Friday, March 23, 2018

My First Shawl

I've just recently decided I wanted to start crocheting again.  I used to do it a lot before I started quilting.  But back then I pretty much only made blanket throws.  So that got boring and took way to long so I put up my hooks and called it good. 
 
But that was then and this is Now and I unpacked those hooks and now I'm making my first shawl.  There are so many new patterns to choose from.  And Ravelry is just fantastic.  It's a site for 'anything' yarn related and I've just recently joined and worked up my own Notebook.  Of course I've spent hours and hours just browsing and picking patterns that I want to make. 

My 1st project is a shawl named  Virus meets Granny shawl .  I chose Unforgettable yarn from Red Heart in colorway Echo .  The picture does not do it justice at all.  The colors are much richer and the yarn is sooo soft. 
This is the first picture taken several days ago and I've added several rows to it and when I just quickly count I think I have around 20 more rows to go. 


So for now..... Have a great day. And stitch happy!

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Catching Up....

Sharing the quilts I've made these last three years.....
1st:  Our son's oldest daughter was married and moved to Iowa.  She now teaches 5th grade and he works at John Deer.  Here's the quilt I made for them.  2015

And along came Scarlett Grace.... She was a bit of a surprise.  LOL  2016


And then there was Scott & Bekahs wedding quilt....2016

And soon they gave us our latest Great... Owynn Paul  2017
the front 
  and the back.  

We did have a lot of events these last few years but I won't bore you with all of that.  

For now..... Have a great day. And stitch happy!

Saturday, March 17, 2018

Too Long......

I can't believe it's been almost three years since I posted anything.  I'm not sure why I stopped.  Guess I just needed a break and time to just focus on 'life' around here. 

I did manage to get two wedding quilts made and two more baby quilts.  I guess that's better than I thought.    I'll show them all in my next post. 

About eight months ago we adopted a rescue dog.  Our little Cavalier was a breeder dog and thankfully a wonderful gal rescued her (and others) from a mill not to far from us.  She is just the sweetest dog and never leaves my side.  Love her to pieces!!
Let me introduce our sweet RUBY. 


And for now..... Have a great day. And stitch happy!