Autum bed

 A couple of projects I made for my bed to give my room a fall vibe awhile back.

The afghan I had started some time before I decided to make the shams.

I already had the material for the pillow shams. Fabric that had been sitting for ages and I finally put it to use.  I was lucky the blue I had was a very close match to the comforter, which is a dark blue. I do need a new comforter now. It's looking a bit shabby between the cat having raced across the bed on multiple occasions and making little tears and the stitching giving out that holds the batting inside. But finding one that isn't made of plastic (polyester - 'microfiber') is just about like trying to find a unicorn. The problem with polyester (besides more plastic the world doesn't need) is it generates a lot of static. No thanks!! My mother-in-law had bought my kids 'microfiber' sheet sets once. I vowed that would be it and that material would not make it onto beds again when those were gone. Hate, hate, hate it! Anyway....

 I don't have a ruffle foot for my sewing machine, I had to baste stitch and ruffle it by hand! (not fun) 

70s inspired afghan

 I didn't have a picture of this before I sent it off and I didn't even think of blogging it. But I went and found an old photo the recipient shared after she received it. It was inspired by memories she had of her grandmother's afghan and with no picture to go by, I just went based on the idea of colors and it being a chevron style.

 

Autumn afghan

 This afghan was probably about 5 years in the making. I start a project but don't have the momentum to keep going until the end. Then when I was almost done, I ran out of the brown yard, had to buy more, and forgot to work on it. I came up with the pattern myself after seeing a plaid dishcloth on pinterest. Only I didn't think it through all the way and ended up with more of a waffle. Which is just as well because I don't think I'd want to have done all the vertical rows of single crochet making a plaid would require! This blanket is sized to snuggle up in while watching tv and adequately cover from neck to toes.

State Fair 2012 - lots of pics

Last year I didn't get around to doing much to enter so I didn't enter anything. This year I entered 16 items and 13 received blue ribbons! (Our fair uses the Danish system of judging.)

Sorry, the pics I took at the exhibit aren't very good. Other than the little shade that I gave away, if anyone wants to see a better pic I can take another one at home of the item. :)

First, the less than stellar. My muffins (zucchini) only got a participation ribbon. The landscape color photography, a third place ribbon (I think having a 5.0 megapixel camera doesn't help when blowing up and well, I am VERY amateur. LOL ) My little woodsie & craft stick Santa in a chimney (Christmas tree decorations), a second place ribbon.

Here are my blue ribbons! The knitted felted pocketbook is the first knitting project I've ever completed followed by the knitted scarf (which, btw, 'homespun' yarn is a bit of a pain to  knit with. Probably makes it easier to camouflage imperfections in stitching though.) I've only made about handful of quilt blankets (mostly lap/crib size - only one bed sized one) and this was the first time I ever did a binding. And it's a continuous binding (thank you, youtube!) I did make a mistake doing the corners and had to fix it - which involved stitching the corners back together.

 

Then we have beadwork (earrings), ceramics - other (I painted an unfinished piece), children's clothing - skirt, decoupage (which I posted here, lit up.

 

 

Drop cookies (chocolate peppermint chip), felt craft, pillow, scrapbook page. We don't have a category for paper crafts. I have to enter it under special crafts - other.

 

 

 

Then here's the candle shade I made which you put on wine glasses. They taped it to the glass though so it's a bit wonky. And I forgot to take a pic of it on my way through before so I took it when I was picking my stuff up. And last, my wet felted hat made from a recycled wool sweater. The holly design I needle felted all the way around. And it actually fits on my head smoother than how it looks on the dummy head they used. LOL

 

 

 

Ok, I think I got them all. Thanks for looking and let me know if there's anything you want a better pic of. Some of them are pretty bad. LOL