The end of WIPs

Having a few weeks between Middlebury and school starting, I worked on finishing up some old projects, including some embroidery. I think I finished this one in college, and finally got around to washing it and putting it in a frame.

This one too! I did this forever ago.

This one I just finished. Keith's mum gave me a kit for Christmas. There are matching pillowcases, but I haven't gotten to work on those yet.

~a tablerunner!~

And on an unrelated note...

~Rufio's favorite hideout...~

I have a bunch more finished projects to show off...but I'm waiting for a sunny day to take more pictures. We haven't had much good weather lately!

Domestic Goodness

I've been home for about a week now, which means plenty of time for sewing, a bit of knitting, and even some needlework. I've also been making LOTS of peach jam - my parents have two peach trees, so for the last few weeks we have been drowning in peaches. It seems a waste to let them rot, so we've been preserving lots and lots.
Preserving peaches is messy work. The ripe peaches have to be skinned, and the juice gets all over the place. Ladling the jam into jars is a messy, sticky process as well. During the process, I discovered that my mother did not have a full apron - only half aprons, which just don't do the job. So, I made her one!

Rufio likes it.

This was really simple to make - I used an old pillowcase and a few kitchen-y scraps I had in my scrap basket. I used an apron I was given as a wedding gift as a template. 

 

What do you think of the finished product? 

As if he wasn't already cute enough...

So, recently I stumbled upon this post. Adorable, right?
Only problem is, I don't have any small children to test this pattern on.

So...

It was hard to get him to sit still for a photo, but doesn't he look cute?

Or maybe just angry.

Anyway, the tutorial was incredibly easy to follow. I just adjusted the band size for a cat instead of a kid.

Here's what it looks like without the cat. Easy and adorable!


Yes, I'm aware of how ridiculous this is. And I don't care.

And I almost forgot...

I almost forgot the cutest pictures of all! Rufio in his Halloween costume!

And a sweater :)

And now, for something completely different: a child's sweater. I got the pattern here from The Complete Fabrication. I loved knitting this. It's seamless, so when you finish the actual knitting, you just have to fix on the cute little flowers and it's DONE. It knit up fast and looks ADORABLE. I liked it so much that I have almost finished another one (a habit of mine: I find a pattern I like, and knit it repeatedly).

Rufio wanted to get in on my blogging action too. Here he is, being all adorable: