Granny Square Toddler Blanket

I've been forcing myself to finish some of the partially completed projects lying around before allowing myself to start any new crocheting. This blanket has been in my nightstand for literally months.

It's finally finished though. It's toddler sized, and will be going to Mexico this year at Christmas time, with our church mission trip.

Another Charity Project for Knitters and Crocheters

By now you've probably heard about Kristin, at We are That Family's latest project, Mercy House. (If you haven't heard of it yet, go read about it. I'll wait. )
There are lots of ways to support this effort, including monetary donations, merchandise donations to the Mercy House Etsy shop, and prayer.
Kristin also put out a call on Twitter a while back for knitters and crocheters to start making baby hats and blankets to donate to the cause. I worked up a few things to send, and wanted to take the opportunity to encourage you to do the same. (I meant to take pictures before I mailed my package, but I forgot. Oops.)
Baby hats and simple blankets are easy to work on while you're watching tv in the evenings. (That's when I work on mine.) If you're looking for something to keep your hands busy this fall, this would be a blessing to some new mommies and babies.

I Finally Finished Something

It seems like I haven't had much to show and tell about lately. I've had the same pile of unfinished projects lying around on the desk for at least a couple of months.

I'm crocheting a lot slower these days, because my hands and arms are still giving me trouble, but I've finally finished another toddler sized baby blanket for charity. This is probably the last one for a while, as I'm planning on attempting some of the fantastic projects from Wolf Dreamer's blog for L, for Christmas. (You must check out her blog is you know anyone that loves Pokemon or Mario Brothers.)

What are you working on these days?

Little Dresses For Africa

Several months ago, Kristen at We Are That Family posted a call for people to participate in a two part charity project, to benefit Little Dresses for Africa.

The first part of the project was a drive to collect pillowcases, sewing notions and shipping money. The second part of the project was that the donated supplies were mailed to a group of volunteer seamstresses, who then sewed the dresses, and mailed them off to the charity.

I was one of the volunteer seamstresses, and I'm happy to say that I mailed off 10 little dresses last week. I had fun working on them, and got to try out some of the embroidery stitches my new sewing machine does.

I hope the little girls like them.

Little Dresses for Africa project

This month, Kristen at We are that Family has a new DIY project going on. She's collecting pillowcases, sewing notions, and postage money to make Little Dresses for Africa. After the materials are sent to her, she's going to pass them along to a group of volunteer seamstresses to sew them. I volunteered to be a part of the sewing group, so I thought I'd better try my hand at sewing up a pillowcase dress for baby V. It looked like a fairly simple project, but I figured if there was any learning curve involved, I'd rather mess up using my own stuff. It was easy though, and if the kids hadn't have interrupted me a million times, I could have knocked it out pretty quickly.

I made this little dress for V out of a pillowcase we had lying around. She likes it, and keeps twirling around saying how pretty she is, but I could NOT get her to cooperate to get a good picture. She was too busy "playing Gameboy". Oh, well. You get the idea, right?