I jumped the gun.

Ha ha! Silly me. I thought I was all caught up to Christmas 2011. I did a lot for Christmas 2011, but there were a few projects before that. Let's start in April. For Ava's third birthday I made her a Super Ava cape. She chose the fabrics. It has a velcro closure at the neck and hairbands at the wrists so she can spread her cape out and fly. She was excited about it at her birthday party, but hasn't played with it much since then. :(

Crocheted Snowflake Ornament

I crocheted this snowflake for my work's ornament exchange. I got the pattern from marthastewart.com. It worked up pretty quickly, and then I stiffened it with a cornstarch and water solution and pinned it to a cardboard box to dry. I would probably do this again (there were 3 other snowflake patterns I didn't try) though I was surprised at how large it turned out... it's probably 6 or 7 inches across.

Quilts!

 

I made this doll quilt for Ava to use the fabrics from a charm pack Kat had given me years ago, and to practice some techniques. Kat taught me a new way to do the binding, and it's SO much better than what I had been doing. I was also surprised at how quickly the hand sewing part went. Here's the back of the quilt, below.

This is the quilt top, middle section that I am working on for Ava's twin bed. It's strips made from clothes she wore when she was a baby, edged in chocolate brown. The wider sashing will be a fabric I designed and am having printed by spoonflower.com, it's just taking them a bit longer than I had hoped. (But hey, you can't rush totally custom things, right?!) Then I'll bind it with chocolate brown. This is something that I hope Ava will hold on to and cherish for her whole life.

Christmas gifts 2010

 I made these bird ornaments for the ornament exchange at work. Pattern from Last-Minute Patchwork & Quilted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson.

 I made 4 pairs of earrings for a friend who recently started wearing earrings again. (Sorry the pics are so dark...)