Diagonal Stitch Blanket

Blanket I finished

It took me longer then I wanted but I finished it.

I got it done Friday but with all that was going on this weekend

I forgot to take a pic and post it. So here it is......

Just Great!

A friend ordered a baby blanket. And I figured out (guessed really) how long it would take me to make it. And gave her a price. Then I started the blanket tonight and worked for 3 hours and then right before I decided to quit for the night. I read the next row and saw a funny part so I re-read it and didn't understand. It said to do 5 double crochets in a chain 2 space of the previous row. Only the previous row was all double crochets. SO I re-read the previous row and it said the same thing. Only the previous row didn't have any Chain 2 spaces either so I re-read every row and noticed I messed up the last SEVEN ROWS. Yes I messed up about half the work I did tonight. I actually cried and just put it away. I will take it out tomorrow and re-do it. I am so depressed about it and really don't want to think about it. I just wanted to make it and be done. But NO!!! I have to go and mess it up big time!! ---I edited this to add the pics to remind me to not mess up again! hee hee I spent all day taking it out and fixing it. I really hated taking it out! It made me so mad, but after I got all the yarn re-done that I had to take out I felt better. I think it looks so much better now!!!

Crocheted blanket

I have a goal to use my yarn that has been sitting for years that I dont want to use. Sounds crazy, right? oh well So I have been making a blanket with yarn that I bought, that was supposed to be a simple job to finish. Buy one BIG ball of yarn and make a blanket quick.....ya right I have been working on this for two days and its still tiny.

I finished it!!!

WW

On to the Hand quilting!!!

This is what it looks like with the binding on and not sewn to the back.
This is a close up of the starting point. You can't even tell that I really started here. Except a little back stitching on the front....
and on the back.
Here is a preview of what it will look like after I sew it to the back. Nice and clean corner.
Here is the back pinned to show you. (Probably Monique only cares, Hi Monique ;) )
I did it. I made a blanket about 45" x 60" Whoo Hoo!!! All that is left is the hand sewing and I have myself a blanket. Now to figure out where to put it. And what to start next. Maybe I can talk Jason into buying me another fabric set? Maybe I will make something out of the scraps from this blanket? I just don't know. Maybe I will put my iron away since its been out the whole time. (I think this is that longest time its been out. LOL) Maybe I will make the girls each a bag for church? maybe this is the start of making all the kids a blanket? I just don't know.

Done with the quilting part.

I chose to do a wavy "S" but after the first row I hated it but I didn't want to take it out so I had to finish the rest of the rows with it.
Here is a close up of the stitch.

Then after I did the rows I did the columns just in a regular stitch in the ditch but still am unhappy with the other stitch. Oh well though it is not coming out. So I cut my 6 strips for the binding. Sewed them together and ironed them in half. If you have never made your own binding, you don't know how difficult it is to iron it in half. I forget until I have to do it again. I made it all "purty" after I ironed it. Isn't it purty?
Tomorrow I will sew it on, then all I have left ...

is the...

HAND SEWING....

AAAWWWW!!!!!! I hate the hand sewing part!!!!!
And this is bigger then any table runner I have made... ;)

Now to decide the quilting.

Do I just sew on the lines?Do I sew diagonal through each square? Do I do a back and forth stitch kind like a "S" over and over? Do I try a new stitch that the machine has? Hmm.....

Finished the top.

This is the top of my quilt.
This is gonna be the binding.
What color should I do for the backing? Can I do a brown or will it be too much brown?

My Quilt Project

Jason also bought a quilt project to start. Since I hate to pick colors and he knows it.
So I ironed all my fabric and cut it.
Then I sewed all my rows together in two hours.
Tomorrow I will iron all the rows and sew them together.
Yes I stayed up late to sew them but I just couldn't sleep knowing the pieces were there on the table waiting for the kids to mess with them. They were color coordinated and set up by number matching the instructions.