UFO, I'm coming for you.

Over the past three weeks, I've been working on my unfinished objects. I'm killing them off, one by one. 13 out of 41 are done (although I don't thing everything in my unfinished box is on that list--I may need to do a little revising--still it's close enough).

Some of them have turned out cute. Some of them, not as cute. But, the most important part of this process is that they are done and I can either give them away (even if it's to the thrift store) or start using them or realizing that I'm not going to use them. Such is the way of the things I make. I'm pretty sure that Aubrey does not like the dress I finished for her.

Anyway, here's the list as it looks so far.

Spray paint frames
Tree tote bag
Pettycoat skirt
Ampersand
Yellow rosette pillow
Patches on jeans
Long blue tank refashion
Box purse
Let out Citrus halter
Sew pom pom on poncho
Crochet tan bag
Blue and brown crochet hoodie
White floaty scarf
Pink shirt refashion
Wrap around vest refashion
Crochet fingerless gloves
Repair pink and grey hair flower
Hexagon quilt
Thanksgiving wall hanging
Rehang crochet butterfly in kitchen
Garden quilt
Grandkid silhouettes
Gold sweater
Yellow flower/pink flower/pink felted flower/purple headband/pink cuff
Curtains
Green knitted buckets
Painted linen skirt
Blue serving stand
Braided rug
Mom's messenger bag
Santa Claus wall hanging
Repair grey and pink hair flower
Grandma Jensen quilt--blues and purples
Crochet beaded bag
Butterfly embroidery
Wool scarf
Cross stitch Noah's Ark
Blue and Pink diamond quilt
Orange and green diamond quilt
Mom's Christmas present albums
Bag embroidery

Now to the good stuff. Pictures.

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Share-A-Craft: Cabled Purse

Share-A-Craft is just as much fun as a tilt-a-whirl, but with less stomach upset and possible vomiting. Every Monday, I post a project of any type that I've recently or not so recently done. If you want to share right back, I'd love to see what you've been making.

I was so super excited to try this purse. I found the pattern on ravelry.com, and just fell in love with it. It is beautiful. Beautiful. It's the type of project that I look at and can't believe I really made it. Here's a link to the pattern: Bag with Cables.I used four skeins of yarn, some cheap-o Caron stuff and I could have made another 1/2 purse with what I had left over. It calls for bulky yarn, but I used two strands held together.

You also do them on 5mm needles, which is insane. It is very tight and hurt my hands to do too much at once, but martyr to my craft, I just put up with the aching hands. It doesn't say the length of circular needles needed, so I started out on the 16" ones, which was fine until I got to those crazy increases. I switched over to longer needles after that and switched back to 16" to do the garter stitch at the top.The handles I purchased at Hancock. The lining for the inside is some quilting fabric. Total, I probably spent around $25 for the whole project, although I don't keep careful track and I don't count it if I have leftovers, since I can use them for other projects. I had buttons left over and a lot of yarn, which I used to make two more hats. As far as time goes, I probably spent about 8 hours (just a guess) knitting it, it was slow because of the difficulty of the thick yarn and small needles, and a few more sewing the lining.The pattern itself I didn't find too hard to follow, despite this being my first time doing cables. After a few rounds, I got very, very bored. There are 22 cable repeats. I was also confused for a bit, because the chart is called M1 in the pattern and that also means "make one" in knitting abbreviations, but once I figured that out, it was pretty easy. I also didn't do the button holes, instead opting for a magnetic purse closure with covered buttons hot glued to the outside.I maybe would make this again, but I'd have to be on a long car trip or something else when being bored wouldn't be too bad a liability, but I adore the purse with the devotion in my little craft-loving heart, so maybe someday. . .

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Crochet Cupcake Purse

So, I was poking around online for a crochet pattern and came across a post for crochet coin purses. I would show you, but the link is broken at the moment. I thought they were so cute that I had to make one for Maddy or Aubrey. I made up my own pattern and made it much bigger. It took a long time--we watched the extended version of Return of the King and it took me longer than that to finish it. I'm probably going to make another one, but it's going to be much smaller. Much much.

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Some Projects: Two Bags and A Little Boy's Dream Come True

I really should have been doing other things this week besides sewing. Nothing like a little avoidance and procrasition to kick my creative side into over-drive.

First up, a purse. I thought I was making myself a bigger one, but um, no, it's actually smaller than the one I've been using; a risk you take when you make up your own pattern. It's cute though. I love when scrapbook supplies come in handy for other hobbies.This is a library bag I made for Xander. I don't have an embroidery machine, so this is my improvised version. Xander's verdict is that it's a bit boring. He wants something on the back and smilie faces on the squares. I told him too bad. :P

He does however, heartily aprove of this wallet. In fact, I think he approves of it a little too much. Look at the obsessed love gleam in his eye. I caught him kissing it earlier. Who knew Xander's first big crush would be a wallet? I hope this isn't prelude to a love of money. I also really like the fake-out potiential with this fabric choice. "Cool! I have $50. Oh wait, no I don't." It's kind of fat, too, because yet again, I couldn't find a pattern I liked, so I made one up. This is my first attempt, but it still turned out cool, if not perfect.

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