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| Front Cover | Pages 1 & 2 | Pages 3 & 4 | Pages 5 & 6 |
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| Pages 7 & 8 | Pages 9 & 10 | Back Cover |
Title: Jungle Babies Soft Book
Date Started: 07/29/2010
Date Completed: 07/30/2010
Materials:
Jungle Babies Soft Story Book Panel Fabric by Patty Reed
Soft n Crafty Extra-Loft Batting Poly-fil
Comments:
Some slight changes to the preprinted instructions on the fabric. The instructions say to cut the quilt batting 1/2" larger than the page panels. After I had stacked and pinned the panels and quilt batting, I trimmed the quilt batting to the same size as the panels. After turning the pages right side out, a chopstick was used to get the corners nicely pointed.
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| Baby Blanket (Front) | Baby Blanket | Baby Blanket (Back) |
Title: Jungle Babies Baby Blanket
Date Started: 07/25/2010
Date Completed: 07/28/2010
Materials:
2 Jungle Babies Panel Fabric
2 yards Jungle Babies Flannel Giraffe
2 packages Wright Ivory Satin Blanket Binding
Comments:
Bought 2 panels to make 2 blankets. Had forgotten to buy a little extra for the flannel backing and had to fiddle around with adjusting it just right to have enough fabric.
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| Bassinet Sheet | Back of Bassinet Sheet on Mattress Pad | Bassinet Sheet on Mattress Pad |
Title: Bassinet Fitted Sheets
Date Started: 07/24/2010
Date Completed: 07/25/2010
Materials:
1.25 yards long and 42 inches wide Little Cutie Pink Snuggle Flannel
3 yards 1/4 inch knit non roll elastic
Comments:
The bassinet I bought came with only 1 sheet. I thought it would be nice to have some flannel bassinet sheets and decided to make my own. The bassinet mattress pad is 12" x 29", so I bought enough material to make 2 sheets.
Steps:
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Title: 18 Burp Cloths with a Pocket
Date Started: 06/24/2010
Date Completed: 07/15/2010
Materials:
5 packs of Gerber 12 Flat Fold Birdseye Weave Diapers
Green Ribbon with White Polka Dots
Winnie-the-Pooh Ribbon
Wright Blanket Bindings (Tinker Bell, Rainbow)
Comments:
The idea for the pockets is to catch any spitup that rolls down and not have it land on the floor. We'll have to see how well that works, when put into practise. I used 3 Flat Folds for each burp cloth, as I wanted it to be thick enough to not allow leakage through too quickly. I had picked the cloth diapers as my chosen material, as I had heard they were extremely absorbent. However, I've learn that at least with these Gerber Birdseye weave, it pills quite a bit. Oh well. Live and learn. The remaining 6 Flatfolds that I didn't use, I hemmed the edges (the serged edges weren't in good shape after washing), and plan on using as multi-purpose wipe cloths.
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| 12 x 12 "squares" | Close up | 7 stripes so far |
Title: Patchin Place Afghan
Date Started: 01/07/2010
Date Completed: 02/20/2010
Crochet Hook: Size K (6.5 mm)
Pattern: www.lionbrand.com Will need an account, to access pattern.
Yarn:
Comments:
Added another square of colour to the pattern (Herb Garden). Resulting in 12x12 squares as opposed to 10x10 in the original pattern.
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Title: Mohair Triangular Shawl
Date Started: 01/25/2010
Date Completed: 01/28/2010
Dimensions: 63" wide at top, 19" long down the center
Crochet Hook: Size K (6.5 mm)
Pattern: Crochet Pattern-a-Day: 2008 Day-to-Day Calendar (Calendar)
Yarn: Rowan Kidsilk Aura (75% Kid Mohair, 25% Silk), 25g Shade: 757 (Vintage), 4 skeins
Comments:
Yarn is a Christmas gift from MIL. It's so fuzzy and soft. The pattern calls for 44 rows, but I ran out of yarn at row 32. I'm very happy with how it turned out despite the reduced rows.
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Title: Dishcloth #1
Date Started: 12/22/2009
Date Completed: 12/24/2009
Dimensions: ??
Crochet Hook: Size H (5.0 mm)
Pattern: Big Book of Crochet: Featuring the Best of Crochet With Heart Magazine by Leisure Arts
Yarn: Lily Sugar'n Cream Cotton Yarn 3 oz Faded Denim
Lily Sugar'n Cream Cotton Yarn 2 1/2 oz Soft Ecru
Comments:
Christmas present for MIL. Had made another one with leftover Wine colored yarn from previous project for my own use.
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Title: Star
Date Started: 12/23/2009
Date Completed: 12/23/2009
Crochet Hook: Size H (5.0 mm)
Pattern: Crochet Pattern-a-Day: 2008 Day-to-Day Calendar (Calendar)
Yarn: Lily Sugar'n Cream Cotton Yarn 2 1/2 oz Wine
Comments:
Made with leftover yarn from previous projects. Made a Soft Ecru one as well.
Title: Josephine Gauntlets
Date Started: July 2009
Date Completed: July 2009
Crochet Hook: Size H (5.0 mm)
Pattern: CrochetKitten.com
Yarn: Caron Simple Soft 7 oz Black
Comments:
Tweaked the pattern to fit my arms. Need to work on my tension. One arm is tighter than the other. :)
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Title: Chic Shawl
Date Started: 11/26/2007
Date Completed: 07/19/2009
Dimensions: Not measured yet
Crochet Hook: Size H (5.0 mm)
Pattern: Big Book of Crochet: Featuring the Best of Crochet With Heart Magazine by Leisure Arts
Yarn: Lion Brand Yarn Micro Spun 2.5 oz Lilac (5 skeins)
Comments:
I had initially bought only 1 skein of yarn thinking I was going to be working on small projects. Changed my mind I decided to work on a shawl. So I bought another skein, and have just alternated the yarn with the rows, so that the different dye lot isn't obvious.
07/19/2009:
Ended up needing 5 skeins.
Title: Ribbed Scarf
Date Started: 1/2/2008
Date Completed: 06/30/2008
Crochet Hook: Size H (5.0 mm)
Yarn: Caron Simple Soft 7 oz Red
Comments:
Made this for SIL. Gave it to her before remembering to take a picture.
Fairly simple pattern:
1st row: 350 ch
2nd row: Turn chain backwards, and sc in each center loop, 1 ch at end and turn
n row: sc in back loop, 1 ch at end and turn
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| Veil (w/ Flash) | Veil (w/out Flash) |
Title: Chiffon Rectangular Veil
Date Started: Don't remember
Date Completed: 06/25/2007
Materials:
3 yards long and 54 inches wide chiffon ($17.97)
6 yards sequin trim ($2.94)
Comments:
I don't remember when I started it, but I had trouble with the fabric snagging on the needle when I was hemming the edges. I then got distracted and left it half-hemmed for quite awhile. My MIL suggested I try a smaller needle (I had just been using what came with the machine) and when I eventually got around to buying a smaller needle, I found out that that solved my snagging problem. The finishing touches was the sequin trim which I hand-sewed on. Voila.
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| Cross (Front) | Cross (Back) |
Title: Graceful Gothic Cross Bookmark
Date Started: 01/10/2007
Date Completed: 01/13/2007
Crochet Hook: Size 5 (1.9 mm)
Pattern: Big Book of Crochet: Featuring the Best of Crochet With Heart Magazine by Leisure Arts
Yarn: 10 Cotton Crochet Thread
Comments:
01/13/2007:
This is my second crochet project. Wanted to make these as presents for some friends who were moving to a different state. I had quite a lot of trouble with this initially. I was having trouble figuring out which holes were meant from the instructions. After at least 3 trial crosses, I finally worked it out. Jubilation. Don't know it's dimensions as I forgot to measure it prior to giving it away.
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| Dishcloth (Front) | Dishcloth (Back) |
Title Dishcloth #3
Date Started: 01/01/2007
Date Completed: 01/04/2007
Dimensions: 8" x 8"
Crochet Hook: Size G (4.25 mm)
Yarn: Lily Sugar'n Cream Cotton Yarn 2 1/2 oz Wine
Lily Sugar'n Cream Cotton Yarn 2 1/2 oz Soft Ecru
Comments:
01/05/2007:
This is my first crochet project. For Christmas I received a Hobby Lobby gift card from my MIL and decided to give crochet a go.
So I bought:
One thing to note, the book I bought does not have instructions on how to do the basic stitches. I learnt from looking at the online videos from http://www.nexstitch.com/Tutorials.html
My MIL gave me some yarn to play with initially to get used to doing some of the stitches prior to actually stitching the project. I also started the project and after 3 rows realized that I had made a mistake in which holes to hook through and just decided to cut it and restart instead of unravelling. There was still some unravelling that I did when I started the project but that's all part of the learning process. Incidentally the pattern actually calls for 2 yarns to be worked together, but I decided to just do one as I figured that would be easier. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
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| Supplies | Lace edging & bottom | Back of padded bottom | Lace edging | Completed |
Title: Fabric Basket
Date Started: 11/09/2006
Date Completed: 11/11/2006
Basket Dimensions: 14.5" x 9" x 9"
Supplies
Comments:
01/05/2007:
Don't remember all the details now. Should probably have written it down before. Nothing fancy though. Just measured that I would have enough fabric to line the insides of the basket. Cut some more fabric to wrap around the cardboard and batting to form the padded bottom. Sewed the lace trim on the fabric for the basket edge. Started by hot-glueing the top part of fabric with lace edging on the sides of the basket with the insides draped in the basket. Then glued the fabric to the sides of the baskets (after arranging to my liking). Finally glued the padded bottom to the bottom of the basket. Voila! Done.