crochet finishes

I took a long vacation from thread crochet, as my hands just aren't as nimble as they once were.   I crocheted quite a bit 15 years ago ... and I recently heard the hook calling me back.  I finished 2 doily projects this month.

The doily pictured above was crocheted with variegated DMC Traditions cotton thread in Springtime colors, using the "Tiffany" pattern from the book A Year of Doilies.

The other doily I crocheted was from the same book using the pattern "Seashells", with standard white cotton thread.  I sent this one to my Mom & she remarked that she remembered her Grandmother used to crochet doilies ... so it runs in the family.

PS.  I found a wonderful website that has posted many vintage crochet patterns from copyright expired books. Includes patterns for EVERYTHING! Afghans, clothing of all types, doilies, dolls and toys, etc... Find just about anything you're looking for. No registration required.  http://www.freevintagecrochet.com/

WIPocalypse update

Following this month's theme of Samplers and the colors blue and orange, I worked on the center section of my Summer Sampler.

I made some progress on my "To Everything A Season" Sampler: 

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 and on my Quaker Sampler:

and last, but not least ... I whipped up this little Amish design to make into an ornament for my Mom:

That's all for this update.  Happy Stitching!

a Quaker to Stitch

I love the look of Quaker samplers, so of course I had to start stitching one!  After working on my busy colorful samplers for several months, it is a nice change to work in a single color.  I am stitching on 18 ct oatmeal aida.  The project will be just over 8" across by 7 " tall when completed.

Several lovely free patterns, including the one I am stitching, can be found here: http://gazette94.blogspot.com/

Wipocalypse Update

This month's WIPocalypse themes were Chatelaine, Springtime and the colors green and Yellow.  

I don't have any Chatelaine ... so instead of starting a new project, I worked on my Spring Sampler and focused on projects with lots of green and yellow.

I made good progress on my Spring Sampler this month.  I completed the word "Spring" ... but I still have a long way to go!

Shown here is my before photo.








I also worked on my Berry Patch Rooster.

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after:

And I worked on my BeeHive Sampler.

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after:

And completely off theme, I worked on my Halloween quilt.   I spent an afternoon on it and I went ahead and sewed the border, even though I still have quite a bit of hand quilting to finish.  It did feel good to make some real progress on it ... maybe by next Halloween I will have it finished.


If you are looking for the Easter Blog Hop & Treasure Hunt, please see my previous post.  Happy Easter!