- Semi-sappy intro...
- Finished...
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2001
- Spring 2001: Lucy block for LABMED quilt II
- Spring 2001: "Around the World Quilt in a Day"
- Later 2001: Mimi's crocheted blanket
- December 2001 - December 2002: MIDIMaze aprons
- Late 2001/early 2002: Miranda's nightgown
- Fall 2001: dalmatian latch-hook pillow for friend Benjamin for the holidays
2002
- Spring 2002: Lucy memorial Friendship Star blocks for LABMED quilt III
- June 2002: birthday pillow for cousin Rachel
- July 2002: "Clifford" sleeping bag for friend Julia's birthday
- Summer 2002: Fourth of July quilt becomes 9/11 gift for firemen
- Spring/summer 2002: leotard for Tanya doll
- Fall 2002: silly crocheted hat for Charlotte
- Fall 2002: nice crocheted beret for Miranda
2003
- January 2003: a "French flag" pillow with an embroidered "M" for Miranda
- started fall 2002/finished early February 2003: turned fancy corduroy baby bonnet into fancy doll dress
- July 2003: another birthday pillow for Rachel
- July 2003: "Clifford" tiny doll sleeping bag plus heart-shaped piggy bank for friend Julia's birthday
- July 2003: Lucy memorial log cabin block for LABMED quilt IV
2004
- July-August 2004: "Around the World" doll quilt for Mimi to match Miranda's big one
- September-early October 2004: "Rubber Ducky" lap quilt for Charlotte
- Summer 2004-ongoing: assorted crocheted items - doll hats and scarves, mostly
- Fall 2004: 1st crocheted granny square ever
- Fall 2004: knitted hat for my dad
2005
- March 2005: knitted poncho for Miranda
- finished spring 2005: crocheted hat for baby sister of a gymnastics friend - I neglected to take a photo and she hasn't given me one yet :-<
- August 2005: quick baby quilt for friend Amy's shower
- Just before Thanksgiving 2005: finished variegated green-white-blue crocheted hat (started a year ago!) -- possibly for me
- Just after Thanksgiving 2005: finished all-white baby-sized crocheted hat (started a year ago!) -- now, who to give this to? Save to sell someday?
- Thanksgiving week 2005: started *and finished* peach-and-white knitted scarf for C (not from the special yarn yet)
- Now, and for a long time, in progress...
- Future plans...
- a "French flag" doll quilt to match Miranda's pillow, from the scraps left from the firemen's quilt
- a Lucy pillow along the lines of the first Lucy block
- some things for Charlotte
- many more ideas...
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Page last updated 08/28/05
Flannel-ish nightgown for Miranda
Late 2001/early 2002: A flannel-ish nightgown for Miranda. She'd bugged me for a nightgown from the time of the first quilt. Hey, it's all sewing, right? I found some great, bright-colored flannel of girls playing dress-up. It sat for a long time while I hemmed and hawed over how to cut it. Finally, I turned her favorite nightgowns inside out, and cut slightly larger body pieces from the dress-up fabric. Sewed them together pretty quickly. She wanted LACE everywhere. Took me a while to figure out how to add sleeves (they barely fit once I did the seams) and how to finish the neck (moire ribbon binding with white eyelet cotton (poly/cotton?) lace trim). I used way too many stitches per inch on the ribbon binding - "fine" - and it'll never come out, even if I want it to. I added the same lace at the wrists, but didn't gather them enough for the ruffle effect I'd wanted.
Barely enough fabric was left over to make a matching toddler-sized (travel) pillowcase.
She loved it, but I hadn't left enough play around the chest. The nightgown split partway down the back after a few rambunctious wearings and ended up back on my mending pile for a few months. Simple answer (and good solution to date): a gusset in back. Her head now fits through fine AND her back doesn't get a draft. She likes to wear it backward so she can do the hook-and-eye herself.
12/03 update: I've had to repair the gusset a few times. Either she outgrew the nightgown very quickly or else I just hadn't done the seams right. I sewed them down very solidly, and the fabric next to the sewing is what ripped...
