Three Bags Full

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

A Sweater for Kaiya

Just another little pretty for the upcoming Granddaughter! I can't believe she will join the family in two months. We are so excited to meet her. This was made out of two skeins of Zara Plus and the pattern is a Minnowknits pattern. It was very easy and quick to do. I hope she is going to like it!

Thursday, January 28, 2010

Kaiya's Quilt

I finished the first of my handmade things for our little Kaiya. She will be here in April or early May and we can't wait to meet and hold her!!! This was a line of fabric called Alpha Buddies and it the flannel version. It is so soft and was quilted by my machine quilter Krista Withers to keep it cuddly. It was a quick and easy quilt and I'm sure it's the first of many.

Just a Little Something Sweet

I was having a day where I just wanted to make something little for myself. I didn't know what, but I have so many big projects I'm working on that I needed to accomplish something small and quick. When I went to my quilting group at Carriage Country Quilts I saw this little kit to make a needlecase. It fit the bill perfectly! I lose my needles ALL the time and I thought this may solve the problem. My husband says "no, you will probably lose the whole case now!" LOL He is probably right, but it sure was fun to make!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

ALOHA!!!!!

Ever since I went to Hawaii about ten years ago, I've wanted to make a Hawaiian Quilt. Well, I still feel my applique skills are not up to par for that but maybe in the next year or so. I spotted this quilt class at Pieces Quilt shop taught by an excellent instructor Sheri Thomas. It is one big 42" block made in the traditional Hawaiian style. The pattern comes from the Pacific Rim Quilt Company located in Washington State.

I started this quilt back in May when we drove down to our daughters wedding in Las Vegas. I stitched on it on the way down and the way back, then about another week at home. It has been sitting just waiting to go to my quilter Krista Withers. I finally got it quilted and I just love it! It is my lap quilt and it is VERY bright. The purple background with the lime green design, just screams "hello, wake up!" Hence the name "ALOHA!!"

The Three Bags

We are 3 women Flo, Jo and Lilly, (not our real names) who thought a blog would be a fun way to share some of our knitting projects, completed or not, and anything else that is of interest to us. We all have families and various interests such as gadgets, horses, photography, music, etc... which we will incorporate into this blog from time to time. There are no rules because, frankly, some of us don't like to follow rules. Jo and Lilly, on the other hand, enjoy rules. They have been known to take on the name of "Rhonda Rulebook" from time to time. As you will soon see rules are important for some things in life but not necessarily EVERYTHING.

If you are confused by the name, "Three Bags Full", don't worry about it. I didn't get it the first time Lilly mentioned it to me (her idea for the name). I laughed the way I tend to do when I know something should be funny, but inside my head I was frantically triggering neurons to no avail. She finally broke out in song, "Bah bah black sheep have you any wool...." Ahhhh silly me. Silly you, too, if you didn't get it.