Project Round up

I have finished quite a few totally unrelated project over the last week or so. Above is the cowgirl skirt that I made for my daughter for Halloween. We designed it together and tried to make it something that she would wear again. We succeeded! She wore it this week over a pair of jeans and it looked so cute. I used the Sew U book to help design, of course the patterns were not the right size for my daughter but it was helpful to have the book to use as a reference because I have never really sewn clothing before from a pattern that I created from scratch. Below it a picture of the skirt in action on Halloween night.

I picked this fabric last month to make some throw pillows for my couch.
Here are the gloves that I made for my husband. He will use them for his ride to work on his bike. They go very well with his day-glow yellow wind breaker. The pattern is Annemor #7 from the Selbuvotter knitting book.

One more throw pillow!

Now we can set the table

I made twelve, count 'em , twelve, place mats to give to the in-laws for their anniversary.
Here they are all together and tied up to give.
They really were not that much work. I think they would have been a lot harder if I didn't have a walking foot for my sewing machine. It would have been had to do the top stitching to hold it all together with out that tool. They have peltex 70 on the inside which makes them fairly stiff and heavy. I hope they enjoy using them as much as I enjoyed making them.