Category: sewing
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Fiber goals 2024: mid year check-in
I’m a bit overdue for a look at this year’s fiber goals. They were as follows: Gift yarn I thought gift yarn would be an easy one, but I’ve hardly used any! When I started this goal I wrote down 5 skeins/sets in hopes of inspiring myself to make plans, but so far I’ve only…
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Pixel rainbow quilt layout
A pixelated rainbow quilt and also a test of the Mastodon poster I’m using.
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Mid-year fiber goals check-in: the “other” ideas
As in previous years, I chose four Fiber Goals for 2022. That small number always leaves me with a bunch of ideas that I toss out there on the post that I wasn’t committing to finish but also wanted to record as ideas. A year is a long time so some of those always manage…
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August works in progress
I started the month planning to do a gnome mystery knit (because I’d never tried one) and The Sharon Show (because the pitch of $7 for cat themed entertainment appealed to me). I did manage to finish the gnome, and it was such a delightful little thing that I’ll probably sign up for the next.…
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Steeking success!
Cutting your knitting is scary, but I did it and survived! I tried out two other new things in the process: Studio Donegal “Darnie” fingering” which is an Irish-made yarn that was perfect for this. So many rich colours, really “toothy” for nice colourwork. I honestly wasn’t sure I’d like it, because it’s a bit…
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Japanese Knot Bag
I was browsing this thread about project bags, saw this design, and thought I should try it out. A quick search of the internet found me some basic instructions (this tutorial has particularly decent pictures and nice clear indications of where to sew), so I free-handed a pattern and gave it a shot. In the…
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Homemade Heartbleed pillow
There’s a tradition at work of decorating people’s cubes when they’re on sabbatical, and while I wasn’t the one who came up with the idea to decorate our fearless leader’s cube with things representing the many well-marketed open source bugs, I was the person who brought in the first piece.
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Blue starry math pony (using @valleyviolet’s pattern!)
Ever since I saw Valleyviolet’s Pony Pattern collections, I’ve wanted to make one. I finally bought the collection in order to make the Pink Fluffy Unicorn mascot for Quelab (who is apparently MIA right now, likely stolen by the same person who vandalized the room sign; much sadness. She was a lot of work!), but…
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Sheep Hat
Another baby gift! This one I made just because I thought the pattern was adorable: My picture isn’t great, but… 1. Little sheep feet in the grass! 2. Adorable sheepy texture! 3. 3-D sheep head! 4. Perky sheep ears! And my favourite: 5. Puffy little tail! Pattern This one came from a book called 60…
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Colour-changing Nintendo 3DS XL case
In which I finally use some fabric I got at Quelab to Make Something Neat, in this case a colour-changing 3ds case.
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Plants vs Zombies Sunflower Plushie
Welcome to Dr. Terri’s maker blog! I’m going to skip ahead to the part where I show you something I made: A plush Plants vs Zombies sunflower! John’s father is a huge Plants vs Zombies fan, and I thought he might get a kick out of having a sunflower plushie so sit on his desk.