So here's a little catch up instead. Things I've finished since January and new projects I hope to finish before the year is through:
Monster Army (favors for Bug's first birthday party and a shirt for him to wear at the party). Bug had a monster birthday party. I made 16 monsters when all was said and done - some were sent off to live with faraway friends, most were given away at the party. Here are my early sketches:
The shapes had to be simple so I could sew them all quickly. The two on top were the most common shapes, only one looked like the bottom sketch and had a batch of yarn hair instead of ears. I thought he looked too much like a tooth so I didn't use that pattern again.
A plethora of eyeballs. Making the eyes is the hardest part really so I just sat down one night and churned them out so I didn't have to worry about them one at a time. I also decided to embroider a shirt for Bug to wear. Lauren found hoodies with monsters on them for the boys to wear as well.
That couch was full of stuffed monsters and each went to a new home by the end of the party. I was surprised at how eager all the girls were to choose their own monster (Bug and Monkey don't have a lot of little boy friends their ages so it was mostly girls - I'm sure they won't be complaining come high school).Flash forward a couple of weeks and you have this:
A flower hair band for my niece and a flower hair clip for me. Here we are posing together just before going to church. I also made the dress I'm wearing...It's the same as the blue polka dot dress I made last summer, just a different pattern.Other than that I haven't done anything too big. I made a pair of baby leg warmers for Dizzy and a cute spit rag. Mostly I've been crocheting, I just haven't taken any photos of the blankets. I finished one for myself just before moving home. I made a baby blanket for my friend Crin's newest little boy, I made a couch throw for my friend Jamie and I've been working on two more that will be sent out as surprises. You can imagine a full size blanket can take a bit of time to crochet so I don't feel bad that I haven't worked on other things.
Sadly, the tutus have been put on hold. Not having a full-time job gives me the time to make tutus, but not the money for the tutu supplies. Such is life. I obviously would still make them if asked and paid for, but I can't afford to keep a stock on hand. I also have journals and clip boards to make that have been sitting around for a while. I figure I will get in the mood to use the mod podge one of these days and crank out a whole bunch...in the meantime, I'll be crocheting.
