After three years as a UFO, it was time to unravel it and let it go. 🏳 of defeat. I surrender!
(Sorry baby niece who is no longer a baby niece.)
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~ photo by iPhone, some filters
Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crafting. Show all posts
Saturday, February 18, 2017
Auntie Nettie's Merchandise 2017 - Taking Heart cont'd
After three years as a UFO, it was time to unravel it and let it go. 🏳 of defeat. I surrender!
(Sorry baby niece who is no longer a baby niece.)
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💝
~ photo by iPhone, some filters
Sunday, January 3, 2016
Some Resolutions for 2016
Just a few ONGOING resolutions for 2016
🎉 Happy New Year! 🎉 pic.twitter.com/BKCUe2YlvS
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Get in the spirit of giving!
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Happy new year. Our letter writing community is over 9,000 strong! pic.twitter.com/HrTP8oGhob
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Monday, December 21, 2015
Cutting it Close on a Christmas Commission
I cut it a LITTLE too close to Christmas on this commissioned stocking fit for a Duchess ... a Doggie Duchess.
To be honest, I was asked to do this for Christmas 2014 and I didn't have time. Tina asked me again MONTHS ago and I just never got to it. I was SUPPOSED to do it while on vacation over Thanksgiving, but it never happened because I was working on an enormous blanket for a baby shower present. I started this over the weekend, and finished the last stitch about 12:15 this morning. Christmas is in HOW many days? Whoops.
I was just told it had to fit a 3ft bone for a very spoiled German Shepherd. I THINK it's big enough. That's yard-stick for scale. Again. That is a YARD STICK!. It's 30inches long. The blue stocking is mine.
To be honest, I was asked to do this for Christmas 2014 and I didn't have time. Tina asked me again MONTHS ago and I just never got to it. I was SUPPOSED to do it while on vacation over Thanksgiving, but it never happened because I was working on an enormous blanket for a baby shower present. I started this over the weekend, and finished the last stitch about 12:15 this morning. Christmas is in HOW many days? Whoops.
I was just told it had to fit a 3ft bone for a very spoiled German Shepherd. I THINK it's big enough. That's yard-stick for scale. Again. That is a YARD STICK!. It's 30inches long. The blue stocking is mine.
Testing out placement of the appliques.
This was the version I ended up with.
Not the one some friends recommended.
Starting the whip-stitching of the appliques.
Please tell me that you can see that the holly is made out of dog bones.
The main side
In case someone with the initial D tries to take over this stocking.
Paws OFF!
I don't believe in dinky Christmas stockings.
I am so looking forward to sleeping more than 6 hours a night here soon.
When is Christmas break?
It's RUFF to be doing this so late.
~ photos by iTouch
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Edging too Close: Making the Mail
There is nothing like cutting it so close on finishing a crafting project that you are literally putting the last stitches in the edging and the label in the morning and then rushing to the Post Office in the afternoon so you can two-day Priority Mail it with prayers to make it to a baby shower on the 5th, less than 4 days from now ... in California.
Yeah. So maybe that was me. I THOUGHT I had plenty of time. I literally started this present as I sat in my plane seat on the tarmac, en route West-bound on the 18th, had hours of driving up and down the length of Utah, rock-and-talk time with the aunties and cousins and kin, but I MAY have made a tactical error by working on my Christmas cards during the two week break.
I was so rushed packaging this (and my other two big boxes), that I didn't get the dimensions. It was pretty big though. It could be a crib cover, a toddler bed blanket, and/or keep someone(s) in a nursing rocker warm.
As it was for a pair of gems upon the birth of their first child, I went with a diamond pattern - one that was heavy enough to provide warmth if there were ever any cold California nights, but airy enough at the same time.
The poor hostess. I emailed her today and informed her the gift was en route- but oy! Too close. I only knew about the shower for months.
POSTSCRIPT: It got there on time (WHEW!) - and can apparently keep 2.5 people covered. Whoops.
Also note: I finally got new labels explaining, once again, that this is NOT KNITTING.
~ photos by iTouch/iPhone
I was so rushed packaging this (and my other two big boxes), that I didn't get the dimensions. It was pretty big though. It could be a crib cover, a toddler bed blanket, and/or keep someone(s) in a nursing rocker warm.
As it was for a pair of gems upon the birth of their first child, I went with a diamond pattern - one that was heavy enough to provide warmth if there were ever any cold California nights, but airy enough at the same time.
The poor hostess. I emailed her today and informed her the gift was en route- but oy! Too close. I only knew about the shower for months.
POSTSCRIPT: It got there on time (WHEW!) - and can apparently keep 2.5 people covered. Whoops.
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| Photo courtesy of Claire and Jenny |
Go big or go home.
Also note: I finally got new labels explaining, once again, that this is NOT KNITTING.
~ photos by iTouch/iPhone
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