This was a joint effort of me and the 'rents. Not crocheted, but amusing enough for the craft blog.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Dino Diaper Cake
This was a joint effort of me and the 'rents. Not crocheted, but amusing enough for the craft blog.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Catnap Pillow
I finished the pillow part of this creation today on my Mom's birthday. I had been working on the very "crewel" embroidery off and on for about a year. The leaves were incredibly tedious, and the cat was intimidating. I have never shaded anything this complicated freehand before, though I was working off of a rough transfer sketch. Here enjoying other accoutrements of the day is my Mom's little buddy who demanded I stitch this.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Dino quilt in progress
My crochet hand has been acting up and I have to let it rest a bit, on to embroidery.
Those of you who know me well will be wondering why on earth have I set aside my venomous disdain for charismatic vertebrate megafauna and started embroidering them. One of these fetuses, feti, what ever the pural of fetus is, will be spending a good deal of his time in a dinosaur themed room. I'm trying my hand at making a crib quilt for the little guy.
Would I rather be making trilobites and brachiopods?
Would said Paleozoic faunas be more appropriate for the baby being raised atop Devonian bedrock.
Would I be able to convince the parents of this logic....
So here are the first 2 of 6 quilt squares, the dinos are about 6 inches across.
What are those brown things you ask? Well I think they were originally supposed to be pebbles (I'm using Aunt Martha iron on transfers). I thought to myself, "those will just look like turds." I decided not to fight it and just went into full on turd mode. These coprolites aren't the right size for this guy, but oh well. Personally I think a whole quilt of embroidered coprolites would be neat-o, but talk about a hard sell.
Those of you who know me well will be wondering why on earth have I set aside my venomous disdain for charismatic vertebrate megafauna and started embroidering them. One of these fetuses, feti, what ever the pural of fetus is, will be spending a good deal of his time in a dinosaur themed room. I'm trying my hand at making a crib quilt for the little guy.
Would I rather be making trilobites and brachiopods?
yes.
Would said Paleozoic faunas be more appropriate for the baby being raised atop Devonian bedrock.
yes.
Would I be able to convince the parents of this logic....
maybe not.
So here are the first 2 of 6 quilt squares, the dinos are about 6 inches across.
What are those brown things you ask? Well I think they were originally supposed to be pebbles (I'm using Aunt Martha iron on transfers). I thought to myself, "those will just look like turds." I decided not to fight it and just went into full on turd mode. These coprolites aren't the right size for this guy, but oh well. Personally I think a whole quilt of embroidered coprolites would be neat-o, but talk about a hard sell.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
My name in Mandarin?
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Friday, July 6, 2007
McBinkie
Yet another baby blanket... alas, why must my acquaintances be so blessedly fecund? This particular blanket is made in TLC Amore baby and has a very old fashioned chenille feel to it. It's based on a simple filet crochet motif repeat. Let me know if there's interest in a pattern, I could draw it up in a second.
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