Nice Things

I finished the first lapghan, and as you can see, it passes Moxie's comfort test, so that's a relief.


I used a pattern from July/August Crochet Today and Caron yarn. It's a big granny square with a pretty border. And I love working with this yarn. It's very easy going with it. My lapghan measures about 36 inches square. I have another pattern for the next one, which I'll begin tonight maybe. I also have a pattern for an easy quilt to make. If that goes quickly, I'll make another, and they'll be part of my donation parcel to the hospital.


I won a $25.00 gift certificate from Sew Mama Sew to their shop for the June Make It and Wear It event, and I am so happy about that. I don't often get a concrete reward for things I make, but it's nice when it happens.

This is a little make-up holder that's part of the Make a Bag sal that Kelly from MAKE is leading. Isn't it cute? I love the size, and I think it's a great idea for a small purse item. I need to adjust the inside pocket sizes to suit me, but I like that it's a space saver.


God Bless You.

Pretty Things All

A little story. We have to go back to the SewMamaSew giveaway a few weeks ago. As I mentioned previously, I did not win anything in the giveaway. But I did receive something from two of the bloggers I visited. You have already seen the owls I made from Carmen's pattern that she gave to everyone who commented on her blog. I also visited the blog, Flamingo Toes, and became a follower. Lo and behold, next day I received an email from Bev whose blog is Flamingo Toes. She told me I was her 100th follower, and asked me if I would like to receive one of her dishtowels as a gift. Of course I said yes. If you visited her blog during the giveaway event, you would have noticed the beautiful things she makes. Really, her prizes for the giveaway were gorgeous. Anyway, in today's mail I received the dishtowel Bev made for me. It is beautiful, as you can see. She has excellent taste in choosing the fabric and design, and she even made the bag she mailed it in (On her blog, http://www.flamingotoes.com, she mentions the tutorial she followed to make the mailer.) Thank you so much, Bev. I absolutely love it. I want everyone to visit your blog to see the charming things you make.

I am doing the Bag Sew Along that Kelly from the Make blog has organized (see the button on the left.) Our first session was to create the outside of the bag. This is mine. The nice thing about this Bag Sew Along is that we will be making coordinating accessories as well as the bag. I like that very much.

When I pulled my mail out of the mailbox today my July/August copy of Crochet Today was folded so that the outside cover was what faced me, and this is what I saw first.Is she cute or what? It's a Pomp-a-Poodle made with Red Heart's yarn that has pom poms in the strands. I had my doubts about that yarn when I first saw it, but I have now seen a few items made with it and everything looks good, so I will have to try it out. I've always wanted a poodle, so maybe this is how I will get one - HA.

God Bless.