Wool on Sundays - socks

When Janine started her Wool on Sundays it made me think about knitting. I used to knit a lot. I pulled out some old magazines. Those are the kind of stuff I used to knit. Mostly for my mom. I'm not sure but I think she doesn't have any of these any more. Well I made those almost 20 year ago. What?!! I'm getting old, lol. These days the wool is pretty expensive and honestly I prefer polar fleece jumpers for my girls and myself. They are so light and easy care counts as well.

I never used English pattern and I don't know the right words to use. I took few pictures along the way while making the socks on two needles. If you experienced knitter it'll give you idea how to make them.

I bought these couple years ago. My original plan was to make hat and scarf for my girl. Yes, she was little and sweet back then. I put them together and got just what I wanted. 

That's it. If you keen on wool hop over to Janine's blog.

November roundup

Time for the roundup. I did pretty well this time around. I finished my project for And Sew On BoM. It's now covering the top part of my bookshelf.

I also made this pretty Christmas robin. Both patterns by Kristy - Quiet Play.

I also managed to finish quilt top based on Broken Herringbone pattern. I call it Summertime Sadness and I nearly finished the B side as well.

My goal for November was a wall hanging which I finished yesterday. It also has a function as advent calendar so I'm glad I made it on time. I needed someone to hold that up for me plus to install it on the wall. I totally forgot to take a picture and post about it so I failed to link up in time. Separate post will follow during the week with more details and info.

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Lone star - quilted

My goal for November is this wall hanging aka Lone Star (tutorial) made with the Cherry Christmas line. I'm more than happy to claim this thing quilted. Quilting is not my fav part. I'm very unconfident when it comes to quilting. It's based on my experiences. There are not many. Plus I realized my table is way too high I would need to drop the sewing machine down. I tried to use higher chair but my feet were almost flying in the air, lol. I really need to think about how to make this work.

I'm still learning how to hold the quilt while quilting so my machine would produce even stitches. There are some places where the stitches are a bit smaller than they should. This size is pretty fine for learning. This time around I actually used a lot of pins. All of my pins to be precise which I use for regular size quilt which means I need to buy more. My fav thing when it comes to quilting is masking tape. The spacing in between the lines is based on the size of my masking tape. The quilting is pretty simple but it compliments the design well. The star itself was a bit bulky at the center so I ran straight lines across the whole star coming through the center. You might see it better on the back side. No fancy fabric for the back as I feel like there is no point for it. Plus I wanted to stay away from prints. I'm ready to make the binding and hopefully I'll meet my goal.

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Making Christmas - continues

I spent the first part of week with the Bside I shared but I also wanted to get back on that Making Christmas stuff. So I picked up the needles and made my girl long time promised sleeping socks. I'll share more on the process during Janine's Wool on Sundays.

Plus I made few felted balls to make the jewelry on my list.

I have also tried one vinyl pouch just to freshen up my memory on making those, lol. This pouch is based on this tut even though I sew the zipper differently.

Making Christmas list:
- Christmas theme wall hanging IN PROGRESS - basting awaiting
- Christmas ornaments for local swap
- winter/Christmas theme house pouch
- vinyl pouches as gifts 1 FINISHED
- pillow covers
- 241 tote pattern by Noodlehead FABRICS PICKED
- felted jewelry IN PROGRESS
- knitted socks 1 PAIR FINISHED
- mug rugs with pocket on the back 1 FINISHED
- Christmas Robin wreath by Kristy 1 FINISHED

Not much but any finish is fine with me.
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B side

Last week when I finished the quilt top Summertime sadness I talked with my friend about the B side. Thank you all for all your positive feedback. I felt like I created something special. Being in such good mood I pulled out the remaining fabrics and cut them into strips. When I saw all those stripes I got an idea of jelly roll kind of quilt. I have never done any so why not.

I can't help it but I'm sorting by the color order. I didn't like it too much at the beginning but as more and more colors occurred on my wall it started to look better. 

Those with white background didn't seem to fit at first. 

Not bad but it wasn't big enough. Lucky for me I have only sewed together first couple of rows. I pulled out all the leftovers and enlarged the blue and green section. It's not in exact color order since I didn't want to use seam ripper and I felt like I can do a little mixture. The pink section will be there as well but my designer's wall is not big enough to hold the whole thing. Here's what I'm looking at right now.

I'm only sewing couple of rows at the time as there are other projects screaming for attention. Once I'm done it'll go to local quilting pro. I know her personally so I'm excited about that. She only has pages in Czech but you can have a peak at her gallery which doesn't really need any words. 

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