A lot of WIP

Since my last post I have been  working on my crochet blanket, getting it all joined up. I had to undo about 4 of the squares which had mistakes but I have it all nearly all joined up now, just one more sitting and it will be done.

I dislike this process a lot, I much prefer making the granny squares to joining them up even if it still a crochet process to do it.  I will put a chain stitch border around it then decide from there how much bigger I will have to make it.  I found some yarn that matches pretty well two of the colours so I purchased some and will just do rounds on it until desired size is reached.  I do not want to do any more squares and a border will be nice.

Also I started on the baby dresses for our newest grand baby. I reviewed the pattern, pinned on the pattern pieces and have most of it cut out.

The pattern is for a sun dress with a flounce and a pocket.  I originally bought some plain yellow seersucker just to make one dress but decided it needed a bit of a contrast. I thought I would do the flounce, pocket and shoulder straps in the said contrast fabric.

So I found some fabric out of my stash but it wasn't enough so I had to buy some more and whilst browsing for it the brainwave hit me!

Buy enough for a second dress, cut two dresses out at the same time and swap over the flounce, pockets and shoulder straps.

Now I will have a patterned dress with plain contrasts and a plain dress with patterned contrast.

Pretty clever eh?......well I think it is.

Oh, there is another story to go with this.  The $10 thread!  We were in Columbia at the hospital for an appointment and I wanted to get some orange and yellow variegated thread. I had seen some previously at a sewing shop in Columbia but didn't want to drive all across town just to get one item so I went to a closer sewing shop.  Well, I knew the minute I walked through the door that this place was much above my pay grade but thought I would browse anyway.  I found a similar thread to what I had seen at the other shop but it was like $10 plus. What the heck!!!!! I didn't want to look like a cheap skate so I bought it but I will not be going back there again, that's for sure.

As you can see Maggie was not very interested in all the goings on

The fabrics and that $10 thread!

Pattern pieces ready to pin on fabric

That doesn't sound like a lot to have done in 10 days but we have had such a busy time of it lately that I actually feel like I got a lot accomplished considering.