knit 'n lit

I had seen the polaroid quilt blocks popping up on blogs, flickr and pinterest over the past several months, and I thought they were such a ...

Way back when we were iced in, we made this felt tree when we couldn't get out to get our real tree. Thank goodness for a stash - I had ...

I have been busy cutting stacks of fabric into pattern pieces for Christmas presents. There are about 50 things on my 'to-make' list...

Last Christmas I knew I wanted to make a quilt for my mother in law, and I had enjoyed making my first Granny square quilt so much, I deci...

My nephew recently turned three, and moved into a big boy bed. I asked my sister if he needed a big boy quilt to go along with that bed and ...

Several weeks (months?) ago I pinned  this pin . I thought it would be perfect for car rides and other times when the kids needed to have a ...

Teacher appreciation week was just a few days ago, but our last day of school is tomorrow already! I can't believe it, and I'm not s...

I always like to have a handmade item in the kiddo's baskets each year. I thought for a long time about what to do for them this year (i...

When I joined my local Modern Quilt Guild last spring, they were in the midst of working through the Sew Mama Sew Modern Block of the Month ...

I drew my sister-in-law's name in our annual gift exchange, and she loves to sew, knit and embroider, so I knew I wanted to make her som...

Of course, I made several gifts for our kiddos and my nieces/nephews and friends. One big ticket item I made were dinosaur tails. I used t...

I have been neglecting this poor blog! If it weren't for the weekly Quilt-a-Long posts, I would wonder where I was! :) But I'm here ...

Finally! A post showing (most of) the cute handmade gifts bambino received from my sweet friends.  My mom knit her first socks! Yippee for h...