Just in time for the holiday crunch, I am being swept away by a quilt I've had in mind for many years. I lost the link to the original one I saw, which was purple and green, but I did find the basic pattern elsewhere on the web: scrappy sandwiches. Not only is this not a holiday gift for anyone, but it's not even on my list of UFOs for the Rav quilting group quarterly UFO challenge, which must be making it extra tempting to work on, because I am in the zone.
It all started with my scrap bin overflowing. Couldn't get the lid on, spilling out everywhere, such a mess. So I dug around on the web and found the pattern I'd had in mind, then got to work cutting 4"x whatever strips, then I pulled out some yardage I don't yet have scraps of. A major side bonus of this is that my white scrap stash was enormous and annoyingly everywhere, and I've used up every white scrap that was at least 12"x1.5" and was probably not muslin. I've gone into some leftovers stashed with amounts cut out for standard baby blanket borders and think I'll soon have to say uncle and go into the white stash. I'm piecing some smaller pieces of white together, too.
Another side bonus is that the corners from the ends will become another quilt, though I don't have a design in mind yet for that one.
The centers of the squares will probably be a dark blue, which I have a lot of yardage of, for some reason.
Gnomes!
The newfound passion for making 4" strip rectangles is unfortunate given the smashing progress I'd been making on the gnome quilt, Norm & Nanette (which was intended to be a gift, though not for Christmas). Nine Norms and two Nanettes (one missed picture day). I'll be customizing most of the remaining ones into gnomies who look like the family this will be given to, including using some hand-me-down clothes from them for the gnome clothes.
The backgrounds and collars are cut for the remaining Nanettes, which leaves only faces/hair and clothes to cut out for them, but yeah, I stalled. Perhaps something even less tangentially related to Christmas and gift-giving imperatives will come along and knock me out of the 4" strip rectangle zone.
Anything else?
Oh, yes. Kiddo wished out loud that she could take her red baby blanket to school, and when you wish things like that out loud, you're basically ordering a mini quilt STAT, so that happened in an evening:
The back is some leftover flannel from said quilt as well. It came out about 4"x4".
Oh, here's an earlier shot of the hexi mini thing that was killing my wrist so badly I had to stop working on it for weeks:
It's bigger now, and there's a separate piece that's growing slowly. I only work on it a little bit at a time because when my wrist hurts and I contemplate not being able to make stuff, the brain walls start closing in a bit.
One kid wants socks, one kid got some gauntlets made already, which will be a Christmas gift but possibly an early one. Should've been really early, because it was a windy 25F today, which is no longer fingerless mitten territory.
I know, I know, there's an unwoven end. I already wove it in! Maybe. But if I didn't, I really will. Probably even before the kid unwraps them. I made these out of Hawthorne kettle dye in Wisp, which is not nearly as teal as that picture would have you believe. It's just a light blue. Oh yes, and the pattern is Pyy Mitts.
Alright, there must be more, but it's not coming to mind. Here's hoping that you American readers have a lovely Thanksgiving.
Happy crafting!