We're Going Places

Finishing my quilt for Quilts for Kids this week put me in the sewing mood, so I finished a project that I have had for a while, made a Christmas present sample test, and sewed a simple tote bag.

 Here is the Tiny in her new World Quilt. Before you get too excited, the actual map is a print, and I just quilted it through the longitude and latitude lines onto some fleece. Tiny has been trying to snuggle this blanket for weeks, and now she finally can. Last night as we were going through bedtime stories, we talked about how each color is a different place, and then spent a couple minutes with her pointing to countries while I told her the names.

 Here's the Christmas present test. I need to make a pencil roll for my niece and a car carrier for my nephew. Pencil rolls are pretty simple, but the car carrier needed a bit more thought, so I tried one for the Tiny. These are special smaller cars from one of the quiet books that comes with toys. Now, I just have to get sizing for some matchbox cars, but I think I have the concept down. I even got to try some new techniques, such as novelty stitches for quilting and button holes, though I sewed the buttons on my hand, and I won't be putting buttons on my nephew's. 

So here is a list of my projects, both sewing and knitting, that I have to make by Christmas, or have already started.

Sewing

• Colored Pencil Roll- Christmas
• Car/Toy Carrier- Christmas
• Desk Organizer- Christmas
• Twin sized quilt for the Tiny- Still in the cutting process
• Queen sized quilt- I've had this fabric for years, but now I shared the layout plan with the Hubby and he nixed it as too busy, so now I'm on the lookout for some background fabric.

Knitting

• Sock Pattern
• Pi scarf- Yes, a scarf with the digits of pi. I've actually started two of these...
• Free Form Sweater- I'm working on a sweater without a pattern. I tried this with a sweater for Tiny, and it worked out alright until I got to the hood.
• Long Sleeve Bolero Sweater- I've been working on this one for about two years. I got halfway through the first time and realized I didn't have enough yarn to finish. The yarn had been discontinued so I had to unravel it to the cuff and tweak the pattern, now I'm almost done with the first sleeve and am still on my first ball of yarn.
• Short Sleeve Bolero Sweater- This is a lace pattern, but some of my yarn is back in New York...
• Blanket- Working on a modern log cabin type style, but still in the very early stages
• Requested Tiny Mittens

So, I've got alot of work to do.