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Big Quilt

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:00:18 -0800

For my cousin and her husband (the both have October birthdays:

I used this for a pattern. It wasn't hard exactly but certainly did take a long time to make. I really do love this one.

front:

back:

binding (sable kona cotton):

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Baby Quilt

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:18:22 -0800

My first quilt - pattern in The Modern Quilt Workshop (as well as a lot of useful info for making quilts)

front

back

and the binding

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Baby Blanket

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:05:32 -0800

Knit with organic cotton

pattern here

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Shawl

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:02:34 -0800

I actually finished this one up awhile ago... but never got good photos of it. It is really beautiful and I love the color... now I just need to figure out how to wear a shawl.

It's called the Swallowtail Shawl and the pattern is posted for free off of this site

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Handspun yarn scarf

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:56:25 -0800

This scarf reminds me of India... because I knit a lot of it on the plane to and from there. As well as some morning knitting while staying with our friends there.

the yarn was spun by me (merino and tencel content)

pattern here

Start: Cast on 26 stitches (to make it wider or narrower add or remove stitches in groups of 4 )

Row 1: knit 2, knit into the back of the next stitch, purl 1. Repeat from till there are 2 stitches left. Knit 2.

Repeat that one row every row until you can stand it no longer, your scarf is long enough or you run out of yarn, whatever comes first.

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baby tag blankets

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:47:08 -0800

apparently babies love the tags on clothes/blankets. So here are a couple tiny flannel and cotton ones:

pattern here

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baby hats

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 17:40:31 -0800

pattern here

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Pleated Purse

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:04:31 -0700

tutorial here

I use this all the time now (love it and it was easy) :)

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some fabric baskets and bins

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:00:31 -0700

fabric scrap baskets:

fabric basket:

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Ironing Board Cover

nobody@vox.com(amber) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:48:57 -0700

ours was so skanky... so I pulled the old one off... flattened it out and used it to cut out a new one:

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