Couple new craft projects

Been awhile since I posted but my knitting project has been taking longer than planed(life has been getting in the way). In the mean time here are a couple projects that I have completed. Second one was a group project as it was for a ladies church activity.

The first is one I made back in December. I like to have a Christmas planter on my front porch each year but to buy them they are a little expense. But with coupons, sales and ready shopping around I was able to make one for a good price. It's made with fake branches and can be used over and over again without shelling out money for a new one each year and if I want to change the ribbon etc a trip to the dollar store will be all it takes.

 

 

Also today our church lady group had a mini-spa day where we gave ourselves a facial using natural ingredients and than made ourselves a hot/cold pack.

 

Here is the front of the invitations that were given out with the date/time info on the back. We used remove-able tape for the info so that info can be removed and the ladies can use this for bookmarks.

 

 

 

Below is a picture of what the ladies when home with. A sleepy time bath tea, recipe book, hot/cold pack that included lavender (in plastic bag). The bag is shown unfilled. The bags were pre made and filled during our afternoon activity.

 

A fun time was held by all and we had fun trying out some different DIY beauty recipes.

 

Miss Barbie and her clothes

Along with knitting some Barbie clothes I also sat down and sewn some. Some of the patterns came from pinterest and others from a sewing pattern. Fabric used was scraps left over from clothes I made for DGD and others from other projects,

I do have a few more cut out to make but they will be for her birthday next year. Just figured while I had the pattern out and the fabric scraps were sitting there I would just go ahead and cut them out. I put the cut out fabric with the patterns so everything is safely tucked away together.

This red dress is made from left over fabric used on a same quilt wall hanging and after seeing a fabric like it in black and white on pinterest I knew I had to make one with this fabric. I think it makes a perfect Christmas dress for Miss Barbie.

Barbie is wearing a frozen outfit just like the one I made for DGD couple years ago to play dress up.

gift card holders

Needed some gift card holders for this Christmas so I made these.

The pattern is from Quilters world quilted Christmas 2016 magazine. Pattern is called Mitten Gift bags. I made two of each as I need at least four this Christmas and have a couple extra ready to go just in case. Just big enough to hold a gift card and a little treat.

Christmas crafting

Been busy Christmas crafting right now mainly for DGD.

This is the nightgown I made for DGD and one of her dolls.

Been working on some clothes etc for some barbie's as DGD's Christmas gift and Miss Barbie got a fur jacket and matching hat. Pattern is from an old crafts magazine for when my children were young and the fur is left over from making DGD a fur/flannel lap blanket for her birthday last year. More clothes to come.

And finally Miss Barbie needs a chair to sit in. These chairs are called Grandma's secret chair and the pattern came from a book again when my children were young. Have made them over the years first for my children and than some girls who have come through my home over the years through my years with home child care.  

One will be for my dear grand daughter and the other two will be gifts for two little girls who are in my care this Christmas for their barbies. Feels great making some nice little gifts with left over fabric from other projects so other than time they really didn't cost anything to make them.

Barbie clothes

Been busy using up some left over yarn etc to make DGD some barbie clothes for Christmas.

The poncho was made using Sirdar hush yarn that was left over from a hat I made last year and pattern from a Barbie crochet book found at my local library. Yarn has some silver thread running through it to give some shimmer to it.

The  pink/blue skirt, navy skirt and sweater patterns came from an old crafts 'n things magazine from when my children where young. The two yarns were used to make the Lemon difficult shawl and I had just enough left over to do these outfits.

The dress barbie is wearing was made with cotton crochet thread and the pattern can be found on beacrafter.com  Fashion doll strapless gown--she made it full length but I like it shorter.

Next I plan to sew her a few outfits from left over fabrics from clothes I have made her.

Christmas Lap Quilt

Last year while doing the row by row I came across a lap top quilt kit in one of the stores in a little town and picked it up. Decided in Sept that if I wanted it ready to be used by Christmas I better get at it.
Little did I know that it would be middle of October before it would be cool enough in the evenings to hand stitch the binding to the back of the quilt. Even as I type this we are still getting summer type weather as we woke up to it being 23C out and todays high is to be 30C

The pattern that came with the quilt kit is called Jelly Jive and is a Pieced Tree pattern. Had two colour choices for the kit. The one you see and the other was a mute red and soft white but since I have every colour of decorations on the tree including black I figure this would go better since it will be used in the same room as the tree.

Last few months of crafting

Talk about getting behind on posting. I have been very bad that way but with new responsibility at church, house full of children for the summer and some health problems this biog fell to the bottom of the list especially as it's a place to note my crafting and let's just say I wasn't getting must done on the crafting front.

Anyway here is some pictures of what I have managed to get done:

Skirt and top for me. Skirt is a soft pink print that reminded me of an era got by and was made using McCall's M6993-the archive collection circa 1933. The top is also a McCall's M7193 pattern. Have also made myself one in white.

Also got a couple dishcloths done for yDD b-day in December

This scarf was also made for yDD-as part of her birthday gift. It was made with Lion brand 'Shawl in a ball yarn' in mindful mauve using their misty haze cowl pattern.

Here is the Lemon Difficult shawl I made after taking the Two colour brioche class at 'shall we knit? by Kate Atherly. You can find the pattern at raverly.com  Sorry that the picture is upside down but it seems to be the only way it will let me post it.

And last but not least is the new winter hat I made for myself. Its' another Lion brand pattern called 'Gretchen's Easy Tam'. Made with heartland yarn in 'great smoky mountains' and 'Acadia' colours.