Sunday, June 6, 2010

Playing Ketchup?


Goodness me, I'm getting jpeg build-up! Here are a few photos of things I've been doing lately.

First of all, here is the completed quilt that I made for my niece, Amity. She's due to give birth any day now. When I offered to make her a baby quilt, she requested one with the theme of rockets and robots. It has been a lot of fun.













I like this quilt best when viewing the details. This little cat astronaut on the moon is my favorite thing about the whole quilt! I drew up everything on sketch paper before I turned them into applique.
One of the three rockets.
Hurray, it's a successful launch!

Recently I learned how to make a tote bag out of clothesline covered with 2 1/2" strips of fabric. I won't lie to you about how much work it was, but I'm thrilled with how it turned out. It's huge!

I also tried out kumihimo weaving. We made our own discs out of fun foam. It makes cording. Matilda is sniffing at my first effort; now I'm working on a jungle-icious green cord. What will I do with it? Maybe a small purse handle.

2 comments:

Kyra said...

What a fun quilt! I once started a space travel quilt using Star Trek as the theme. It's one of my few UFOs!

Best, Kyra

Cindy Cooksey said...

Ooh, another Trekker? We were hooked on The Next Generation for a while.