Crochet Amigurumi Pumpkin

 My first Stuffed toy. I thought a pumpkin should be easy enough. And for the most part it was very easy. I am delighted with how it turned out.

Crochet Butterfly

 

I just love how this butterfly turned out. It is so pretty! 

Crochet Ugly Duckling pin

 

 This was so fun to make. I just adore him! I gave this to my daughters best friend even though I became quite attached to the little fellow. He was just so cute and crazy eyed, that I just loved him! 

No Place like Gnome

 

We have met some of the best people on our camping trips and one of the ways I met so many like minded camping peeps is that I joined Pop Up camping forums online. It was there I found people were meeting up at campgrounds from around the world. One of the best people we met at the MidCon Rallies in America are our beloved friends Rae & Fred from Ely, Minnesota. Rae is not only an avid camper, but she writes novels, and has a few articles in PopUp Times magazine, did I mention she can crochet? She made everyone at the rally a Traveling Gnome. I adore this guy and as you see he is letting us know that during the Obama era the gas prices were sky rocketing to nearly $5 a gallon. They do not make traveling come easy for us penny pinchers!

Crochet Baby Afghan

 

Starting to figure this crochet thing out I think. 

Happy Mothers Day to Me!

 

Oh my word! Talk about a Mother's Day full of presents! I thought it was my birthday for a minute! Above is a photograph of all the gifts I received this year. My husband, Johnathan spoiled me this year with everything I need to start machinery embroidery projects, my daughter's gifts were also amazing she handmade all of her gifts for me! She made me a beautiful vase in Pottery class, a tissue paper rose for the vase, and while we were away on our camping trip she sneaked into my crafts and created me a handmade Mother's Day card! :D My son said he wanted to get me a 100 roses and a box of candy that he had heard about on the radio, but with his shifts he ended up getting me the adorable T-shirt that says It's All About Me, Deal With It! ...lol! It might have to go into a quilt or something since its a bit small for me! ;)

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother's Day! It feels like Christmas and I think I am ready to go play with my new toys!!

Oh Brother, I need more practice

 

Oh Brother, as in my Brother SE400 Embroidery Machine. This is some of my scrap work on an old white apron..

And then I wanted to be a part of the Anysoldier.com Quilting Bee's. The Quilting Bee's make squares and they are sewn together making a quilt to donate to families of our military. This square is what I am working on for the latest Memorial Quilt.

Crochet Bunny Pin

 

Are they not the cutest little bunnies ever! Glued plastic google eyes and a cotton tail to these little babies. 

Flowers and More Flowers

 

I made it this far there's no stopping me now! I have done my first square over, with the right hook size. This project was labeled the Medium Mystery Crochet A Long! Yikes! I am not use to projects with so much to them! I am excited to see how my work turns out in the end! But for now this is as far as I have come along.  

 I am making progress!

 :O)

Crochet Shamrock Pin

 

I had to make this pattern as soon as I seen it. My mother turned me onto the special Luck of the clover and shamrocks. She had several her mother had found placed in a special book. My mother could spot them so fast and when I was growing up I never could find one, but I tried you bet I tried hard! It wasn’t until my husband and I took up camping did I truly discover the joy of spotting those lucky 4 leaf clovers. Found 13 once, let me tell you it was definitely not lucky! Our house caught fire that summer while we were out traveling the country on our camping trip. That actually happens in June of this year. Since I am back posting this I already know that it happens at this point. But due to our love of the clover for generations I had to crochet quite a few of these to pass out to friends and family. I also kept finding clovers after our camp out and decided I would give them to any friends I met at the campgrounds for good luck. We ended up losing our camper due to financial hardships.. did I mention I have the worst of luck…lol!