Candle Mats and Glassybabys

I have always been a fan of Glassybabys! These beautiful little handblown candle holders became famous after Martha Stewart touted their beauty several years back. Seattle is fortunate to be the home of Glassybabys. Well, between my love of quilting and my love of blown glass, I've found a marriage made in heaven! Wool mats and Glassybabys. There are many candle mat patterns available, but I am drawn to "Annelles Originals" She has a candle mat pattern for every holiday and she also offers the wool to make them. So naturally, I'm going to make several this year and the Shamrock St Patricks Day is the first one! I really enjoyed this project and it was a nice sit in my chair and stitch pattern. Next up....Bunnies!

Finally Finished $5 Quilt!

Way back in February I wrote about a $5 quilt group that I participated in at The Quilt Barn in Puyallup. In 2007 I went once a month a got a pattern and fabric to make a quilt. If you complete your block each month you get the next block free. Well, I finally got it all put together, quilted and the binding stitched on. It's really not a Christmas quilt. There isn't one Christmas fabric in it, but it comes off totally Christmas and it brightens the whole room. Finally finished !!! Merry Christmas!!!

A Bag Obsession

I absolutely LOVE Bags! I have several, but I have never really made a cloth one. I made several felted bags a few years ago, but this fabric one caught my eye. The class was held at The Quilt Barn in Puyallup last Wednesday night. The pattern is the Miranda Day Bag from Lazy Girl Designs. It was so fun to make and we had everything done except the handles in three hours of class time. That didn't include cutting the pieces out, but that was maybe and hour of pre-work. I would say that it took a total of five hours from first cut to the finished product. I love this bag and it went together to easy! This could be a dangerous pattern for me to own!

Just Knitting Along

There are times when a girl just wants to knit along and not really think about what she is doing. Her mind wants to wander to other topics and far off places. This is usually the time I pick up my Ann Norling Basic Adult pattern and some pattern dyed Sock yarn and my mind takes off on a journey. Pure relaxation and my fingers flying a mile a minute! I love this sock yarn I have been using by Berroco called Berroco Sox. It feels nice on the hand and the feet. I orignally bought this color way for the Husband, but I fell in love with it and decided to make the socks for myself!