Knit Hat with Furry Pompom

I knit this hat 2 years ago and never posted it! I need to look in my drafts more often! I think I donated it as I haven't seen this hat for some time.

I do remember this was a very soft yarn.

I love that the pompom snaps off when it needs washing, which isn't too often.

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Microwave Mini Oven Mitts & Doll Books

I made these Mini Oven Mitts last year as I had a custom order for them, as well as some doll books. These are microwave oven mini mitts. I had never made them before, so I looked at them and figured it out. I hope they were what she wanted? I hadn't heard back if they worked well or not? 

Opened to show the back side.

These show the opening where your fingers go to use them. I added a hanging loop to each so that they could be hung up for easy access.

My ex-coworker, who is also an author for children's books, also asked if I could create some doll books for these dolls. She sometimes goes to book events and wanted a display of her dolls holding books (the titles of the books are ones she had written or co-authored with her writer husband too). So this is what I came up with.

Such a cute variety of dolls!

Here is one book title with Vaunda's name as the author. I wanted the books to attach easily to the dolls, so used elastic that loops through an eyelet that I added to the book's corner. If the elastic ever loses its elasticity, it can be easily replaced or ribbon can be looped and tied on the doll instead.

This book was a book that Vaunda signed and gave to me many years ago.

A collaboration, written by Vaunda and her husband.

2 books for this doll. The one with the red cover is her latest book. At the time I made these, this book hadn't been published yet, so I waited to post this until it had. Small Shoes, Great Strides sounds like a great story to tell!

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Nametag for Project Linus Group

At the Project Linus (PL) group I go to our leader had machine embroidered each of our names and gave us each a piece of fussy cut fabric with Linus printed on the fabric. The fabric also had a narrow background fabric print around Linus, but I decided to cut that fabric off and just cut around Linus.

I fused it and blanket stitched around Linus and used another stitch to stitch around my name. I have made dozens of this style nametag before, making several for the women in my stitch group, only I traced their names onto an appliqué heart, since I don't have an embroidery machine. 

The pocket is so handy for holding many things like eyeglasses, scissors, knitting tools, a phone, needles, etc. I prefer the necklace style, rather than poke myself with a pin back! Plus those pins never seem to get pinned on straight! Magnetic ones can be very cold against the skin, so the neck style is the best in my opinion.

I will only wear this Linus nametag when our PL group meets. I have my heart nametag for my other group.

I sewed the border around the center using all the same fabric this time. Usually I use 4 different scraps of fabric, so all one fabric gives it a different look. But I still used all scraps of fabric as each piece doesn't need a very large piece of fabric. The strap is long, but narrow, so it could be pieced together if I didn't have enough length of one fabric.

I added sewing machine buttons (which holds the strap in place), since this is a sewing group and they look so darn cute too!

I love that I got Linus with Woodstock on it too!

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Knit Baby Blanket for Project Linus

I had knit this blanket and donated it to Project Linus earlier this year. I knit a ribbing at each end and the rest is a simple garter stitch.

Garter stitch closeup.

Ribbing closeup.

Happy knitting!

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Cable Knit Hat

This is a hat I knit a few years ago with knitting needles, but it was a bit too snug and so I recently blocked it and then added the furry pompom. Now it fits me better and I like the pompom, which snaps off for washing.

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10 Fabric Postcards (9 Coneflower with Bee & a Sunflower) + Hot Air Balloon Over My House

I made these fabric postcards quite a while ago and never shared them. My good friend asked me to make 10 coneflower postcards with bees after she saw the one I made and donated to the Wish Challenge at the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show earlier this year. Then she changed it to 9 plus one sunflower postcard. So here they are.

Seeing balloons in the air over my house is a common site, but I don't always get

 the balloon aligned this good! I took several shots to get the Zia to show in the center. This is a Rainbow Rider hot air balloon. Rainbow Rider has several balloon designs and they sell rides in them. I have never been up in a balloon and not sure I ever will? Guess I have a bit of a height phobia, especially being exposed all around me like that. I'd rather be on the ground watching them fly by.

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The Berlin Round Bag

I made this bag awhile ago. It's the Berlin Round Bag (by Folk Art Factory). Debbie asked me to test her updated instructions, which I did. 

I chose a wool for the bag, which I washed and dried first. This reminds me of the canteens from years ago. It is a fun shape to be round. I used webbing for the strap because the wool was way too thick to fold under twice for making a handle.

The bag has a zipper pocket across the front of the bag, slip pockets inside the bag and I added an additional slip pocket on the back of the bag with a magnetic snap closure too.

The bag measures 10" in diameter.

I divided this pocket so it had 2 pen pockets on the left.

I quilted the bag too as you can see here.

The additional slip pocket with magnetic snap closure I added to the back of the bag.

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