Quilting 2020

I know it's March 2021 but it sure feels like 2020 2.0. Nothing has changed and I really haven't done much in the last couple months. So I decided to write a few different post summarizing more of my 2020 craft activities. 

Quilting 2020:

 

I started 2020 finishing a very large queen size quilt. That of course involved lots of sewing, machine quilting separate sections and solving some construction problems because I made the quilt using the Machine Quilting in Sections method as taught by Marti Michell. She has an excellent Craftsy class on the subject that I referenced multiple times.  It was the only way I could achieve my goal because I don't have a sewing machine that can accommodate the machine quilting of something that large.  It was the end of April before I finished and was thrilled to be done and happy with the results.  But by then I was pretty tired of sewing.  It was the third queen size quilt I made in a row. I'd made two in 2019 before I started this on and I needed a break from sewing.

I moved on to other crafts for several months.  After taking a long break I didn't do any more sewing until the annual Project Linus quilt challenge in October.  That is always a fun easy quilt to make and a fundraising event for Project Linus.  The challenge only last about 8 weeks and you receive complete instructions and access to video tutorials if you need them. My problem is I love finishing the quilt tops but take forever to get around to finishing the quilts. I have several quilt tops sitting in my cabinet now just waiting to become real quilts one day.

After I finished the Project Linus quilt top I was ready to finish a Christmas project I'd planned a couple years ago or so.  I have collected a lot of different winter and Christmas themed fabric and planned to make a table runner for a  coffee table out of some blue and white snowflake fabric prints.

 

 

 

I have a list of planned quilt projects that I already have the fabric for.  It's just a matter of deciding what I feel like working on at any given time. But then there are the unplanned projects usually made from leftover fabric pieces that are the remnants of previous completed projects. They end up becoming any number of things. Having just finished three queen size quilts I have a basket full of extra cut fabric pieces and scraps from both the fronts and backs of the quilts. I experimented with some strip piecing ideas and ended up with enough blocks to make another table runner and I have some random small quilt blocks made from leftover project Linus fabric. They may end up being zipper pouches or place mats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading.

 

Aileen

Baby Alien Invasion

After I dusted off my crochet hooks earlier in 2020 to participate in a Project Linus crochet challenge I went searching for a Baby Yoda crochet pattern. I'd seen several posts of different versions of the child online and thought why not, I think I'll try that, if I can find a pattern I like.  Once I found a really great pattern at 1upcrochet  I tried my hand at Amigurumi, something I've never done before.

 This little guy and coat was made using the suggested yarn and hook sizes in the pattern.

 

This guy looks sad, something about the way I put on the eyelids on seems to change the facial expression maybe? This little guy was actually the first one I made and even though I used the correct weight yarn he came out bigger than expected so the coat I made didn't fit very well. so I made him his own bigger coat with a fluffy collar.

 

 This little one seems even younger and got a fancier coat.

 

You can see the size differences in this family photo. These were all made with the same weight yarn and hook size per instructions.  and they each seem to have a different personality?

All the children are waiting for the birth of number 4.

Lunch Time!!

And for Christmas they all got new Santa Hats.

 

And number 5 just joined the group in January 2021.

 

Happy New Year!

 

 

Thanks for reading.

Aileen