A Little Sewing, Lots Of Yard Work

    I've been busy working in my yard.  I had to dig up six old posts from the deck that disintegrated a few years back.  They were cemented in and I had to dislodge them, then my daughter and I had to hire some guys to pull them out of the ground.  They had a lot of cement attached.  Then I had to fill in the holes so I could get a new stair built from the dining room sliding glass door.  I'm also raking and bagging all the oak leaves and pinestraw left from the winter.  

    I'm getting ready to sell the house that's why I had stairs built from the dining room door.  The raking I do every year.  I've filled 79 bags of yard waste in the last two weeks and I'm not finished.  

  I did do some sewing.  I made curtains for my daughter's kitchen and laundry room.  Basic rectangles with a casing for a curtain rod.  

   I also made some kiss clasp frame change purses.  These were fun to make.

     

Knitting Project

    In January I bought some lovely straight knitting needles from Knitpicks so I could knit scarves.  They are size 13 (9.0 mm).  I'm really enjoying knitting with these needles.

    I also bought a collection of small skeins of acrlic yarn from Amazon in pinks and purple tones.  I'm using 9 of these skeins to knit a scarf.  I'm using up each skein and knitting 4 rows in between each color with a color I found in my stash.  I'm calling this the ugliest scarf I've ever seen, but I think when I wear it next winter I'll love it. 

    Here's a picture of the first three colors and the start of the fourth.  

All The Blue Hexagon Flowers Are Done

     I finished all 36 full flowers and 6 half flowers.  These are ready for me to add the white hexies that will separate each flower in the row.  I think I counted that each row will need 96 white hexagons to finish it.  Not sure if that is accurate but it's probably pretty close.  

Anne of Green Gables Fabric Quilt Top Finished

   I finally finished my quilt top. I started making this last month but it was a pain to put together so I put it to the side lots of days.   I used some instructions I found on Pinterest.  It looked a lot easier then it was.  I love the end result.  I used 9 fat quarters from the Anne of Green Gables by Riley Blake Designs.   

Secret Sewing And Crafting

 I wanted to make a couple of items for dear daughter for Valentine's day.  I saw a pinterest post with button flowers in a salt or pepper shakers.  All I needed was the wire for the flowers.  I didn't have a salt or pepper shaker but I did have a lovely bud vase I could use.  So I made the flowers to put in the vase.

  I also made a nice bag from my fabric stash to put the gifts in.  

   I saw a interesting video about using fusible material to use as a backing for a weaving project.  I cut strips of about an inch or less and wove a piece of fabric to make a heart brooch.  I had the felt backing and the pin back.

  Red Rooster Quilts did a video for a pretty block she designed called The Heart of the Home.  I made one with fabric from my stash.  

Another Flower Wallhanging

    I made myself a flower wallhanging for spring.  I used more scraps and I was amazed that I found enough fabric for the background and backing.