Tickled Pink

Well, I finished my second quilt! I've decided to name it tickled pink. I think my sister actually came up with that a while back. Anyways, I followed the quilt-along here: OhFransson. It worked out really well. If I were to do something differently, I would probably cut the pieces a little bit bigger so that I could use a larger seam allowance. I think I would also probably invest in a quarter-inch foot. :D Anyways, I LOVE IT! I have it draped over my bed right now.

     I've also recently completed a couple more vintage dresses from the 50s! I'll try to take some pics of them soon.
Thanks to Elana for taking these pictures! If you haven't seen her photos on flickr, you should really go check them out. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sourpatch007/

Scarves and pincushions and tissue holders, oh my!

Alrighty, another post that's actually written by Rachel! Yay! I made a pincushion (it's a flower), but I can't find the pattern link right now. It didn't take very long and I made it out of some of my precious scraps from my apron. It's flannel on the bottom. The white thing with rose buds (Looks like strawberries to me, but believe me, it's rose buds) is a cover for a pack of tissues. The blue fuzzy thing is a scarf, I couldn't get a full picture of it, I got that eyelash (fuzzy stuff) yarn for $.50 at a garage sale. I also got the blue baby yarn for the same price. I LOVE garage sales! Up next: eye glass case for dad and some more drooling over quilts others have made. :)

Heart Apron

This is the front of the apron that Rachel has been diligently working on for the past week.
The back...
...and the bib area on the front of the apron.

I (aka sourpatch) am now a co-poster of Southern Knit Wit. I am probably going to be doing most of the posting, while Rachel does the crafting. I want Rachel to make me one of these, except probably in blue or green. Maybe both. I'm thinking polka dots, yeah!

The apron actually looks better in real life than in the pictures, but oh well.

The pattern is Butterick 6567 view A. It has a vintage flair to it. She didn't make her own binding, she's saving that for the next apron. Instead, she used 3 packs of extra wide double-fold bias tape.