Animal Quilt for Milo

A few weeks before Milo was born I saw the Kokka Japan, Winter 2013, Animal Spots Natural fabric at Sew to Speak and I had to buy some!  For this quilt all I did was hand quilt around each of the animals using a variety of different colors of perle cotton.

 

For the back side of this quilt I used some left over fabric from some projects that went in Milo's room. I wanted to keep this quilt really simple because it was the last project I worked on right before I went into the hospital.  I ended up liking the front of this quilt so much I really wish I would have picked a fabric for the back side that matched the front a little better. But overall I think the front is cute enough to make up for the back :)

Knitted hats for Milo

Here are the hats I made for Milo:

 (newborn version)
Use size 4 circular needles
Cast on 54 stitches
Knit for about 5 inches
(Knit 8 rows, then purl 8 rows, repeat)
Then knit 2 stitches together all the way around.
Knit the next row
Then knit 2 stitches together all the way around
Then use a needle and pull the stitches together and knot off.

 (newborn version)
Use size 4 circular needles
Cast on 56 stitches
Knit2, Purl2 all the way around for 12 rows
Knit for 22 rows
(The hat should now be 5 inches)
Then knit 2 stitches together all the way around.
Knit the next row
Then knit 2 stitches together all the way around
Then use a needle and pull the stitches together and knot off.

I got the yarn from Jimmy Bean Wool and I decided to go with Cotton Cascade Luna Yarn - Colors: 740 Coca & 713 Green.

Knitted Blanket for Milo

Last night I finally finished knitting a blanket for Milo. I decided to mostly use a garter stitch because I would be able to make the blanket pretty quickly. So after a few weeks the blanket is done. I got the yarn from Jimmy Bean Wool and I decided to go with Cotton Cascade Luna Yarn - Colors: 740 Coca, 704 Charcoal (discontinued), 714 Blue Green, 702 Oatmeal.

Valentine's Day

My friend Carly posted a knitted heart pattern, which I used to make heart garland. 

Here are some highlights from my Valentine's Day:

Card from my parents, BettyTurbo Card from me to Hunter, Card from Sue.

Vintage image of a card I put on Hunter's facebook page.

Vintage image of a card Hunter put on my facebook page.

Beautiful flowers Hunter got from me from EcoFlora.

Vegan candy I got for us from the Teal Cat Project Valentine's Sampler From OCD Sweets.

AND the best part of the day was the fact that I got to hang out with my boys. 

xoxo

More Quilted Christmas Stockings

This year, I decided I'd put some of my sewing skills to use and I made a few of my friends quilted stocking for christmas.

 These were for Robyn, Ryan & Marion

 These were for Sue & Mike

Quilted Christmas Tree Skirt

  For the last month Amanda, Kelli and I took a quilted christmas tree skirt class with Mary at

 Sew to Speak. Here are some pictures I took:

 

 

 I made this tree skirt for my Mom, here is a picture of her right after she opened the gift:

Quilted Stocking Class

Last Friday Meghan and I took a quilted stocking class with Mary at

 Sew to Speak. Here are some pictures I took:

 This class was only 3 hours long. It was a lot of fun and Mary is a great teacher. Everyone should take one of Mary's classes!!