Now that it's over, it's on!

Now that tax season is OFFICIALLY OVER and I no longer feel like this: 

I can finally get back at crafting and make some headway on my bucket list! 

I haven't been able to work on too many projects lately, but I have been certainly been checking blogs for inspiration. Most notably, I LOVE all of the pillows that Angela over @ Fussy Cut has been making. They are really spectacular and I want to follow her pillow making tutorial to make a few of my own.

I also want to finish up the folksy flannels quilt I started back in February as well as the bento box quilt I started a little bit ago.

Our house is desperate for a new set of curtains for the small window in our kitchen. That shouldn't be too big of a project, but I haven't made curtains yet, so I'll keep you all posted. I might use some Anna Maria Horner voile, I am not sure yet.

To coordinate with the kitchen curtains, I want to me a cover for our stand mixer. I took the dimensions of the mixer a while back, but am still pondering the design for the cover. 

OH and... new oven mitts too. We received a great oven mitt for a Christmas present, and I want to replicate it and make one or two for our kitchen.


That's my list for the next few weeks. 

- Finish bento box quilt
- Finish folksy flannels quilt
- Sew some pillows for our couches
- Sew kitchen curtains
- Sew a stand mixer cover
- Sew oven mitts


Happy April 17th!
 

A finished crocheted hexagon throw (and some osso buco) . . .

I finished it!!!!! Yesssssssssssssssss!! I really loved this project, it is a perfect summer throw for our sofa and I love how it turned out.

 I have blogged about this throw here,  here,  and here!

 

Project Stats:

Inspired by: attic24, one of my favorite reads 

Yarn: 2 of each color Cotton Ease 100% cotton yarn in white, off-white, mustard, poppy, celery, navy, & taupe

Finished hexagons: 126!!!!!!!

Finished size: 3 1/2 ft x 5 ft

Hours to make: 1,000,000 (est.)

Guess what? That's another item off the bucket list! You can find a link to all of my finished projects on flickr here.

Oh, also, today is my husband and my 6 month wedding anniversary! Husband has been on vacation for 10 days and got back around 8 o'clock tonight and I surprised him with Osso Buco (essentially, braised veal shanks) and it turned out amazinggggg!:

Only one more week until tax season is OVER and I will get some serious R&R. However, I did find time in my day to take a little nap with the new lovely throw:

 xoxoxoxo

Progress and yet another fail

I have been working DILIGENTLY at completing my hexagon throw. I finished almost all 98 pieces, sans a few because guess what? I started this project soooooo long ago that they no longer make the navy blue yarn (which is the center of every hexagon). Fail.

So I started with the layout:

I should have laid out a ruler so you all could see how tiny this "throw is". I realized that I just had to make some more hexagons to take this from a pillow cover to a throw. Considering that I ran entirely out of navy, I made solid hexagons using all the other colors. I think I ended up making 3 or 4 of each color and that really helped make the throw larger and I think that it also brightened it up a bit.

 

There is the official layout! I plan on measuring it when I am all finished, because right now it is probably quite a few inches bigger than the end result will be. I am so excited to finish up this project, it has been a long time coming and the end is in sight!

Looks like I have lots and lots of crocheting ahead of me... 

xoxo