Projects category

  • Advent Calendar Project ’14 – Week 1

    (For the 24 weeks leading up to December 1st, we’ll be making a Christmas ornament, giving you enough to fill an advent calendar.) Let’s get 2014’s project started! For our first orn...
    Jun 20, 2014 7 Comments

  • Project: Evil Queen Dress

    I was commissioned to make a the Evil Queen costume for the school’s upcoming production of Snow White. You can see the cape post here. Now, let’s talk about the dress. I am so proud of h...
    Jun 19, 2014 No Comments

  • Iron Craft ’14 Challenge #12 – Father’s Day Donuts

    Recently Kat shared her dounut recipe with us. (So I blame her for this. ) I went out got the pan and have been waiting for an occasion (so that I would not have donuts in the house). Father’s ...
    Jun 17, 2014 3 Comments

  • Iron Craft ’14 Challenge #12 – Lego Minifig Wall Display

    For this Iron Craft challenge, we were asked to create something for a man or boy in our lives… My husband is an adult fan of Lego. Since Lego started releasing the minifig mystery packs he has ...
    Jun 17, 2014 3 Comments

  • Project: Evil Queen Cape

    I was commissioned to make a costume for an upcoming school production. Let’s stop and let that triumph soak in for a moment. What a great victory! I made the Snow White Evil Queen! Oh Yes! Thi...
    Jun 12, 2014 3 Comments

  • Project: Knit Fish

    So, you may remember a couple Iron Craft challenges ago I knit up an octopus and a starfish. My original plan was to also have a fish to complete the set, but time ran out and I only had half a knit f...
    Jun 10, 2014 9 Comments

  • Project: Lightning Fast Waterproof Picnic Blanket

    For the end of the year BBQ and raffle at the school, we are each responsible for bringing something that corresponds to a theme. For our room, the theme is “sports” so our basket is all o...
    Jun 05, 2014 No Comments

  • Iron Craft ’14 Challenge #11 – Embroidered Woven Placemats

    For this Iron Craft challenge, we were to use supplies from the dollar store or things that cost a dollar. I had an added challenge in that I was on vacation overseas during all but the last two days ...
    Jun 03, 2014 3 Comments

  • Project: Seamless Knit Starfish

    When I decided to make things you’d see at the beach for the last Iron Craft challenge I knew I wanted to make a starfish. I figured I just use the pattern I wrote for stars two Christmases ago,...
    May 29, 2014 12 Comments

  • Iron Craft ’14 Challenge 10 – Knit Beach Finds

    For this Iron Craft challenge we were to be inspired by the letter “B”. My first thought was to go with beads, but they just wasn’t inspiring me. Then I thought of the beach and an i...
    May 20, 2014 5 Comments