saralyne: Do you mind posting photos of the petticoat you have if possible? I think once she sees what it looks like, she will make up her mind.

The approximate measurement around the bottom tier is 6 yards/216".

This is another art quilt/wall hanging for an art benefit I am participating in on thursday.

I am really happy with the way this turned out. The finished product is very very close to what I saw in my head before I started the project. It was inspired by a sunset I saw at my inlaws house a couple weeks ago.

The  black silhouette part is velveteen, the other fabrics are a mix of batiks, quilting fabric, and the part that is pink-white is a piece of white fabric I washed (accidentally) with something red and it ended up looking tie-dyed.   The majority of the fabrics are from my stash. I used wonder-under to affix the pieces to the batting, then quilted it and the backing together. Its about 12" by 36"



Detail:

This is the Sweet Pea Shawl from the Happy Hooker. I left off the fringe and I think I like it better without it. This shawl went pretty fast, and I like the pattern because you really cant see the mistakes I made!
I used some recycled yarn from an old sweater. Its cotton/wool/something else.

OK everyone I found my camera!



There are not words to describe the beauty of this yarn. I tried to photoshop it to get the colors right, but they're not exact. I have no idea what I'm going to make yet. I think for now I'm going to set them somewhere so I can look at them everyday. Thank you so much, maiziemama!   If there is another round of this swap I will be the first to sign up.

I cant wait to see what everyone else receives. Right now I'm off to look at my new yarn some more.  

AKA "How I keep out of trouble"

I've been wanting to make this for a while, but finally got some motivation because I've got space at an art show April 5th.

All the fabric (except the backing) is scraps I brought home from work (free!). The backing is actually a batik in shades of blue, not purple like it looks in the picture. The mermaid is fused and hand-stitched, everything else is machine sewn. It turned out to be about 36" square.

Finished


Finished close up (with backing- but the backing is more blue less purple)


Before finishing


ETA: I forgot to put the size.

So I was thrift shopping for sweaters to recycle the yarn... and I found this huge turtleneck with the cutest penguins on it. I forgot to take a before picture. Oops. Here's the after pics:





I made the sleeves kind of pouffy and put a little band at the bottom of the sleeves, took in the sides of the shirt, and took the turtleneck off, shortened it to a normal tshirt collar size and reattached it. Hooray for my serger!

Hooray! I recieved today.



I got a wonderful tank top, some awesome patches and a necklace and some scrumptious marshmallow mushroom candies. Thanks Swaantje!

Here's my entry! For when my kitty Beethoven feels like dressing up as a dinosaur.  

I've kinda just been sitting here on craftster since I got home from work and I felt like I needed to do something constructive. So I reconned a shirt from my to-do pile.

This shirt was originally a clearance turtleneck and a tshirt. It was incredibly easy.

I added some pintucks to the bib because all the brown just looked kind of plain.

I thought the print was really cute.


Detail the pintucks on the bib part: