Flowers and Birds

Bean's Tank

Another little knit to add to the collection. A button back tank for the Bean Bairn, who's due in...9 weeks!

2008: The Year of the Sewing Machine

I bought my sewing machine back in January 2008. It's taken me a while to get used to it, mostly to get used to the things I make not being perfect!
These were the last two sewn projects of last year. This bag was a Christmas present for my Aunt Fiona. It's made using Amy Butler fabric, with my own pattern, inspired by bags in a few different sewing books.

This bag was for the Secret Santa we did at work. It was a gift for one of the Landscape Architects, and I think she liked it.

She didn't seem that enthusiastic and I sort of gave away that I had made it while asking what she thought of it. She said she really liked it, hadn't realised I had made it, and thought I'd bought it from 'somewhere like Habitat'!!

The pink lining on this bag is Amy Butler, bought at Get Knitted a couple of years ago. The outer fabric is by Moda, and I bought it at the City Quilter in New York, about 18 months ago.

For the journey home

Newborn size bolero (from One Skein Wonder by Leigh Radford) and hat, knitted using 2 balls of white Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran and 4mm needles.

The background is the back of the - very nearly finished - going home quilt, which should be finished by tomorrow night, as should the uni assignment I'm currently supposed to working on!