Another Catch Up

I feel like I dropped off the planet for a while with all my diet issues, but life has reached a more sane level, so time to do a little catch up.

Knitting:

A recent trip enlightened me to what great travel projects small hats can be.  Easy to pack and nice to pick up in quiet moments, a hat in progress will definitely be a good thing to have on hand for future travels.

Here are pictures (finally!) of two that I completed earlier in year.

The first hat was fun to make until the decreases at the top.  Knitting four stitches together at once was a trying process.  However, I did see some projects where the knitter did a different pattern for the crown, so may give it another go sometime.  The second hat was just a pleasure all the way around.  It will definitely be one I make again.


Quilting:


I had a grouping of fabrics in my stash that were green and purple with the feature fabric having a pattern of grapes on it.  While I really like the fabrics, the colors were not something I would use in my house, so I decided to make a giveaway quilt.  

Here is "My Father's Vineyard":

My camera did not capture the colors as well as I would like, so it is hard to tell how well the fabrics work together. (something to work on)  This quilt had several firsts for me.  It is the largest quilt I have made so far, and the first time I have done a pieced backing.  It is also the first time I have done an all over quilting design, and I find that I am not a fan.  I will probably stick with motifs and fill designs that work within the parameters of the block pattern in most of my quilts, but I will not rule out giving all over quilting a try again.