Thursday afternoon run-down of the past couple weeks

It occurred to me that I don't blog as often as I think about blogging, which sort of implies I'm not doing anything interesting. I mean if I didn't find something interesting, why on earth would I be doing it? And since I feel like I am always doing something, I probably have plenty of stuff to be blogging about. Case in point, I made homemade blackberry cobbler two nights ago and it was amazingly good. My "secret" ingredient is to add coarsely chopped sugar cookies to the oats/sugar/butter crumbly topping. Of course I took a photo, because, honestly, I only cook if I think there might be a photo op in there somewhere. Or an eating op.

I crocheted the cutest poncho for the cutest girl. No photo yet, but I'm sure her mama will take one soon. I used these flowers from the ever-ingenious master of color, Sarah London (insert cockney British accent here, as I can't say "Sarah London" without pronouncing it "Seer-ahh Lawn-den".)

I've made velcro-attachable seatbelt strap covers for my office moms with smallish kids who say the seatbelt cuts into their wee little necks. I am making one for me too to punish hubby who threw away my sheepskin one months ago, deigning it not manly enough for when he drives my car. The punishment will come in the form of the luscious Heather Bailey or Anna Maria Horner fabrics I intend to use. He'll be wishing for plain old sheepskin by then!

I have made a boatload (OK, a small boat) of camera strap covers as well. Pics to come of the new ones. They are $20 each + shipping. Oh and the seatbelt straps are $10 each + shipping.

I've made 3 (three!) crocheted, felted bags. One has sold, the other two are just sitting in the living room at the moment.

If you're interested in visuals, check back in a couple days when I can edit this to add photos. I'm blogging from email right now and I'm sure I haven't a clue how to include photos in an email meant for a blog.

Quilted camera strap

Love how this turned out! Only took 3 tries, LOL, 'cuz I can have some stupid girl moments, but I perservered. Even put in an elastic-topped cell phone pocket because, with 3 daughters, imy cell is pretty much a lifeline to what's going on - and the elastic keeps it from slipping out without making it hard to get out when I want to. Shade made me promise to tell you the source of the elastic. I wanted to finish so badly (this being the third try and all) and I didn't have any elastic on hand, so I scavenged a pair of Indiana's outgrown underwear and cut the elastic from the waistband. Shade thinks it's hilarious and disgusting and all I could say was "I cut it from the waistband, not like the crotch or anything." So its even a recycled kinda project. I've had a few requests for these, so if I start to make them, I promise to use only new, non-underwear, elastic!

Sunshine in a bag

Here is that last of the yellow. Love this one so much I had to keep it myself instead of put it up for sale. It makes me happy, which is all you can ask for, right?

Front and back are different, appliqued with yellow strip scraps on a very light beige heavy cotton. Sunny and fun for Spring!

Bags

A few recent bags. I am in love with the lemon yellow right now. I have one more to photograph, which used the last of my yellow, so a few new colors should be showing up soon.

1. Quilted lunch bag, 2. Large quilted ditty bag, 3. Quilted wallet / wristlet, 4. Strip quilted makeup case

charming

Made these pendant/charms, I guess you could call them temporary jewelry. They're collaged out of paper, then glued between a sandwich of thick plastic laminate. I stitched around them a couple times to make them hardy, but they are in no way permanent or even really water-proof. Attached big jump rings and now I can hook them onto my favorite silver necklace. I can see them as key rings and luggage tags too.