Rhythmic Gymnastics Leotard - "Flowers"

Rhythmic leotard, based on Jalie pattern #3026.

I love the pattern, due to a variety of sizes and how easy it is to adapt.
The only problem with  all their  leotard patterns us the upper sleeve width. Always have to narrow the upper sleeve by at least 1".

This leotard is made from Milliskin Matte (White) from SpandexWorld and fully lined with nude color thin spandex.

Close up of the flower details: each flower was constructed from individual petals, hand-sewn to a circle "base", secured with hand-stitching, beading and glitter paint added after.

 

Flower Leotard Back

Flower Leotard Detail: ruffles were individually painted using air-brush in 3 colors

 

A shawl

In the spring I love to knit lace. Maybe it's the blooming trees with their delicate flowers, maybe the emerging sun and shedding of warm sweaters and hats, I am not sure.
When I came across this fingerling weight Araucania hand dyed yarn in my stash, I knew right away that it will become one of Myrna Stahman's Faroese style shawls. I've made a Gracie shawl room her book before and always wanted to make another.
This is the Alka shawl.
The construction of Myrna's shawls is fabulous, the shawls are worked top down, starting at the neck edge, including shoulder shaping and then worked down to desired length.
The pattern is reminiscent of tulips, which I love. I'm planning on knitting on a beaded  border at the bottom.

Just a TRUCK quilt

This one also took a while.
I had this truck fabric for a long, long time, until one special boy, who is obsessed with trucks was turning 3 years old.

Quilt Front:

Simple enough. I wanted to carry the colors from the truck fabric, at the same time to make it seem that the trucks "move" through the quilt. The yellow represents road, blue represents the sky and green - trees.

Quilt Back:

The boy's name (No, his name isn't really "hide The Name) is appliqued on either side of the light, using satin stitch applique.

Pattern used: none
Fabric:

• Unknown truck print stash fabric
• Kona red
• yellow and green, grey, blue solid from Connecting Threads

Quilting:  allover giant stipple

I did not have enough fabric leftover for a matching pillowcase, so I purchased a pillowcase and added a cuff with contrast piping.

Finished!

This quilt took a very, very long time.
I finished everything but quilting the border and sewing binding 3+ years ago!

2 reasons I never finished it: first of all, it's very large, making it very hard to quilt on a regular machine and second, I had another baby and with 5 kids there just isn't enough time!
Slowly, slowly I was able to complete the quilt and make a matching pillowcase for a standard Ikea throw pillow (even the zipper was a perfect size, no shortening needed- love when that happens!).

 15 minutes after the quilt and the pillow were laid on the couch my almost 4 year old fell asleep snuggled under the quilt and slept for few hours.
And just to think that she was a tiny baby when I started the quilt!

Pattern: Organic Style - Free pattern from Moda Bake Shop
Fabric: Jelly Roll Strips from Connecting Threads
Border: Kona Cotton in Wheat and Espresso
Batting: Warm and Natural.
Quilting: machine quilted with large all over stipple
Finished size: 70"x70"