FAL, Quarter 2 Mahoosive List

I never play small on these.  Truth is, I'm WAY too crafty ADD to even stick to my plan.  I have conferences coming up and crafting tends to be my unwind mode.
To be fair, I also have two retreats in April....which means I'll be starting (and maybe...maybe...finishing) some more stuff.


Finish Along, Quarter 2 Plan

Sewing:

1.  Starbright


2.  Epic Sampler (this one is just staying on track.  I don't think the BOM finishes until almost the end of the year)


3.  Small World (Um...I think I'm almost done with panel 1 of 6.)


4.  Doctor Who Sampler


5.  Meadow Quilt.  I have 5 out of 20 blocks done.


6.  Single Girl quilt


7.  Firefly quilt


8.  Little Bitty Broken Star


9.  Cross improv quilt


10.  Tank 1-Dr. Who


11.  Tank 2-Cybermen


12.  Postage Stamp quilt


13.  Scrap improv (using leftovers)


14.  Guitar quilt (for Doug)


15.  Bubble or cat quilt for mom/Oliver


16.  Butterfly/fairy quilt for Jan


17.  Triforce throw for Trav


18.  Zelda pillow (yes, I know I need to fix his ear)


19.  one hour basket


20.  noodlehead pincushion 1


21.  School House Tunic


22.  batik (me & you challenge)


23.  Tank 3-purple


24.  Tank 4-Fox


25. Esme blouse


26.  Tank 5 for mom


27.  green tea & sweet beans quilt


28.  Hospice 1  (orphan block drive)


29.  Hospice 2  (orphan block drive)


30.  Green sloth giant pinnie



31.  Zombie bunny giant pinnie


32.  Teardrop quilt


33.  Guild brown bag challenge


34.  Stash Bash secret swap, item 1


35.  Patchwork Wheel block quilt


36.  cat head quilt for Sharon's house


37.  Tangential quilt


38.  Hexy diamond quilt


39.  Patchwork City quilt


40.  Flannel pjs


41.  Castle Wall mini


42.  Steampunk quilt


43.  batik dress


44.  bespoke washi


45.  Cactus tunic


46.  Aviatrix quilt


47.  Medallion quilt


48.  Punk love quilt


49.  Tank 6- blue leaves


50.  economy block project linus quilt


51.  Computer boxy pouch


52.  AMH boxy


53. skull boxy


54. AMH boxy 2


55.  Squirrel boxy


56.  red dot boxy


57.  improv boxy


58.  Star Trek boxy


59.  Cat Giant pinnie


60.  Sloth giant pinnie



Knitting

1.  Fight the Fairies Shawl


2.  manticore socks


3.  Peacock mittens


4.  Scrap blanket


5.  slip stitch socks


6.  Exploration station shawl


7.  Merriwether shawl


8.  Dalek Dog sweater


9.  Katniss Socks


10.  Raven Swirl socks


11.  Fraggle Squiggle socks


12.  Dishcloths


13.  Glacier Sweep shawl


14.  Rose City Rollers




If I finished a quarter of these even, I'll be super happy.  I've got a quilt currently basted (Hexy) and waiting to be quilted.  I finished the Firefly top at Sewtopia.  I have to find a backing.  I have to hem 2 of the tanks and still have to bias edge 2 more.  Now to decide what to bring with me to Stash Bash.  Meantime, my house needs cleaning.  My folks are coming Friday.  (EEP!)

#bluebirdsewoff challenge

Today, I'm finally unveiling my #bluebirdsewoff !

(Well, to be fair, it's been shown to tourists at the Georgia Aquarium line...and the folks at Sewtopia Atlanta, who watched me stitch and cut on Thursday.)

I am a big fan of cephalopods, octopi tying krakens for my favorite real/mythical options.  So, I was overjoyed when Cotton & Steel added Mystery Food to their collection.  I'm glad it's shown up in various colorways, especially the blue in Bluebird.

I love the blues they picked for their Bluebird line.....oh, and let me just say I love Cotton & Steel...like ridiculous fan girl love.  I have a piece of every quilting cotton they have issued (except the Christmas lines).  I got to see their studio Thursday.  I'm already budgeting for their next full line (and their upcoming Halloween line).  *swoon*




Most of the ladies are local, and I squee a little bit every time I spot one of them.  Yes, I do have to make conscious efforts to reign in my inner dweeb.


Anywho, when Rachel posted the #bluebirdsewoff I was really excited.  I proposed a reverse applique octopus throw.  Honestly, I wasn't expecting to get chosen but I was!  I asked for Mystery food (of course) in sapphire and Papercuts in natural.  Thank you Pink Door fabrics for sending me my starter fabrics!

I pulled some knit remnants and set to work.  My vision was an Octopus and bubbles.

First, I washed everything.
Then, I cut the Papercuts piece in half length-wise and sewed it on the edges of the Mystery Food.
I sandwiched the fabric between two layers of knits, then pin basted the heck out of it.  I traced various cups and bowls to get the right sized bubbles.  I blew up an octopus outline on an overhead projector, using several pieces of posterboard taped together.  Then I used a Clover chalk pencil to make my marks and just sewed away!
After that, there was the magical moment (or rather hours), I cut away the bits to reveal the fabric underneath.
The hardest part was folding the edges over and making a binding of sorts.
I added a little bit of the bluebird from my stash to the bottom edge.

Here he is in all his glory, Bubbles the Octopus!




I was shooting at the Aquarium (not seen in these photos because it was so windy, Bubbles kept blowing off the railing).  You can see my tiny bluebird tag on this one.




It's hard to see in this photo, but he's got a red heart sewn in perle.  You can see it better on the back.




I really loved making this.  It was amazing to be working on this the same day I got to go to the Cotton & Steel studio.  (I only wished I could have finished it to show it to Sarah Watts.)

I have a whole lot of reverse applique throws on my list now to make for family members for the summer.

Pics for FAL, Q1

Here are pics of two items that I finished and forgot to photograph!


Mineral Quilt





AMH runner





...and I can't find the shawl I felted, so no pics of that apparently.....



Last minute link up!

Finishes for Quarter 1

I've been trucking along and have some finishes that I (apparently) haven't shared here.  I've been kind of absent from blog land.

My original list was here.

I've finished the following:

Sewing

1.  peacock costumes..no pics and kids took them home


2.  Hedwig costume..ditto


3.  Costume sashes


4.  Zelda quilt


5.  #droidqal quilt


6.  red/purple quilt



7.  Serenity circle quilt


8.  knitting bag/pouch


9.  Moda building blocks


10.  Mineral quilt (still needs pics)


11.  AMH improv quilt  (still needs pics)


12.  Mystery Medallion with Karie (now a pillow!)


13.  pincushion!


pending
14.  Hexy diamond


progress made:
epic sampler
who tank 1
who tank 2





Knitting

1.  pennant scarf


2.  alluvial plain shawl


3.  gradient shawl


4.  bowties are cool MKAL


5.  hedwig hat..gave it to child before I apparently took a photo.


6.  stag hat


7.  Reyna shawl


8.  felted shawl (pics still needed)


9.  doodler, version 1.0


10.  Muppet Doodler




Total finishes so far:  23...with 1 pending, pics needs on 3 (in terms of pics still possible)


Linking up!

#theintrepidthreadchallenge

When Julie at The Intrepid Thread posted an invite for folks to get mystery fabric and challenged them to make something with it, I raised my hand high to volunteer!

I have long wanted to make Amanda's Knitting Bag by SometimesCrafter.

So, the time had come.  I added in some pink knetted Cotton and Steel and some black linen.

Here was the pile of lovelies I started with from Julie:




I printed my directions and got to work.  The directions for the bag were really straight forward.

Here's one side:



Here's the other:





Then I took the scraps and made a sock knitting bag to go inside the bag:




I love it.  It's already full of a couple of projects.  Thanks, Julie, for the change to play with new to me fabrics!

OMG Jan goal

To keep me on track, I'm joining up with OMG to have a monthly goal.

Since  I have to work on the play for much of this month, I'm making my goal one I *have* to get done.

I have to make 8 pageant sashes for the competition part of the play.  The cast got their parts today.  I've got to do some script revisions/additions this weekend.





Linking up!

ALYOF, Year in Review

It's the end of the year link up (and sadly the last) of the ALYOF.

I did pretty well this year.







Jan (goal set here, goal met here)

Feb (goal set here, goal met here)

March  (goal set here, goal met here)

April  (goal set here, goal met here)

May (goal set here, goal met here)

June (goal set here, goal met here)

July  (goal set here, goal met here)

August  (goal set here, goal met here)

September (goal set here, goal met here)

October (goal set here, goal met here)

November  (goal set here, goal met here)

December  (goal set here, goal met here)

I'm going to ALYOF being around.  I may join up OMG.

Thanks, Melissa and Shanna for a lovely experience!