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little bit of tatting

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Made a few cross bookmarks for Christmas

Cottontail cotillion

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More slog - started this kit probably 40 years ago. gridded with pencil

28 more quilts for Children's Advocacy Center

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varies from 40" to single bed size- All fabrics donated - some as scraps, some as pieces, some as already finished tops. -Most tied by the Pierce city Quilters (a very small group) -Some quilted by me on my Dream15

white pink gray Dec 2023

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Dragon scale Scarf - the slog continues

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Hobbii Universe Orion

knitting display Mar 22

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In the display cabinet at the library

tatted earrings - from June 2022

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I really don't know what happened in summer of '22

Multi - another from June 2022

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Shades

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Zach thinks this is funny

All pinks again

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Looks like this one is actually from July 2022, but I guess it hasn't got to here... Like the inner pieced border...

English muffins from sourdough starter

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I used the Pantry Mama recipe - love them Then our electric skillet died. Getting the right temp in an electric stovetop skillet is not my forté. Oh well...

Hawthorne Willamette

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warm embrace crochet blanket

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I know how to crochet: I just prefer to knit. This is a prime example. You change what's going on nearly every round - so have to be near your pattern. Either you have paper that you can misplace, or you need some kind of electronic support, and a way to prop it all up so you can see it while you work. https://pippinpoppycock.com/2021/02/09/a-warm-embrace-new-crochet-pattern/ yarn is pale blue acrylic leftover from Becca's magic scarf stopped when I ended the skein of yarn 2nd picture is from source website

black white and blue

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more socks for Sis and Sis-in-law Please note: all items in my house have dog and cat fur added for warmth.

Blue fish, orchids, and yellow sashing

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donated fabrics - precut squares - quilted on the Dream15 with lazy meanders donated blocks with sashing fabric -= I made one more block

Hats for CRR

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leftover sock yarns

Cat tower

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 My cat had started clawing doorframes - over several doors. Ben suggested I get him a cat tower. We researched. Meanwhile, I patched the scratches, and I intend to get around to painting them. I read online that cats hate the smell of Vicks Vaporub. So I smeared the door frames with it, and it works! Meanwhile, Jerry ordered me one of the towers I had looked at. I received it and set it up Sat Sept 23 The supplied items included 16 bolts about an inch and a half, and ONE single bolt about 3/8 of an inch shorter. I proceeded to install that one bolt on the wrong place, remove several bolts to find the one, and then do it all over AGAIN! But eventually, I got it (The instructions were fine, detailed, with pictures - totally operator error.) I sprinkled it with catnip. Yesterday, for the first time EVER, my cat came to me when I called him. He sniffed the tower, rubbed his cheek on it. I picked him up and put him on it, and he immediately jumped down. But today, he was sitting on the...

Green gingham

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  about 43" sq quilted on my Dream15 Sept 24 2023 Clearly, mistakes were made, and not noticed until this picture - the zigs didn't zag Oh, well....

avocado and beige

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 Most of the nine-patches were done when they were donated to the library quilt group - along with cut squares and small bits of fabric background. I added a few small pieces, and sewed until I ran out of green fabric. - about 54" square

Scrubbies

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Can't find the pattern -These are made up of 15-stitch wedges - six or seven - but you can't see the pattern in this yarn. Also not pleasant to knit with. One skein makes about 2 1/2 scrubbies. Like them to wash dishes, with, though....

Dog quilt

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 from April 2023 - for Children's Advocacy Center - Quilted in the ditch my regular zig-zag, but with white added to opposite corners of each block

Owl almost finished

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  paint by numbers kit Rebecca gave me

Butterflies

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  Thread is soft, but it works. Thread and shuttle from Temu

Fractured lines

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 Saw a quilt picture - drew it, figured out how to make it, started cutting from what was around my cutting area, and this resulted: The batik with the pale green background almost in the center, and also on the left lower edge, is from the border/backing for my Celtic Solstice - still (Still!) not quilted. The Rust with cream feathery leaves (top folding over the back of the couch) is remnants of a dress that I loved, and wore to my son's high school graduation, (in 1999?) The borders are from a piece that just appeared - I don't know from where - and was only about 23" long. There was just exactly enough for five 4"WOF cuts, leaving only two 4"squares (and tiny offcuts). So I used up that piece. I don't know the name of this pattern, as I just copied it from a picture

four teal bracelets

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  clasps, small beads, wire, crimp bead covers, etc from Temu Evolve Mala Apatite and Lava rock, Apatite and Sunstone These 2 came on elastic, too tight, so I removed 4 beads each, and added fittings The smaller beads, (4mm)  Lapis Lazuli Emperor Pine  and the squared crystals also came from Temu

diagonals

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 I made the pinks, and also two of the 36-patches in the multicolor - bottom left, and the one to its right

tiny baby leaves

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 Stonecrops and African Violets

African Violet collection

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 I traded a friend from the library - pink-and-white for dark purple, and my daughter gave me a green (green!!) violet, so now I have even more!

Pastel Amazonite, Watermelon Tourmaline, and Powder Morganite

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most of the beads and fittings came from Temu  

Strong heel

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 Tried a strong heel - didn't like it.

mittens, hat, and socks for Lansing friends

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