Mittens!
It's all about mittens these days. These are un-blocked as of yet:
They are one of four pairs I'll be making for the menfolk of the family. I do love making mittens, and now that it's finally gotten cold, I realized the other day that wearing mittens when it's very cold outside helps keep your hands warm. Maybe I forget that over the summer?
Many mittens in this book start with purl braids, which take me flipping forever. They're supposed to keep the edge from rolling - perhaps after blocking?
Baby Quilt!
Y'all. There's another baby coming. It's a boy, so I can't unload the enormous pile of baby girl family clothes quite yet, but I remain ever hopeful. I'm also very excited to have a new quilt to make.
This is all-stash. There should be a badger appliqué, if that goes well. I wanted a new color scheme, one I hadn't made a boy quilt from before, so three nice bold ones are a choice that makes me happy. Backing will be a bit more of a challenge, though I remembered I have a nice yellow with stars and moons on it. Is it bad if it doesn't match the front at all?
Summer Quilt!
This quilt is just going to be weird, okay? (And this is a sideways view - the stripes will be horizontal.) It's based off a crayon drawing one kid did a couple of years ago. I got a bargain on seersucker awhile ago too, to use in the middle instead of batting, but the quilt that I made like that before ended up a little heavier than I would have liked. I suppose I could just use it as a backing, because the seersucker might do a good job of camouflaging the texture of the seams on the back of the top, but this seersucker happens to be white, and I haven't got enough illusions about our ability to keep a white-backed quilt looking clean.
Long seams aren't my forte, but I think I'm getting better at them! The walking foot helps. I'm sewing two together, then four, then eight, which I think also helps. Design wall space is at a premium right now, so I've got the top half all sewn together and probably about half of the bottom half stripes prepared. There's a jelly roll involved, so that has been a nice shortcut.
Happy crafting!