the mittens....

Happy Groundhog's Day.

I know this is late, but they are still cute. The ears and teeth are almonds. The cheeks are butterscotch chips with the tip cut off. Black gel frosting that comes in a small tube at the grocery store is used for the nose and eyes, plus it was the glue to hold the teeth and cheeks. I saw these in Family Fun Magazine, they aren't quite the same, but close enough.

I went up to my cousin's last Saturday. I had one red sweater and she a tons of them.

It was time to make some mittens. She had made several practice pairs.

She also made mistakes, like ending up with 2 right hand mittens or 2 left hand mittens.

So when we got there, she was an expert and we didn't have too many problems.

I did sew one cuff on wrong. I can't believe how HAPPY this made Max. 

She felt like she was the only one who could make dumb mistakes and here was proof she wasn't alone. She was so excited by my mistake, she took it APART for me!

I happily re-sewed it...and the rest all came out correct!

Here is the information we used to make Sweaters into mittens!

By chance we set up the machines perfectly. She is left handed, I am right handed.

We could easily share the scissors between us. This is a messy messy thing to do.

There were small chunks of lint everywhere. I still need to clean out the machine I brought up there. 

We ended up with 5 pairs for the afternoon. I took home the red pairs. My mom and 2 of my sisters were also there. So each sister took home a pair. My cousin thought the dark blue pair was the BEST she had ever done, so they are hers.

My mom who sat and knitted most of the afternoon, didn't want a pair.

She said, "if I want some mittens, I will knit them."

okay.

Max also wants to learn how to make letters. That will be another joined effort of sewing one day.

Block Lotto is low volume hearts this month. So far all I have done is take a picture of fabric to see if any thing pops out as too dark. I think I am good to go.

Here is a ink to the Low volume hearts.