Kate's Purse

This is the purse I made for my sister. It's my second attempt at felting. I taught myself how to knit because I liked the felting so much! The lining turned out better than I thought it would. I had to knit the purse, then felt it (wash it in warm water - I did it in the washing machine). Once it shrank down I did a little measuring and eyeballing to get the lining to fit. I sewed the lining up on my machine and hand sewed it into the purse. I'm going to try to take some pictures of my daughters purse - it was the first attempt at felting! I just taught myself to cable knit, so stay tuned because that makes felting SO much more fun!

Auntie Kate's Quilt for Bub

Here is the quilt my sister made for Bubba. It's beautiful...she quilted circles all over it. It's much better than anything I have ever done and I am so happy it's Bub's.

2009

Happy New Year! I have a few projects to post, but no pictures yet. I'll also be posting some new kid crafts, my daughter got a suitcase full of craft supplies for Christmas!
I'm hoping to be continually working on something during 2009. My husband and I decided our resolution would be to spend more time outside. Anyone else make a resolution?

Baby Gift

I made these as a gift for my sister in law and (soon to be) nephew. This is a link to the tutorial for the shoes. I used one of my son's old jackets for the material. I used the hood of the jacket to make the heel of the shoe. This is a link for my lame explanation of the burp cloths. I made her a set of 6- 2 each of 3 different colors.
She's due in less than a month and we're excited to meet him!

Tissue Holders

I made these for Christmas presents too. We have a gift exchange with my husbands family every year so I put a gift card in with the tissues and put it in a little brown paper bag. I thought it was cute.