How's this for cute? I'm making the doll outfits to go along with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge colors. February is yellow month so I made this sun dress Monday night. I had just enough of that fabric to make the dress. It looks like it would be easy but the dress is fully lined and you have to turn it through the shoulder. It was a pain but I did it. I hope it fits Ella's doll. Yesterday we finally had a beautiful sunny, warn day so I decided to get a start in trimming bushes and cleaning up beds. If the ground ever dries out I'll start bringing in and spreading 8 or so truckloads of mulch. My trimming method makes mulching easy! There are Barberry bushes. They don't mind this harsh treatment at all and I won't have to tend to them again for a few years. Then I came in and started sewing my star blocks together. These are the blocks for the small stars. I thought I'd get all of the star blocks together yesterday but it turned into more work than I expected. This quilt is made on foundations that you leave in. That's generally a great idea but it leaves way too much bulk in the seams so I'm spending a lot of time tearing out the material where seam allowances are pressed. It's a pain but it's necessary. In the evenings I'm making progress on this blanket. One ball of yarn is done and I've started the second one. This pattern has a border and I will not have enough yarn for the border. I bought what the pattern called for but my gauge is different because I crochet pretty tight. As a result I think I'm using more yarn. I had to run an errand to Lowe's yesterday and Hobby Lobby is nearby. I thought I'd see if I could find something that might work for a border. Pretty much everything looks awful. White is too bright, ivory makes it look old and dirty and every pink clashed. In the end I decided to go bold and see if this will work. It has the peach and pinks from the blanket plus every other color. It might look like crap but crochet is really easy to pull out. It's a low risk experiment. The blanket can always go without a border and I can make hats from this yarn if I don't use it on this blanket.
Mary Anne
2/24/2021 12:35:52 pm
Don't shoot the messenger - but - maybe you could think about making matching sun dresses for both the doll AND the little one?
Vicki Welsh
2/25/2021 04:05:27 am
I've received 2 emails from you. My name is Vicki Welsh. I reside in California. My email is vickiwelsh@gmail com. I don't have an account with you, so I am unable to Unsubscribe or Block you. Can you please unsubscribe me from all emails and/or text messages? Thank you much.
patty
2/25/2021 07:55:15 am
It warmed up to 53 degrees here yesterday and the wind chill made it feel like 48, but I am starting to get spring fever! In NE Ohio March can be horrible so I have to try and contain myself. I am looking forward to getting out in the dirt, but right now we still have snow on the ground. The dress is so cute and so is that blanket. That star is going to be spectacular and I know you will tame all the issues.
Gene Black
2/25/2021 07:55:32 am
The doll dress is adorable. I did a dress for one of my grand-nieces. It was lined and turned like that also. So of course I only made ONE. Comments are closed.
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I'm Vicki Welsh and I've been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I'm into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here. Categories
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