Love these little weekend getaways. Nothing recharges me the way hanging out, relaxing and sewing seems to. This is the third time we have been able to get away and craft this year (read about the first and second times). We revisited the Wimberly Quilt Ranch once more and Amanda from My Sewcial Hour wrote up a great post about all the fun that we had there. Her pictures sum up the weekend just perfectly, go check them out!
I didn’t take many pictures worth sharing while I was there, I was just too busy working on my little projects. My first project that I finished was a quick little ornament for Jude. Bacon!! He was a free tutorial that I found on pinterest.
While I was making him, I just kept saying ‘bacon face’ over and over again. He’s too cute and a great addition to the other two ornaments that I’ve made each year since Jude has been born (see 2009, 2010).
After that successful project, I felt ready to tackle a project I have had on my mind for several Christmas seasons. A tree skirt. Although after some discussion with the girls, this may really be called tree ‘pants’ because they’re square. . . Who knew? I used a wonky star tutorial that I sized down a bit to fit the scale of our small tree. We’re just not big Christmas tree people.
I used Kona Cotton grass and Michael Miller’s Candy Dot in Spa. Not only are we not big Christmas tree people, we’re not red and green Christmas people. Blue and green Christmas motifs make me much happier than red and green.
And with a little encouragement from the girls, I added some star quilting to the regular loops that I typically do. Pretty fun!
I also had a bit of time to get some crochet done. This is a gift for my step-sis-in-law after she saw this hat that I made for myself. She really likes pink. It’s a free tutorial that I found on pinterest (sensing a trend here?). This is that same yarn that I’ve been using. Stitch Nation by Debbie Stoller ‘washable ewe’ in kitten, icing and zinnia.
I also finished up a birthday scarf for a friend that loves yellow (it’s ‘full o’ sheep’ in honeycomb). It’s the Catherine’s wheel stitch and man, this stitch eats up yarn quickly! It’s quite nice to look at though.
And here it is all rolled up, ready to be gifted.
Such a wonderful weekend with such lovely, creative ladies (you can see I’m modeling the yellow scarf below and holding the tree skirt)! It was so much fun to see what everyone was capable of making. I must say I am inspired to try some new things now, including knitting! Can’t wait to do it again!
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All your projects turned out great! Glad you could come – it was so much fun!
I SO love the tree skirt! So clean and crisp… and I also like blue and green better
I’ve been meaning to drop you a comment to say thank you. Early this year I ran into your list of links for making clothing. I am a (relatively) new mother and was feeling a bit isolated. I needed an outlet. Your blog was the stepping off point for me. I have learned so much since then! Of course I still have so much more to learn, but now I am sewing almost every day and have begun a blog of my own. I have met some wonderful people here in blog land and definitely am not feeling so isolated anymore. Thank you for posting that list of links! It truly has made a big difference in my life!
Thanks so much Karen – I am so glad that the list helped you find your outlet! It’s amazing to me that this little cyber world exists where we can be supportive of each other even if we live far apart!
Any chance you’ll share the pattern for that catherine wheel scarf?
Of course! I forgot to link to it in my post. I found the tutorial here: http://peoplewebs.blogspot.com/2011/01/pattern-chunky-circle-scarf.html