Summer Blues :(

School is in full swing.   I have only been back in class for two days and I feel stressed out already! 

I miss my sewing machine, hooks, and needles that made all of my pretty projects. 

16 more weeks until we meet again :( .... unless I find a way to sneak back into my craft room before then!

Bitty Baby Booties

Last night I decided to give the sewing machine a break and made these real cute baby booties.  I know a few ladies that are expecting very soon.  I was able to complete a bootie in an hour.  Not too bad; for me anyway.  I found the pattern on Small + Friendly's blogsite.

They measured about 2.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide.  These will need to be for a tiny/newborn baby.  I followed the way Small + Friendly did theirs by casting on 26 sts first. I also used US8 needles.  The pattern doesn't say to, but remember to cross the top in the opposite direction from each other.  I guess it wouldn't matter but that way it won't look like the baby has two left booties on ;)



Lap Quilt - WIP

I finally remembered to take a picture of the quilt I have been working on. 
I have been learning how to quilt from various scources:

* 9 patch - I watched a video by Gourmet Quilter
* Log cabin - figured this out by looking
* Scrappy patched by Valerie Nesbitt
* Amazing Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern by 3 Dudes! demostrated by Missouri Quilt Co.
* The others are just me playing with squares into triangles.

When I have 20 blocks, I'm going to using Gourment Quilter's method of quilting as you go.