckline without putting pressure on | |
| the back of her neck. She's 81 - she describes what she wants | |
| and I see what I can do.... | |
| DD also got something (hair pins with "turquoise" peacocks on | |
| them - to pin her teal, pink, & purple hair back the next time | |
| she goes to a renaissance festival - the one in her state has a | |
| peacock themed tea room with wonderful food, custom blended | |
| teas, and a discount if the person paying is wearing a peacock - | |
| not just a feather - whole bird only). She has been avid in | |
| collecting them for wearing the rest of the year, too...I just | |
| spent two weeks at her house - so I had done a few other things | |
| for her. "Turquoise & silver" skull earrings to match a | |
| bracelet and the necklace is still a work in progress (three | |
| year olds and small beads do not go together well). I did | |
| finish the earrings, though - a smaller project that took | |
| minutes to complete. | |
| I need to remember to take more pictures...I do have more beads | |
| in the bead box to work with... | |
| #Post#: 298-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: Pattycake Date: May 12, 2018, 9:16 pm | |
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| [quote author=Chez Miriam link=topic=27.msg124#msg124 | |
| date=1526064027] | |
| Please do post the pic, Pattycake - I loved the ones of your | |
| Mountie quilts. | |
| Edited because I just noticed you got a capital letter! | |
| [/quote] | |
| LOL! I wasn't sure whether to capitalize or not when I signed up | |
| here, then I realized it did bug me. Though it doesn't bother me | |
| when others don't capitalize themselves. I was going to change | |
| the name but then though eh, why bother. Thanks for your kind | |
| words on the mountie quilt. This one is a mountie quilt as well. | |
| But green... really green... | |
| #Post#: 598-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: gmatoy Date: May 14, 2018, 6:43 pm | |
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| I finished 6 bibs and two covers/holders for the individual size | |
| packages of facial tissues. | |
| #Post#: 603-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: coralreef Date: May 14, 2018, 7:09 pm | |
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| I started knitting a pullover, knitted in the round, so no | |
| seams. It's a very complex project for the level of knitting I | |
| can do, but one row at a time :). | |
| I also learned to do mittens, so I'm making a series of | |
| fingerless mittens and I've had quite a few nice reactions to | |
| them. I'll probably get some orders in the fall. | |
| #Post#: 668-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: Chez Miriam Date: May 15, 2018, 6:26 am | |
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| [quote author=coralreef link=topic=27.msg603#msg603 | |
| date=1526342977] | |
| I started knitting a pullover, knitted in the round, so no | |
| seams. It's a very complex project for the level of knitting I | |
| can do, but one row at a time :). | |
| I also learned to do mittens, so I'm making a series of | |
| fingerless mittens and I've had quite a few nice reactions to | |
| them. I'll probably get some orders in the fall. | |
| [/quote] | |
| When I have the 4am brain in hamster-on-a-wheel mode, I | |
| fantasise about a seamfree pullover... <Insert drooling smiley> | |
| We're happy to see progress pics, as well as those of the | |
| finished item, you know! </heavy hint> | |
| Are you starting at the top, or the bottom, coralreef? | |
| Everytime I think of the logistics [4am thinking, remember?], I | |
| imagine it could get like wrestling an octopus, having a cushion | |
| tucked under one arm, whilst armed with only two blunt | |
| pencils... ;) ;D | |
| #Post#: 1184-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: gmatoy Date: May 16, 2018, 3:55 pm | |
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| The serger is in serger hospital; however, he said the needles | |
| didn't need replacing, so I've been changing those often enough | |
| and the cutting blade is fine. It just needs to be lubed, | |
| according to my sewing machine guy. So that is the sewing | |
| related thing I got done today. | |
| #Post#: 1348-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: gmatoy Date: May 16, 2018, 11:17 pm | |
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| I sent hair scrunchies to my DD's SIL, who I consider one of my | |
| daughters. She had complained that she couldn't find any that | |
| were satin, so I made her a bunch and she loved them. She put on | |
| Facebook: "I'm not even married and I have the best | |
| Mother-in-law in the world!" Made me laugh. | |
| At SIL and DD's wedding, a toast was made by a groomsman, and he | |
| said, "To {bride's} parents, you are not losing a daughter, you | |
| are gaining a son." | |
| I responded, "No, we are gaining a family!" | |
| I truly love SIL and his entire family so, when they mention | |
| something, I like to make things for them. | |
| #Post#: 1598-------------------------------------------------- | |
| Re: Current Projects | |
| By: coralreef Date: May 17, 2018, 6:20 pm | |
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| Here are the fingerless mittens. Great for chilled fingers that | |
| still need to type and file in an office with overactive A/C or | |
| on a chilly day :). | |
| http://i.imgur.com/O8JoDlfs.jpg | |
| https://imgur.com/O8JoDlf | |
| I'm having problems with sizing the picture, but this should | |
| still work if you click on the thumbnail. | |
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