Woolly Bladders

"They might not count as clothes.They didn't look anything like hats to me, more like woolly bladders."

-Ron Weasley, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

So for Christmas this year I decided to take a leaf out of Hermione's book and crochet some hats for my little house elves. I found this pattern and loved it. Click here to see the original pattern. I didn't have the exact weight of yarn the pattern called for so I doubled up my yarn but they ended up being a little bigger than the pattern says. I used a few different sizes featured on this blog to make mine.

I made this green one for Tannor. He just turned 3 years old.

Here is Tannor wearing it Christmas morning.

I made this blue one for Jameson who is about 8 months old.

This pink one was my favorite. I made it for my 1 year old niece Tannika. The flower is actually 2 flowers layered on top of each other. The smaller flower that is on top is the one featured in the pattern that I used and linked to at the beginning of this post. The pattern for the larger flower that is on the bottom can be found here.

These hats turned out so cute!!! Thankfully they looked more like hats than Woolly Bladders and I didn't even use magic.


Pattern References:
Alli Crafts
Scrapbook & Cards Today

Wedding Quilt for Joe and Stephanie

So this is my first ever blog post, how exciting! I am going to share my latest project. This quilt is what actually enspired me to start a blog. I make these things for people as gifts, and then I don't ever get to see them again, and when I want to make something new, I can't remember my old projects. So here we go...

My cousin Joe (who is also my husband's best friend) was getting married and I wanted to get them something special. I have made quilts before, but this was my first wedding quilt. They were decorating their bedroom in blues and blacks. They were actually designing their room around Joe's racecar. Here is a picture of the car. It's a 2000 Honda Civic SI.

This the quilt that I made...



I did the back and a 6 inch border in a blue that matched the car and I did a black/grey binding

I did some custum finishing touches for Joe and Stephanie. I put their initials in two of the large squares in the middle.

Then I sewed Honda symbols in the squares in four corners. Here is an example...

Then this is one of my favorite things. My husband's grandmother made us a quilt for our wedding and she put a small heart-shaped pocket on the back of our quilt with a message in it. I did the same thing, with a different message of course.

I crocheted the loop to pull out the message, this is what it looks like when it is pulled out.

The message read:


Once in awhile, Right in the middle
of an ordinary life, Love gives us a fairy tale

Joe and Stephanie Nelson
September 24, 2011
Provo, UT

Your love, like this quilt
Will keep you warm and cozy

With love from
The White Family

It turned out so good. I can't wait to finally give it to them.