Crochet Blocks # 1

Hello,

I had wanted to make afghan for a long time but the thought of making it was kind of nervous because of its size.  I wanted a king size afghan at least 96" square.  I finally decide to start my biggest afghan project.

The afghan will consist of this crochet blocks.  The square measure a little over 6 inches.  I am using Red Heart With Love.

 I don't have  favorite color.  I just happened to have purple yarn so I am using them.

So far I got this much

Most tails are weave in after I finished with each block because I don't want to weave in later.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Helen

My First Attempt At Sewing Doll Clothes

Hello,

I have seen some cute doll clothes especially on Pinterest. Oh, how I wanted to make them.  Some blogs even offer free patterns but what a gal to do with the free patterns if she can't sew.  Faye is one lucky girl, Katie at Wesie and Julp, sent some BEAUTIFUL doll clothes.  Thank you Katie!

Back in March, I did some Spring cleaning.    I wanted to make some doll pants from Faye out grown clothes.  These doll pants were made from her shirt sleeves. I did mange sew two straight lines using the sewing machine on all the pant legs.  The rest part of the pant were hand sew

except this pink waist.  This pink pant was my first one.  I combined both hand sewing and machine sewing  the waist.  It took me about 1 1/2 hours to do just the waist (unbelievable right!).  I was happy with the result though.  It look really nice and the pant fit perfectly on the doll.

I still have some scrap left so I wanted to try making a doll shirt  and skirt.  This is all I got for the shirt.  I am stuck with the neck  and the arm holes.  I tried  both hand sewing and machine sewing on the neck; it didn't work.  The neck expanded every time I sew. I heard something about the knit stitches. I saw a video on youtube but still don't know what it is. 

I forgot to double check the elastic on the skirt before I sew it together so it was twisted and I didn't feel like redoing it.

The skirt looked too plain so I stitched a small flower and added a bead for the flower center.  Faye was happy to see the stitch flower.

Happy sewing!

Helen

Paper Purse Card Holders

Hello,

Sharing a few large purses.  It was inspired from here. 

Then I made this.  I had a hard time finding purple pattern paper.  So I made my own, well not entirely, I used the embossed paper from Stamping Up; then I sponged purple ink all over to create the pattern paper.

Each purse hold 10 cards and 10 envelopes.

 I am entering this to:

Make It Monday - anything goes

Helen

Quick Note Cards

Hello,

I love these quick cards.  They are super cute too.  The cards base is 3 3/4 x 3 3/4.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Helen

Crochet Pineapple Square

Hello,

I had wanted to make a crochet throw but had a hard time choosing a design.  When I saw this pineapple square on red heart,  I knew this is the one and I got to work right away.

Here is my first square only 11 squares more to go.  You can fine the pattern here.

Helen

It's Your Day Card

Hello,

I got the inspiration from here for these two cards. 

The ribbon bow and button were too bulky so I made another one using the origami paper bow.  I like this one better.

I am entering this to

Make It Monday - anything goes
Avenue 613 - anything goes
A-muse-studio - anything goes
Challenges for everybody - anything goes

Happy Memorial Day!

Helen

Baby Thank You

Hello,

I made 20 of these thank you notes to give to the baby shower that I went to last month.

Embossing folder was Darice.  The baby carriage was made from 1 1/2 and 1 1/4 inch circles.   I was glade to hear that they were all sent out after the baby shower.


Helen