the curtains

as long as we've had these windows, we've not had curtains on them (but i probably wasn't supposed to mention that). mom found this cute apple fabric that was perfect for the job. she is trying to convert the kitchen to apple theme.



how cute!
next up...the cup towels that she put together today.

for a baby girl

a woman that works at the senior center requested mom make a baby girl afghan. here it is!

today was brought to you by the color red

the shawl as you saw the other day
a closer look
side edges have this scallop/popcorn edge to them
while the top edge has this (as mom calls it) "string of pearls" edge. otherwise known as the crab stitch.
and here is baby girl's feet in the red socks.

shawl we dance?

this picture was taken in the evening on a cell phone. bad quality, but the point was to show that this shawl is done! its nice and large. and has some detail on it that i will photograph tomorrow on my camera and upload.

socks!

today mom finished the babykin socks. RED. she wants to make a pair in every color.

one of two

miss babygirl needs more cute booties and socks, so mom started up some really cute little red socks for her. she's about finished. i'll post them both together when theyre done. they were just too cute not to share right away!

it is finished!!!!!

today mom put the label on the back of the quilt! it is too super cute.

it is finished

mom got the last of the quilting done on the quilt and the binding is now finished as well. tuesday we are hoping to have more people sign it and then it can be on its way east.

im told she wears a lot of brown...

these cute brown booties were made by mom for her cute cute cute granddaughter

win win

D.H. Lawrence wrote

I find a huge amount of reassurance in the hand-made and the homemade, in the rejection of perfection, and I take great comfort in the fact that there are still many domestic artists for whom the "actual doing of things is in itself a joy"

my mother is one of those artists (especially when knitting) that believes that the actual doing of the thing is in itself a joy. it calms her to knit all the time and she gets great products from her time spent relaxing. win win.