Love in the home

This week’s projects

31 Jan 2010 Leave a Comment

by loveinthehome in Crafts Tags: binding, crochet, pencil rolls

This is a picture of all the projects that I completed this week. Pretty cool! The list includes finished binding on a Christmas table runner, a pair of pajama pants, two pencil rolls, five Easter baskets, and two blocks for a crochet sampler afghan. The Christmas table runner was a great project to finish. It’s not only handmade by me but it includes my husband’s grandmother’s vintage buttons. This will be an heirloom for the next generation.

I got the tutorial for these pencil rolls from You Go Girl! I love it. I just embroidered the boys’ initials on my first two pencil rolls. I’ll probably make about 5 or so more before the year is out. The rest of them, I will take them to my mom’s to embroider their full names with the machine.

I also made this dish cloth. It didn’t make it into the first photo because it is in the dirty clothes bucket after being well used this week. I wisely took this photo before I stuck it in the kitchen.

So, goals for this week. I found a pattern for two dinosaurs to make out of felt. Since I’m making an Ice Age 3:Dawn of the Dinosaurs birthday cake, I thought I would make about 16 of these little dinosaurs for party favors. I’ve already traced the pattern for all 16 and I have finished two completely. This will give the children something to play with during and after the party. And if all of the eight young children in the family come to the party, they will be able to get one of each dinosaur.

Party favors will be top priority. I also have the lamb bib to finish. I have ten more blocks on the crochet sampler afghan. Not sure if that will be done by the end of the week so I’ll probably give myself til Valentine’s day to complete both bibs and the afghan. Instead of starting a new project, if I need a change of pace, I’ll make more yo-yo’s so I’ll have plenty ready when I make it to Hobby Lobby for some metal barrettes.

Stay tuned for tomorrow when I’ll include some information on special times for autistic children.