Decisions!

We need a quilt--a longer wider quilt!  We purchased a 'mattress in a box' and hubby got the extra thick one--and then we added a topper!  It's like--run and take a flying leap to get into bed.
Maybe, we need a small trampoline to jump on to make that hop!  Anyway, really like that bed, but
all the quilts are too short--he likes to tuck them in at the bottom--now, all we have are not that long--hence the search for a new quilt pattern--that is quick plus it must be easy--we would like to have it by winter time.

How about this one?  Stash buster from Cluck Cluck Sew free tutorials

the bins are full of scraps and it would be nice to bust that scrap bin wide

open and GONE!

This one is pretty much the same type of pattern, but longer rectangles. 

Two by Four  Film in the Fridge has another free tutorial that looks

quick and easy

another stash buster

This is called Bricks and Stepping Stones

Quiltville has a free pattern breakdown for this charmer.

I also saw it here 

Confessions of a Fabric Addict has this tutorial on what she calls a slab block

This is just a little more involved--so, this might be left for when I have

more time--when is that??

Art Gallery Fabrics has this super looking quilt called The

Belle Wave--

I just can not decide which one to begin--

And I'm still looking!!

And Then There Was Some Sewing Time.................

This house is one total disaster--furniture is moved away from the walls; some has been moved into other rooms--pictures have been taken down--it's a land mine waiting to happen!  We have the painters in....................and they are painting downstairs, which has high high ceilings.  Scaffolding has to be used to reach the water leak problem.  While the painters are working downstairs I found time to sew!  Yes, I could sew in my studio upstairs!!  And stay out of the way of the painters!  Here is the fruit of that progress.............

This is April's pattern from A Quilting Life

I'm using greens and pinks from a layer cake

I bought some time ago.  Not my favorite

colors, but it will be a charity quilt and I'm

sure someone will love it.

I found that I hadn't finished last week's pattern

from Pat Sloan's Solstice Challenge

And this one was on the ironing board--just needed to press on 

the petals and do the blanket stitch around each.

Estonian Knitting

It's hard to photography this knitting--but, trust me,

I'm knitting away and finished the April pattern

for Elizabeth Ravenwood's Estonian knit along.

Here is the second Estonian pattern from 

a different knit along--this one designed by

 Toni L. Lorenz--both patterns are on Ravelry.

It is also April finish!

I've enjoyed both of these knits and with the addition

of beads, the scarves will look smashing.

Traditionally, Estonian knitting uses nupps--which

are not for me!  I tried them once--that was enough

to know I don't like them!

If two Estonian knits wasn't enough, I signed up for a third--

this one is also designed by Elizabeth Ravenwood and

it will give me patterns that that the other two do not.

I'm using Knit Picks lace weight yarn in an icy blue--it's

Alpaca/silk blend and feels really good.  I'm just on the

fifth row; had to stop to look for beads to use--still no

nupps for me!

Challenge! Join In!

Devan Alana has a challenge for us--

her knitalong began yesterday--April 17th 

there is no reason why we can't join in today

or any day this week or next.  This is the Elena Shawl

KAL and will be featured on Ravelry or here on her

website.

She proposes to finish May 13 in Sevilla--would I like to

be there to knit along with everyone else!  

She has instructions in English and Spanish--

it goes to prove Knitting language is universal!

What To Do With Leftover Easter Dyes

Do you shop the after Easter sales?  Not just for the candy--which is fun--I shop for the leftover dye kits for eggs!  They usually sell cheap and I hoard them throughout the year.  They can be used to dye eggs later in the year, but I like to use them to dye my fiber.  I have dyed silk yarn in the microwave with dye mixture.  I came upon this cool way to dye a 'cake' of yarn--

Have fun!! and dye away!!

Happy Easter!

May your day be filled with family, friends and much love!

Happy Easter! 

And a free stitching pattern for you 

from Elefantz

Just Keep On, Keeping On!

I'm working on my Intarsia, which is the next adventure in the

Techniques for the Year project.  At first, I thought I wouldn't like

knitting this--but.....................

I like it!  And I want to just keep knitting and knitting.............

to find the time to just sit and knit on this project!

The yarn is so soft and cuddly and the pattern is

easy to follow along.  

You notice the orange markers--well, I forgot to put regular markers

in my bag and I wanted to knit--but we were away from home base--

what could I use?  I walked around looking for something to

slip on the needle and low and behold, why not a plastic straw!!??

The plastic straw markers work okay--just need to be careful

when I slip them from one needle to the next--sometimes

they pop off--I still have plenty of straw left though to

cut more little slices.  Here I've added the third yarn--there

are five yarns to be added--this is fun!

I just want to sit and knit and knit and knit,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

life gets in the way!