Crafting, Camping, Cooking and Life! (with RA!)

Howdy all! Wow, what a past 2 months!! Busted butt and a little help from my mom, finally got my quilt guild BOTM topper finished. The guild meeting is in, what, less than 3 weeks and just really wanted to have it finished to avoid any last minute problems. Looking back I guess June was the last block I had shared. So, my apologies for the massive gap of not sharing. Here it is.. Was just so glad to get the topper done! I will still need to quilt it but need to decide what fabric to use as backing. Can't wait to see what the new challenge is going to be like! Take care all and God Bless!

Good morning on this fine blessed Monday! Okay, a little chilly, but still a fine blessed day! Anyhow... I FINALLY finished my Popcorn Tin Christmas Tree pattern today!! It took me about, well, I'm not sure but I would say several months for this project. I did get assistance from my dad and those are his hands and tools in the images. And I have to thank my parents as well for picking up some of the items from the store for me as well. Not getting out as much like I used to, so need some extra assistance anymore. I will be listing this on Ravelry and Etsy, so will have either option available. It kills me that a) people want so much money for their patterns, which I only list mine for $1 and b) that I have to list to sell. I had hoped for more traffic to the blog to offset costs, but sadly never happened. Anyhow, here is one of the images of the finished product! I have been working on a crochet garland to put around it as well. Probably will be making another for the other side o...

Good afternoon! I FINALLY got my June block done for the quilt guild BOTM challenge!! So excited about it! I had conceived the idea back in June, but it did take some time to get my items to create it. That plus the decisions of how to implement the idea to a design I was happy with. So, here it is! This is for Fathers Day. This block consists of a men's long sleeve dress shirt and tie that I got at a thrift store. I had actually picked up a few ties so I could decide which would work better with my shirt. I had even did a simple knot to ensure that I would have the correct height and angle for the tie to lay. I laid the collar points off just a bit to have a more "dad" look to it. The block is 12.5 x 12.5. I've been kicking around ideas of how I will be finishing the quilt and will probably have borders around the blocks. I am thinking of even having the months sewn into those borders to add a little more to it. Okay, so on to July now. Will share as soon as I comple...

 Howdy all! Everything is still pretty hectic here. This time of year, outside of the garden, is also when all the quilting and crafting is happening in my area. I was excited to work with the local library in starting a crochet and knit group. We will be meeting monthly. My information was also shared with a local life skills group, so hoping that our crowd will be decent. I think there was a term in one of my favorite British knit magazines, knitting and nattering, love that!  But mainly, I just finished crocheting a gift for a friend. His birthday is October 30th, so I wanted to make a little gift for him. Halloween is his fav holiday as well, so thought this appropriate! Unfortunately, I was so excited for finishing it, that I messaged it to him, birthday surprise ruined! Oh well, he is happy. I was also able to get the pattern written up today as well as the graph. I have the pattern listed on Etsy and Ravelry. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1082013429/bats-in-the-air-filet...