sweet cherry pi

i was hoping to finish the dress for her fourth birthday, but finished about a month after. not too bad.



i used cotton ease "cherry" and for the trim, the wool ease sparkly both from lionbrand. i also added pony beads on the bottom of the points for a "cherry" effect. next are the stems for the cherries.

the pattern was from knitty.com: Elenka

a bit of catching up

for my brother's high school band fundraiser, my mom donated a quilt...haha, she tells me that she volunteered me to make it haha :)

i've been slacking on keeping up with what i've made.

-pair of socks using the circular needles and superwash wool

my hurricane liked them a lot so she snagged them :)

-the "emerald twist"

queen size, cotton fabric, batting, machine quilted. i decided not to add any quilting in the center of the twist 'cause i thought i'd take away from the twists. the backing is a black queen flat sheet (my ol man's idea)

butterflies and babies

my ol man's cousin had her first baby and named her after her late older sister. with butterflies and roses in mind, i quickly made her a quilt. and so the baby wont be cold in our cool climate, superwash knitted booties and hat :)

i've been practacing my machine quilting on small quilts and uber excited with my results.

the hat and bootie set made with superwash wool

mini socks

after making a pair of socks for myself, my hurricane asked for a pair too. i figured i'd try out a pattern from 2-at-a-time socks for her. i didn't have the required size 2 circular needle so i just used my double points. well lo and behold! they turned out awesome!!! but they're too small for her soon-to-be four-year-old foot! so now they're my son's.

i'm excited and amazed at what i can accomplish out of one skein of bernant sox yarn.

sunbonnet sue

there's a nostalgic essence of sunbonnet sue's that draws me to them. this is my first rotary-cutter sunbonnet sue for my ol man's boss's new baby girl. i had knitted a hat and booties to hold them over till i sent a quilt.

the design is from Big Book of Quick Rotary Cutter Quilts.

and it's also my first machine quilted with my daring foot :)

it's amazing how much faster machine quilting is than hand quilting! haha duh!

fox in socks

why yes i am a fox in socks...mulit-colored knitted socks. with the jo-ann's gift card i received for mother's day, i bought some yarn and ta-da!
my socks!
size 3 double point needles and Bernant: sox yarn and pattern and my goofy (and a bit too big) socks are done. i'm on a roll!
today i purchased different yarn for socks to make for my mother...maybe i'll try a new pattern.

i also finished hand quilting my ma's "sweet tooth" quilt with i love lucy fabric. i'll post pictures later.

and!!!

my youngest brother is learning how to crochet! his first project: blue single crochet scarf for his girlfriend :) teehee

Tennesse Star

i was so excited when my ma bought me 50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars and when my sister-n-law announced they were preggers again, my light bulb almost exploded.

in my ma's stash, there was a sesame street white background with alphabets that i knew would go well with the chosen star.

i started to meticulously cut out all the letters needed for the quilt top and since the sex of the baby wasn't going to be known until the birth, i used the primary colors and green.

my second paper pieced quilt, hand quilted