Post Holiday catch up!

Yet again it has been too long since my last post! Thankfully, a LOT has been going on in my crafting world since then, mostly holiday related. I mastered the soap crayons, and made 8 complete sets of colors- Red, blue, green, yellow, and purple. They are a ton of fun in the tub, Wyatt loves them! I also made many batches of bar soaps of various flavors- Vanilla, lavender, vanilla mint (my fave), chocolate mint, eucalyptus mint (Red's fave), and I think that was it...? They made great Christmas gifts, and I'm proud of them! They were really easy to make, and I think I'd like to experiment with making soap from scratch this summer, when I can do it outside. Making soap from fat and lye can be a bit dangerous, and the fumes as it's cooking are caustic I believe. The soaps I made were from store-bought glycerin soap, so no danger was involved.

I also have made (and am still making) a few smallish lap quilts as gifts. Only one of the three has been given, the second is awaiting shipment, and the third is partially completed, so I'll wait until they're all done and given to their recipients before I post photos. Same goes for the baby blanket I am making for my new niece Lucy! Funny story about the blanket- Wyatt spent Saturday night with Red's mom so I could have the afternoon to work on these sewing projects (it can be difficult with him around). I worked on the baby blanket all afternoon, and had a number of problems with it. I was embroidering designs with my amazing machine, but the thread I was using was quite thick (I bought the wrong kind of thread unknowingly), and it was getting bound up in the bobbin case (no good). I devised a way to 'fix' the destroyed design in the center by making an applique patch to go over it, and continued embroidering. Then, as I was embroidering the words to "Twinkle twinkle little star" along the edges, I realized too late that I had misspelled the first "Twinkle"... I had spelled it "Twinke"... AHHH!!! The font I used was a very loopy script and I guess I just didn't notice it... Whoops... That was the last straw, and so I decided to cut my losses and start completely over with new fabric. Oh well... it's always a learning experience! Twinke... :P