February crafting 2022

Along with making myself a skirt this month I made this quilt top. I used the Charm plus pattern from Annie’s. In place of a charm pack I used left over fabrics from other sewing projects. It is safely packed away with its backing till I am ready to quilt it.

Cards from an online card class I took. They made us a kit which included the stamps and dies for the flower pots etc you see in the matchbook card/envelope in the first picture. They die cut the card/envelope for the matchbook card. We had/have the option of buying those two dies if we wish. I did not.

From there we made three other cards etc using the same stamps/dies and they supplied the cards/paper.

Get well card for a friend mother that fell down the stairs and broke her leg a couple days after her DH funeral. Thinking of you card for the daughter of a lady from our church who passed away Monday at the age of 103.

                                        March cards for our church ladies. Used echo park spring paper               

                                                          and the Tim Holtz countryside die

Valentine cards

 

January 2022 crafting

  Knitting for January were a couple dishcloths for my oldest DS. They were knitted in Bernat Chocolate ombre. Also knitted were the felted mittens seen below. Pattern is February be MaBe on Raverly. Yarn used is Sandnes Garn fritidsgarn  in Natural and blue.

Sewing for January was pillowcases. The first three are Halloween, Easter and spring. Next two are Christmas and the last four are pillowcases to hold quilts but for now they will hold the finished top and the backing/binding fabric. I do have the names embroider but still need to add them onto the cases. The holiday cases are for a accent pillow I have on my living room couch which is about half the size of a bed pillow.

Cards made in January. The second picture is from a card making class I took through a store called Papercrafter's workshop. It was a kit and than the class was done over zoom. After the class I did a couple extra cards as seen in the first picture. I had this brown embossed type brown paper that a yarn store used to wrap a knitting book I had ordered from them. The paper had four layers to it so I have lots to use. I took a light blue ink pad and brush it lightly over it-just hitting the top of the raised design. Really like the way it turned out so I have put the rest of the paper wrapping in a safe place to use on more cards.

 Next three pictures:  Before Christmas the Papercrafters workshop did a little fundraiser for the Make the wish foundation. They brought in from Spellbinders the Dancin'Santa and Friends die cut shapes. The full cost of the shapes when to the foundation. I used odd and ends paper I had for the backing. The feet move.

 I needed a couple cards to send to friends who have lost husband/father and I decided to make one extra to have on hand. I really do need to make a few more to have on hand so I am not having to throw a card together. I used a feather die I had along with some paper feathers I purchased in the craft section of my local dollarama. 

Some Christmas cards I made to send off to family and friends this Christmas using cookie cutters for the two lager stars and a star punch for the centre and those around them. Christmas song tissue paper for the 

background.  Still need to decide on cards for the card swap I take part in but do have the tuck in's taken care of.

                                             Birthday cards I made for two of my grandchildren

                                      Paper is photo play and doodlebug fairy garden paper and stickers

      

                                Cards I made to send off to the ladies from my church as their January cards

                               Birthday cards I made for a couple January birthdays. One of left for Oldest DS and        

                               the one on the right for my DH

A couple more crafts of 2021

 

For a card exchange I took part of I added a little tuck into the card and below are the different papers I used keeping in mind the type of crafter each person was.  I used the Elizabeth craft planner pocket die to make them. I just used the size of the front as a guide for making the back of the pockets as the die just has the front and the fold over sides/bottom.

          A family I did child care for-over 16 years mother/grandmother passed away from cancer. I have kept in touch with the family and her after they no longer needed the care.  I chose to do a simple black and white card.

                         Here is some of the cards I made for the card exchange I took part in. The houses are like little decorations. Each house is made from cardstock and than both sides are covered with some Christmas scrapbook paper. Back than has a little saying put onto it--There is beauty all around when there is love at home--from a hymn called Love at home. Front is decorated like a front of a house. Cord is attached and than attached to the card by a removable tape over the top and inside of the card. Card is made of different colours of blue card stock and stamped with different snowflake shapes.

Was in need of some new bed socks to keep my feet warm while sleeping.

Pattern is Prince bed socks by Kate Atherley. Yarn used is West Yorkshire Spinners signature. Colours used is Dusty Miller on the right and left is Owl. For the owl colour socks I used the pattern for size/number of stitches etc but instead of the pattern I did a simple rib for the legs and knit stitch for the heel flap as the design wasn't showing up due to the colour of the yarn.

PJ’s for yDGS

 Used McCalls M6227 size 16.

More paper crafting

 

                       First three pictures are from the card class I took. Paper used is from the North Trading Post

Made a couple purse little gift holders. One n the left is for Christmas and the one on the right is for a birthday. The card is for my yDD December birthday. She likes simple cards so simple it is.

                                                    A few more Christmas gift boxes. 

knitted washcloths and hats

 

                                                Spa Day facecloth--pattern by Anne Mancine

                                             Yarn used  Amano Sami--100% cotton yarn from Peru

                                             Yarn colour is Chalk and its so soft

                                             I purchased the yarn from Galt House of Yarn

                                             Made to be part of a Christmas present.

          Made these hats for the grandchildren for Christmas. The under left one is orange and navy using a brioche stitch. Middle grandson favourite colour is orange but I decided that it would be best to add some navy to tone down the orange. Nice thing about using the brioche st is that it makes it reversible .

Just putting a pom pom on DGD hat but do have them if any of the grandson's decide they want one on their hat. Caron simply soft used to make the hats.

A little sewing and some paper crafting

Halloween cards for the grandchildren and a couple friends.

Cards from a colouring class I took.

They will be going to the grandchildren.

Thanksgiving cards

Card kits from my favourite paper crafting store

                                                     Bookmark it’s holder and a little gift box

                                                                        Fall cards

                                                             DGD and her dollies nightgowns