Wilma's Craft Corner: First Post of 2015!

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

First Post of 2015!

It has been a busy, albeit good year!

Our family of four is doing well and keep busy.

Feeding a growing family, means lots of meal planning, and I finally put all my favourite recipes I had collected over many years into a coil-bound book. Almost 300 pages in all, but I like having my recipes close by.

I made the cover page with the use of Wordle.com and then a bit of photoshop. Tada!

Autumn 2014: I joined an "Art & Soul" class at our women's group at church. It was fun. I am in NO way artsy, so this was a fun experiment.

The picture doesn't do this "artwork" justice, but it is layers of textures and colours.

8"x12"

Christmas was a busy time.

For the first time ever, I made dough ornaments.

I thought I would hang them on the tree but the feet ornaments were quite heavy, so I carefully packed them away in the boys' keepsakes boxes. One day they will hopefully enjoy seeing how small their hands and feet were!

I tried lots of recipes in 2014! Oh the joys of being home on mat leave.

These yummy buns were one of my adventures.

I bought some Epicure mini-loaf pans and made some yummy loaves.

A few years ago I made the green & red stocking for Little Man #1, but now Little Man #2 also needed a stocking. I like these patterns and they are quite easy and fun. They are a quilt-as-you-go.

The backs of the stockings.

In my house, Christmas stockings are not just for decoration and gifts. They are also worn as booties. Oh my 5 year old is a silly boy sometimes. :)

Stocking stuffers for the ladies: coffee cuffs

(The guys got hardware miscellaneous.)

For grandma and the kids: microwavable heat packs.

Finished: "Mum's the Word" quilt.

Back of the quilt.

Another finish: Spring 2014 Mystery Quilt. The colours on this one made me think of standing at a beach and looking over the sand, logs, and trees along the waters edge, so I had it quilted in a pebble-ish pattern.

When my folks were visiting, my mom made this cute little mug warmer for me.

At some point last year, I went through a bunch of flannel fabric and made some mini quilts that I donated to my local hospital's NICU.

This is the front and back before I quilted it.

Two large flannel receiving blankets.

Mini quilts but sometimes perfect for the wee little preemies who just need a small blanket to cover their bodies.

I got this cute blanket from a thrift store. Washed it and donated it with the homemade blankets/quilts for the NICU.

At some point (probably summer) I used up flannel to make these baby bum wipes. Great money saver. I make my own baby bum spray and pour it into spray bottles. Budget friends and it is much better than the commercially-made products.

I bought some thrift-store scarves, washed them and sewed them into infinity scarves. Great little gifts.

Disappearing Hourglass blocks.

(Tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Company)

I was going to sew these quilt blocks into a quilt but they just didn't grab me, so that is as far as I got with them. Now they are sitting in a box.

I used up old scraps of fabric to make this mini baby quilt.

This is NOT my quilt, but one of the quilts that my church quilt group made for someone with cancer. I love this pattern and need to make something like it one day.

And... I finally finished up the "Freebie 15" quilt blocks from Traditional Pastimes. That store closed its doors in the Autumn, so this was my last quilt from that store.

This was one of my favourite blocks.

This block was designed by me!

There were a few blocks that had colours that were not to my liking, so I would use up other fabrics.

Thus, a new block was designed.

I kinda designed this block as well. Fun.

I used to absolutely dislike batiks. This block grabbed my attention and I don't mind the batiks.

And FINALLY... I put the blocks together!

I took the blocks to BC with us in October, and my sister helped me piece the blocks.

This quilt will be for my nephew, so I think it really looks quite masculine.

For awhile, I was so far behind in my quilt block piecing that I didn't even get a lot of the quilt blocks from 2014 done until this year. Hey, I needed a therapeutic break from the stress of returning back to work!

I finished up the yellow/grey/white "Farmer's Wife" quilt blocks that I purchased as the BOM from Prairie Chicks Quilting in Saskatchewan. (Not the best website, but a fantastic little store if you are ever near Saskatoon!!)