- 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
Birthday sleeping bag for Julia
Early July 2002: Clifford sleeping bag for Frank & Gina's daughter Julia's 2nd bday. Was told that Julia loved everything Clifford and was having a Clifford-themed party.
Bought the fabrics at JoAnn's and Hancock Fabrics in June/early July; sewed the bag mostly in one night. Sewed one major seam wrong and had to rip out a whole bunch of the bottom and redo it, or it would have taken half as long as it did.
Took a long piece of fabric (about 3 yards) and doubled that over for the outside. Used a different fabric for the inside, one for the bottom and one for the cover. Double batting for the "bottom"; single batting for the "top". Made sure to tack the batting down along all seams. Open down most of one side for ease of entry. Made a matching pillow w/ pillowcase. All Clifford fabrics. In a brain-drain moment, I made the pillow out of the flannel and its case (with back flap rather than open end, but a bit tight) out of the flat fabric. This made it very hard to get the pillow in and out of the case. Had considered other fabric combos (bordered insides), but decided to keep it simple because I was tired and couldn't picture how to do the seams.
In future sleeping bags, I'll have to remember to use the flat fabric for the pillow and the flannel for the case. Gina also suggested that I quilt and/or tack through the middles of the large open sections of the bag so that the batting wouldn't be able to shift.
Julia and brother Benjamin (a little older than Miranda) both loved it and climbed in and out of it throughout her birthday party. I ended up not using the handles after all; Gina later said that she was going to make a tote bag for it. Benjamin wanted a similar sleeping bag for the holidays, but unfortunately I didn't have to make him one. Miranda wanted a similar one too; haven't made her one either.
In the last picture, note the red and white pillow. It's the latch-hook one I'd made Benjamin. He brought it out from his room when they started camping on the floor at the party.
