Thursday, April 30, 2009

I'm as ready as I'm going to be...

Now that the baby shower is over I can reveal alot of the items I've been making and not posting so they could be a surprise. Here we all are at the shower. That's Jenny, our youngest daughter on the left who is actually Mark's daughter from his first marriage, but I claim too since she's been a part of my life for 21 yrs. now, me, baby Mama Stef my 2nd daughter and Jen on the right who planned the whole shower and is my first born, wonderfully creative girl. That's Luke in baby Mama's belly. Did I mention that he's due on June 9th?

This is the quilt top I made for Luke. I worked really hard to get it completed for the shower. The theme for his room is Under The Sea so I found this pattern by Java House Quilts at http://www.javahousequilts.com/

The designer, Karen Brow, has lots of cute patterns there, so take a look!

This is Otto the polar bear that I knitted for him too. I thought it related to the Under The Sea idea because polar bears swim alot and live near the sea. This pattern can be found at http://www.ysolda.com/
This is a little sweater I knitted for him. Let's hope there's a cool evening in June so he can wear it because it's 3-6 mos. size. This pattern is from the book, Knit2together. I loved making this! The shower was so fun! Stef got lots of great little items that everyone needs for a new baby. We're really excited for his arrival, but he has to wait until we get back from Italy! I made this little Ipod case for Maya so she can carry her Sanso in it. I call it an Ipod, but she keeps correcting me. I used my embroidery machine to embroider her name across it. This pattern was in the Winter 2007 Quilts and More magazine. This is a little Bunny Nugget that I knitted for Maya for Easter to put under her tree that holds all of her egg decorations. I think I'll have to make her a new one each year....we all know how bunnies multiply. This pattern is free and can be found at http://www.dangercrafts.etsy.com/ or http://www.rebeccadanger.typepad.com/
and this last photo is of my Kitty Pi. It's a felted cat bed that I made from all the leftover wool yarns I have used to make purses over the last few years. So far my 2 cats haven't bonded with it yet...surprising since they seem to want to lay on all of my quilt fabric during projects. You'd think they would really appreciate all the love I put into this bed for them. If they don't end up accepting it I may have to gift it to one of my grandkitties. Fun and quick to make...it's a free pattern that can be found at http://media.wendyknits.net/knit/kittybed.htm
That's it for now. I'm taking a few small projects to work on while flying across the Atlantic to Italy. I'll post some photos of that beautiful country when I return. Ciao!

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