Whoa Nellie

We are getting ready for a weekend road trip, which means, of course, that I need a good knitting project. So I am planning on making Nellie the Sheep, by Debbie Bliss from her Baby Style book, for Baby Deux. The last time I did a road trip project I finished it in record time. This is a smaller, but more involved project, yet I still have high hopes for finishing quickly. I have made this project once before and it turned out very cute. I did, however use a cheaper yarn, so I'm excited to see the result with this, one of my favorite yarns! It is the lovely Rowan Wool Cotton. A really delightful yarn to work with. Soft, durable, a little sheen, and no pilling!

A quilt for E

My daughter needs a quilt for her bed so of course, I must make it. I got a bunch of Amy Butler fabrics in pink, of course, and greens, but didn't have a pattern. Really I just had a notion of the idea of what I wanted. Vague? Yup. (Let me insert here that I have had this fabric for about 6 months) I have been messing around with Photoshop (and I really mean messing, this is slapped together, and the fabrics are not at all in actual proportion, but just wanted to get the gist) trying to get an idea for a pattern, and I think this one might work. I got the pattern idea from this new site that I fell in love with for the patterns. The actual fabric isn't quite so in your face pink, somehow in real life it doesn't look quite as busy. So I will look at this for a few days and hopefully decide if it is a go or if I should keep playing with patterns. I need to tackle this one soon though!

Kimono Robe

This is my current project. I have made this robe before, including making one for my mom out of a beautiful linen, and yes, I forgot to take a picture! I really love this robe pattern from Amy Butler In Stitches . It is just challenging enough to be interesting, but easy enough to be attainable. There are some nice details including a lot of top stitching, which I am a big fan of. I think it adds such a nice finishing touch.

A little Regency dress

I decided (days before of course) to make E a little Regency dress for Easter this year. I had bought this fabric for her a while back with the intent of making some sort of dress and as Easter rolled around decided it would be perfect. Time being short and wanting use what I already had, I pulled out the Girls' Regency pattern from the Sensibility pattern site . A friend had used this pattern several times with great results and I also found it to be a delightfully simple, but pretty and sweet pattern. To make the dress sleeveless, I borrowed a technique, also from their site that I had used to make a bodiced petticoat. Toward the bottom of the tutorial it tells you how to flip the bodice so that ALL of the seams are on the inside. I love for a garment to be neat inside and out. That said, when I get a decent picture of her in it when it is PRESSED, I will post it. :)