Throwback Thursday; Crocheted Afghan

I was doing a bit of spring cleaning the other day and came across this afghan in an old suitcase. It still looks like new. I made this when I was 10 or 11 years old. That makes the item 49 or 50 years old- yikes, I am ancient. Mom must have put this away, along with a few keepsake items, I forgot about it until now.

Slippers For Geo

I made a pair of slippers with a round loom. I didn't have a pattern, just figured it out as I went along. I started them yesterday and finished them today. Geo is wearing them already.

Jellyroll Rug Completed

There were some tense moments stitching this together. Halfway through the rug, my trusty Bernina decided to malfunction while zigzagging. The stitches would be normal size, then switch to tiny ones for a few inches, then back to big stitches. I tried everything I could think of- changing the needle, rethreading the machine, cleaning out all the lint, etc. Nothing helped. I finally had to switch to my 38-year-old Janome machine. It works ok, but skips stitches periodically. After much sweat and strain, the rug was completed. I had to steam and spray starch the living daylights out of it so it would be flat. It will go in my cabin, so it doesn't have to be a masterpiece.

The Start Of A Jellyroll Rug

I cut my own fabric strips and batting. Jellyrolls and pre-cut batting are too expensive for my Canadian budget. If I purchased the supplies, a rug would add up to $94.97+ tax- EEK! By cutting my own, I can make a rug for very little cost. It took several hours to add the batting to the fabric strip, then fold and sew the edge. Now I'm starting to zigzag. I hope it'll look ok when it's finished. I used some odds and ends, including some Christmas fabric.

Day Three Of The March 2019 Quilting Retreat

Today I got this quilt top just about sewn together. Just two more rows to add.

Day Two Of The March 2019 Quilting Retreat

Here is a photo of the Millennium fabric that's on the border of the quilt I'm working on. I was also working on some more Japanese X and Plus blocks. Of course, there was a lot of yakking and eating going on, so not too much sewing was accomplished.

Day One Of The March 2019 Quilting Retreat

Today I started quilting a nineteen-year-old UFO. I've been enjoying looking at all the different blocks as I free motion quilt. It's like a library of fabrics from the 1990s. The dead giveaway of the age of the quilt is the blue border with, "2000" and "Millenium" printed all over it. I'll take a closeup picture of that fabric tomorrow.