Here is something I whipped up for a friend who wanted something special to give to her neice.

Technically, I guess its a blanket rather than a quilt as it only has two layers - but it looks like a patchwork quilt!

I backed it with fleece so it was soft and cosy, the outside border was white fleece as well, the photo doesnt show this as I cropped it a bit too much  



I love it, and I'm making one in green with frogs now!

So I have a minor obsession with all things potato head related... even have the salt and pepper shakers!

I thought it might be fun to make some crafty potato stuff

There are such great swaps happening right now, so I am thinking later in the year would be best

Let me know if you're interested!

I got asked to make something 'special' for a friend to give as a pressie. I've been meaning to try out one of these 'tag' blankets for ages so here it is!



Simple 12" fleece square - with embroidery - and 15mm ribbon 'tags'. Other side is pink fleece. I added the ric rac circle to kind of quilt it as I didnt want it looking like a cushion without stuffing

Best thing was it was made completely from scraps leftover from other projects yay!

What to do when stuck at home watching DVD's... knit a Zebra of course!!

I came across this site  www.jellybums.co.uk yesterday when looking for something new to work on.

And here is my first creation the ZEBRA

I've been making baby blankets for a while now, and thought I might try something a little bit more challenging!

I made this cute bunny blankie for a friends daughter's first birthday. I added her name and a bit of embroidery to personalise and wa - la! Special baby gift!

Pattern is a McCalls Crafts one, no. 3061.




Thanks for looking !

I showed my kids some of the cartoon characters that have been done in crochet, and they have been hassling me ever since to make one!

Since I havent been doing this very long, and have barely mastered 'ball' shapes... here he is!

POOF from "fairly odd parents"



and a pic from the cartoon so you know who i'm talking about!



Thanks for looking!

I was a bit of an insomniac last night (always am a bit when my OH on night shift) and was having a look around craftster and found a link to this cute little "love bug" on someone's WIST. Here is the link to the pattern

http://tinascrochetpage.blogspot.com/2008/01/ami-love-bug.html

Had to make one! Here she is with my almost 7yo, who promptly claimed her after school today to "help with her homework"!!



The wings ended up a bit smaller than the original ( i blame the tiredness but not too bad for a first attempt, i think!

I find the projects on here very inspiring, thanks everyone for renewing my interest in crochet!

Kate x

Im in the process of embroidering a quilt top, and still unsure whether to hand quilt it or do it by machine...

I have already drawn the quilting design on the fabric - think wholecloth pattern, just with a few butterflies thrown on for a bit of colour.

I do enjoy the hand quilting, but find that if I give someone an item that IS hand quilted, they tend not to use it and would rather keep it as an 'heirloom' etc.

The other option is to quilt by machine, prob a bit quicker and more chance the recipient would use it! BUT i tend to get puckers in my backing fabric and I spend a lot of time unpicking!

Any thoughts?

(here is link to photo - I'm still new here
http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/medium/184979_butterflies.JPG

This is my first ever post on craftster, can't believe I haven't joined earlier!

I have been mainly doing cupcake quilts lately, made one then of course everybody wants one! The blocks are machine embroidered with 2 1/2" sashing in between.

(pictures are in my gallery)



The yellow/pink one features 'sunbonnet girls' in the corners and has a lavender outer border.

Im thinking I need a new subject, maybe butterflies!!

Kate x