EPP Projects in Crafts

Yesterday after work I ran to Joann’s to take advantage of a couple of coupons that were expiring. I bought material for my first baby blanket. Actually, it was the first time I bought matching material for a blanket. I have been using charm packs and some fat quarters that I had bought at the very beginning so nothing was really matching the way they should. But yesterday I made a list of what I needed and went to Joann’s. I bought all the material I needed, stopped at Kroger’s and bought a pack of Color Catchers and went home. I got all the material ready to wash and handed it over to Cap. I admitted that I didn’t wash the material that I used in my blanket and so I was anxious to see how the blanket looked after I washed it. ! So I had Cap throw that into the washer with the rest of the material.

There was no color bleeding, I guess thanks to the Color Catcher. I even had some white material in there which came out white. And I think my blanket looks okay. It is obviously a first try. You can really tell that on the back. But on the whole, I am pleased with it as I cuddle under it while watching tv.

This is the front.

And this is the jacked up back. You can tell I didn’t have it on the hoop correctly sometimes, and there are poofs of material that should have been pulled flat. But for a first try I am not going to gripe about it.

I am happy. And just for me, I am posting the pics of my tote that I just made. I put pics in my daily book but want to have them here, too, in case I start looking for them.

And also a pic of my EPP bag that I made that stays on the arm of my chair. I have since put in a scissor holder and a pin cushion in the middle of the inside so I have everything at my finger tips.

Okay, all the pics are in one place, now. I am happy.

I also found a neat pack of 25 hexagons that are plastic. See, when I first started I basted through the paper hexagons to hold my fabric on them. But then I learned a technique where I can baste the fabric without going through the hexagons. I have gone through so many paper hexagons that I decided to give the plastic ones a try. I am liking them a lot!

The baby blanket will have sheep, grass and flowers on it. I made the first sheep last night and even though I had to redo the ears a couple of times (Cap kept saying that the ears made them look like bears) I finally got a doable sheep. Then there are green squares for grass, a flower square and they all go together to eventually become a blanket. Since it is a smaller blanket I hope I have better control of the back fabric when I start hand quilting it. I guess all that comes with practice and remembering what I did wrong the first time.