The Official Status Update Thread: Part 166 - That's my purse! I don't know you!

[churchmouse]

I decided to make something for the daughter's bf...an olive branch of sorts....she says he has agreed to come with her on Christmas day this year so I figure I should have some sort of gift for him.

I have some ideas for you.....

 

[churchmouse]

If we get it all done now then the Holidays can be enjoyed with out the stress.

 

[mom45]

Cyanide laced brownies??

I really am TRYING! But now that you bring this idea to my attention...hmmmm....

Actually, I bought some Firefighter fleece fabric and planned to make a blanket for them with a crocheted border. Now, I'm thinking about cutting squares with the different designs out of the fleece and crocheting around those and mixing those completed squares with some that are all crocheted. If I make it big enough for the bed, I would have to use two panels and connect them in the middle so I think the various squares would work better. Something like this idea I found today.



Instead of the photo squares, it would be the fleece pieces with a crocheted border to make them go together with the crocheted squares better. I hope that made sense. Of course, now I will need to order some coordinating yarn colors.

 

[mom45]

See....I am a nice person!

 

[churchmouse]

I really am TRYING! But now that you bring this idea to my attention...hmmmm....

Actually, I bought some Firefighter fleece fabric and planned to make a blanket for them with a crocheted border. Now, I'm thinking about cutting squares with the different designs out of the fleece and crocheting around those and mixing those completed squares with some that are all crocheted. If I make it big enough for the bed, I would have to use two panels and connect them in the middle so I think the various squares would work better. Something like this idea I found today.

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Instead of the photo squares, it would be the fleece pieces with a crocheted border to make them go together with the crocheted squares better. I hope that made sense. Of course, now I will need to order some coordinating yarn colors.

The spouse did something similar last winter.
She gathered all the cute "T" shirts the twins had outgrown and the daughter saved them. You know..."Daddys" girl. I love my Pa-Pa kind of thing.
She cut them up and made blankets for each of them with their shirts. Made one for the daughter as well. They were most cool but she near wore out her sewing machine doing them.....

 

[churchmouse]

See....I am a nice person!

Well yeah.........

 

[mom45]

I would rather crochet than sew. I saw this idea and my plan changed. I think it will use less fabric overall and make a neater looking blanket. I'm not telling my daughter I am doing this since it will be for both of them. This also makes the pieces more manageable to work with if I take them with me to work on when I go to appointments with the neighbor and such.

I may work on assembling the finished squares at the neighbor's apartment where my daughter won't see it. She and the other residents always like to see what I am working on. The farm baby blanket I finished last week was a big hit over there.

 

[Sylvain]

 

[SEIndSAM]

 

[SEIndSAM]

Mmmmm, Wifey made a big loaf of Pumpkin bread....

 

[churchmouse]

So I am on a diet and my snack tonight is 2 pieces of wheat toast with some honey........

 

[mom45]

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

 

[SEIndSAM]

 

[db1959]

yo

 

[SEIndSAM]

How's Mom DB??

 

[db1959]

she's doing good. Hopefully she can go home by the weekend. Thanks for asking

 

[mom45]

She hasn't been there very long. I'm glad to hear she is doing so well!

 

[churchmouse]

yo

ho

 

[SEIndSAM]

She hasn't been there very long. I'm glad to hear she is doing so well!