Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: Luke 15:14 NKJV

 

Tues Tutorial~ Grand Son-in-Law Bday Card 2025- Son's Socks

 

   Back in September when I showed my Grand Son's birthday card, I shared a video at the end of that post that included my Great Grand Son. At the end of the video, his beautiful, unmatched to us, socks appeared. His mother let him choose and said he'd wear the other pair tomorrow. So, it was decided, his Dad's bday card this year would include a replica of those socks, because apparently, my Great continues to choose his socks to wear.

 

  

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Tuesday Tutorial

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A green background was chosen,

because as a farmer,

his livelihood depends on green grass. 

 There was no pattern used for the socks.

They were simply cut free handed

at the same time. 

 

 

 

 The outline on the green comes from

tracing around the card

so placement of the socks can be made. 

After stitching about an eighth inch

around the edge, the fabric is trimmed. 

Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: Daniel 2:21 ESV

 Back yard

Quilt Shot 193~ Paper Pieced QOV Designed by Stella

 

This was a group quilt made

by the Elkhorn Creek QOV group

on National Sew Day, February, 2025.

It was awarded October 11, 2025.

I posted about the work

HERE.

As you can see, there is a block in between the stars not shown in

any of the posts.

 

It's amazing and fun

how the blocks come together to form the design.

Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: Psalms 34:14 NKJV

 

Tues Tutorial~ Four Crochet Borders for Fleece Blankets

 

Here are 4 different borders you can crochet on fleece. A special rotary blade really saves time.  You can crochet the edge of a 36 x 40 inch fleece blanket in an afternoon of watching a movie or ball game.

 

 

 

Two yards of fleece was folded in fourths and cut into 4 blankets.

Each corner was rounded.

 

 

Thank goodness some lady 

was making enough of these

to have the need to create this blade

for the rest of us to purchase.

Do I have to tell you I got it off a site

named after a river in South America?

Run the blade about a half inch from the edge of the blanket all around.

Place a pin where the cutting starts,

and try to stop at that point.

These are the holes you do your initial single crochet row through.

With the right side of the fleece facing you

slightly fold the edge backwards as you crochet.

So you are crocheting over a small fold,

not the exact edge of the blanket.

All edges start with a round of single crochet in each hole.

Edge 1

*In 1st stitch-3 DC

2nd stitch-1 SC*

repeat *

Edge Stitch 2

 

*In 1st Stitch- 3DC 

2nd Stitch- Skip stitch*

Repeat *

 

Edge Stitch 3

*In 1st Stitch- SC

2nd Stitch- DC, TC, DC

 

 

Edge Stitch 4

Second round is SC of the white

3rd round is green

 *In 1st stitch- SC

2nd stitch-SC

3rd Stitch- LC (Long crochet-stitched into row lower)*

Repeat*

 

Note: It took one skein plus a 12 inch piece to do all 4 with the white.

I lost the yarn chicken challenge.

 

Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: Matthew 11:37 ESV

 

Thoughtful Thurs~ Smiley Face NICU Blankets

 

More about how to crochet edges

this coming Tues

Other NICU posts

 

More NICU Blankets

Fun Fri~ NICU Fleece Blankets: Crochet Edging

Thoughtful Thurs 192~ Crocheted Edge Flannel Blankets

 

 

Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: Ecclesiates 11:4 ESV

 

Wordless Wed 421~ Quilt Pattern Sharing Old School Way

 

and they weren't easy patterns

Quilter's Newsletter Magazine Jan 1984

Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: James 1: 2-3 NASB 1995

   

 

Picture taken on Route 66 Trip in 2013.

Great Memories

Wordless Wed 420~ You Can Tell When a Blue Jay Takes a Bath

 

 

 

Sun Best~ Provoked Thought: Ecclesiates 7:3 ESV

 

Fun Fri~ Repairing A Christmas Quilt Attacked by a Mouse?